The Legend of the White Horse
- The Legend of the White Horse
Legend of the White Horse "(AKA "Biały smok")" is a Polish-American adventure movie for kids, released in 1986 (premiere : July 13, 1987). Produced by Alina Szpak for CBS Theatrical Films, Legend Productions & Film Polski, it is based on the magic realism novel "White Horse, Dark Dragon" by Robert C. Fleet, a political satire-adventure which is definitely not for kids.
Plot summary
The action holds in a fictional Central European country - Karistan, where beautiful Alta lives with her young blind daughter Jewel. Jewel has a friend in enigmatic white horse. Meanwhile, American Jim Martin is sent there to prove that a new investment is not going to harm the environment in Karistan...
Background
The book is described by "The Science Fiction Chronicle" as "an interesting juxtaposition of fantasy and modern politics," and has become something of a cult due to its dry political humor satirizing late-era Communism and U.S. corporate boardrooms - mixed with action, historical romance and nuanced characters. The movie takes a simpler tack, perhaps reflective of Hollywood mind-think: good guys vs. bad guys. It was a decision that makes for an uneasy blend of target marketing vs. reality, since the result was a movie that at least one reviewer, Michael Medved, thought was "too intense for children."
As "Biały smok" ("White Dragon"), it was the second highest grossing theatrical feature in Poland when it was released in 1987. It was renamed "Legend of the white horse" by CBS in the U.S., but the CBS Theatrical Films division was closed down in late 1986 and the feature languished in tax write-off obscurity until it was released to video by CBS/Fox Video a few years later.
The novel "White Horse, Dark Dragon" was held up for publication for contractual reasons, but finally published by Putnam/Berkley/Ace in 1993.
tarring
*Christopher Lloyd "as Jim Martin"
* Stephan Szpak-Fleet "as Steve Martin"
* Dee Wallace Stone "as Alta"
* Allison Balson "as Jewel"
* Soon-Tek Oh "as Tai Ching"
* Kazimierz Kaczor "as The Superintendent"
* Christopher Stone "as Doc"
* Archie Lee Simpson "as Silver""and others"
External links
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* [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/film1.dll/opisfilmu?baza=1&nrf=2047&start=1 IBFP]
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