Hidalgo Now Showing

CAST: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard, Said Taghmaoui, Frank Collison

DIRECTOR: Joe Johnston
WRITTEN BY: John Fusco
PRODUCER: Casey Silver
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Don Zepfel

Based on the true story of the greatest long-distance horse race ever run, Hidalgo is an epic action-adventure and one man's journey of personal redemption. Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire -- a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian Desert -- was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy Sheik invited an American and his horse to enter the race for the first time. Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry who had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik (Omar Sharif) would put this claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders -- some of whom were determined to prevent the foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse, Hidalgo, attempt the impossible.



Photo: Richard Cartwright. © Disney Enterprises Inc.
A wealthy Sheik (Omar Sharif, left) invites a Pony Express rider, Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen, right) to become the first American ever to enter the Ocean of Fire -- the greatest endurance horse race ever run -- in Walt Disney Pictures' epic adventure, Hidalgo.


Photo: Richard Cartwright. © Disney Enterprises Inc.
Onetime Pony Express rider Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen, center) experiences the adventure of a lifetime as he and his Mustang, Hidalgo, compete against the world's finest Arabian stallions in the greatest endurance race ever run: the Ocean of Fire -- 3,000 miles across the desert -- in Walt Disney Pictures' epic adventure, Hidalgo.