Sylvester

1985
PG
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Drama Family

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a rogue horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an eventing champion.Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a rogue horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an eventing champion.Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a rogue horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an eventing champion.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

509

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The horse which was the stand-in for Sylvester was ''The Gray Goose''. It had competed several times at the advanced level in the Horse Park.

Goofs
When they are driving the horse onto the show grounds, the first scene shows a horse in the trailer with a shorter mane, typical of the type seen in eventing. They cut away to the cab of the truck, and when they return to the horse, it's clearly a different horse with a much longer mane. They cut away again, and when they return, the mane is short again.

Quotes
Grant: I don't want to go to Oklahoma either. There's nothing but trash in Oklahoma. They don't even know how to play football...

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Aviator/Mask/Sylvester (1985)

Soundtracks
Just a Matter of Time
Written by Carla Olson, George Callins, Tom Junior Morgan, Joe Read and Phil Seymour
Performed by The Textones
Lead Vocal - Phil Seymour
Courtesy of Gold Mountain Records, Ltd.

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Review

Featured review

An all over feel good, get off your butt and ride your horse movie.

I watched this movie on TV and fell in love with it then. About five years later I bought it and watched it at least 6 more times. The acting must of been good because as a horse rider myself, I could see and understand the feelings that Charlie was going through herself. The only thing that made me rewind the movie back was the part where she caught Sylvester, calmed him down, and after it bit her in the arm you can notice the poor use of cartoon-like footage of the horse running away. Other than that I will always find this movie in my heart every time I think about giving up or when I need some encouragement to ride horses.