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DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 10, 2004
Running Time
2 hours, 3 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM, Pandro S. Berman
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Other Titles
• National Velvet
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Genre: Drama, Family, Animals, Coming Of Age, Sports
Plot: NATIONAL VELVET is the poignant family story that made a young Elizabeth Taylor a star. Taylor excels as Velvet Brown, a 1920s working-class girl whose dreams of owning her own horse become a reality when she wins Pie, a wild and unruly horse, in a raffle. With the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), a skittish, gun-shy ex-jockey, Velvet trains Pie to be a race champion despite the wishes of her loving but cautious parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere). Velvet's determination pays off, and the Brown family (including Angela Lansbury as Edwina, Velvet's sophisticated older sister) pools its money and enters the family pride and joy in the prestigious Grand National race, only to have its hopes dashed when the rider renegs--leading Velvet to do something extraordinary. This uplifting adaptation of Enid Bagnold's novel features stunning photography of coastal England and acclaimed crosscut editing that heightens the tension in the famous race scene. Young costars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney are fabulous together, full of youthful charm and exuberance, ably supported by a first-rate ensemble cast.
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Elizabeth Taylor
The Flintstones, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
 | Angela Lansbury
Beauty and the Beast, The Manchurian Candidate, Fantasia/2000 |
 | Mickey Rooney
Breakfast at Tiffany's, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Babe: Pig in the City | Donald Crisp
The Birth of a Nation, How Green Was My Valley, Mutiny on the Bounty | Anne Revere
A Place in the Sun, Gentleman's Agreement, The Song of Bernadette | | | |
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