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Shannon's Rainbow

{{Infobox film

| name = Shannon's Rainbow

| image = Movie-poster-shannons-rainbow.jpg

| caption = Movie poster

| director = Frank E. Johnson

| producer = Joycelyn Engle
Frank E. Johnson

| writer = Linda Morris
John Mowod
Larry Richert

| narrator =

| starring = Julianne Michelle
Claire Forlani
Louis Gossett Jr.
Eric Roberts
Daryl Hannah
Michael Madsen
Jason Gedrick
Charles Durning
Steve Guttenberg

| music = Charles David Denler

| cinematography = Dean Cundey

| editing = Patrea Patrick
Jack Tucker

| distributor = Supernova Media

| released = {{Film date|2009}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Shannon's Rainbow (also listed as Amazing Racer) is a 2009 family film produced and directed by Frank E. Johnson. It stars Julianne Michelle and Claire Forlani, with a musical score by Charles David Denler.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208023015/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/842484 ftvdb.org], Shannon's Rainbow at BFI, accessed 12-29-2008[http://kdka.com/local/Movie.Shannons.Rainbow.2.758085.html kdka.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202133307/http://kdka.com/local/Movie.Shannons.Rainbow.2.758085.html |date=2008-12-02 }}, by John Shumway, "Larry Richert Plays Key Role In Making Major Movie", accessed 12-29-2008[http://www.charlesdenler.com/credits.html charlesdenler.com], "Music Awards and recodnitions", accessed 01-05-2009{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08176/892076-42.stm|author=Barbara Vancheri|title=Hospital, racetrack double as movie set|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2008-06-24|accessdate=2008-11-18}}[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_574254.html Pittsburgh Tribune Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214045106/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_574254.html |date=2008-12-14 }}, by Michael Machosky (June 24, 2008), "Pittsburgh film production boom continues", accessed 12-29-2008

The film was shot in western Pennsylvania from a script written by John Mowod

and Larry Richert and based on Mowod's own experiences seeing his brother rehabilitate an injured horse and win a championship horse race.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090213212746/http://www.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=27735&z=1 USTA Newsroom], by Evan Pattak (June 27, 2008), "The Meadows is key locale for movie", accessed 12-29-2008

The main character's story about recently experiencing the death of her father is loosely based on the death of Jeff Gardner, good friend of Mowod and Richert. Mowod and Gardner collaborated on the outline of the film before Jeff Gardner was killed in an accident. The film takes its name from Jeff's oldest daughter, Shannon, and is dedicated to Jeff.[http://kdka.com/video/?id=43073@kdka.dayport.com], accessed 5-20-2009, KDKA.com, "Larry Richert Plays Key Role In Making Major Movie" June 26, 2008, 6:48 p.m. ET, KDKA's John Shumway Reports

Plot

A 17-year-old girl named Shannon (Julianne Michelle) faces and overcomes hardship with the discovery of the mother she never knew and with her love for a hobbled horse named Rainbow. With her father dying in the earliest moments of the film Shannon has to learn from a friend of the family that her father participated in kidnapping her from her mother (Christine) moments after birth. Once the hospital therapist is through with her she ends up moving from Florida to Pennsylvania where Christine lives and works as a neo-natal pediatrician. She gets involved in the lives of Christine's boyfriend Eric and his nephew Brandon and niece Rio. They have a stables that works in harness racing and have been bringing along a filly named Rainbow who takes very strongly to Shannon. Eric and those around him are targets of a spiteful grudge held by the rich Mitchell Prescott who buys the filly for $15,000 in a claiming race she was entered in for experience. Mitchell runs Rainbow into the ground, having her beaten until nearly dead for the sin of having a mind of her own and an unshakable preference for Shannon, then sells her off to the knackers. Eric is alerted to this and tracks down the horse van en route to the location where Rainbow is due to be slaughtered and buys her back for $400. The filly is returned to Shannon's care and a trainer with a murky past (Max) is given the task to return her to health and soundness. They move Rainbow to a neighboring farm to train her to racing fitness while avoiding a spy at Parker stables. The culmination is at the Pennsylvania Cup harness race.

Cast

Additional sources

  • Thoroughbred Times: "Harness racing movie to be filmed at the Meadows"[http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2003/December/01/Harness-racing-movie-to-be-filmed-at-the-Meadows.aspx thoroughbredtimes.com], accessed 12-29-2008
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "British actress enjoyed time with good ol' boys"[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08221/902653-42.stm post-gazette.com], accessed 12-29-2008
  • Harnasslink: "Shannon's Rainbow begins shooting"[http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=64905 harnasslink.com], accessed 12-29-2008
  • KDKA Television: "Larry On The Job: Movie Director"[http://kdka.com/larryonthejob/Larry.Movie.Director.2.832172.html kdka.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214003215/http://kdka.com/larryonthejob/Larry.Movie.Director.2.832172.html |date=2009-02-14 }}, accessed 12-29-2008

See also

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|1247691|Shannon's Rainbow}}
  • {{rotten-tomatoes|shannons-rainbow}}
  • {{official website}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080607031758/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/452878/Shannon-s-Rainbow/overview Shannon's Rainbow at New York Times]
  • [http://www.fluge.com/shannons-rainbow-movie.html Shannon's Rainbow at Fluge]

Category:Films about horses

Category:2009 drama films

Category:2009 films

Category:2000s English-language films

Category:American drama films

Category:English-language drama films