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Directed by | Frederik Du Chau |
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Written by | David Schmidt |
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Bruce Greenwood Hayden Panettiere M. Emmet Walsh Wendie Malick Frankie Muniz Mandy Moore Michael Clarke Duncan Jeff Foxworthy Joshua Jackson Joe Pantoliano Michael Rosenbaum Steve Harvey David Spade Snoop Dogg Fred Dalton Thompson Dustin Hoffman Whoopi Goldberg |
Music by | Mark Isham |
Cinematography | David Eggby |
Edited by | Tom Finan |
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102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million |
Box office | $90.8 million |
Racing Stripes is a 2005 American sports comedy-drama family film directed by Frederik Du Chau. The film was produced by Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Lloyd Phillips and Edward L. McDonnell, based on a script written by David Schmidt, Steven P. Wegner and Kirk DeMicco. It was released theatrically on January 14, 2005 by Summit Entertainment and Warner Bros..
The film tells the story of Stripes, a circus zebra who is accidentally abandoned in Kentucky and raised on a farm next to a racing track. Believing he is a racehorse, Stripes dreams of training for and competing in the races. Racing Stripes stars Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, Wendie Malick and M. Emmet Walsh, with the vocal talents of Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg
It was filmed in Pietermaritzburg and Nottingham Road, South Africa. The film received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $90 million. Racing Stripes was released on DVD and VHS on May 10, 2005 by Roadshow Entertainment and Warner Home Video.