Racing Stripes is a 2005 adventure/comedy movie, directed by Frederik Du Chau the director of Quest for Camelot. It is similar in the style to the 1995 movie Babe, in that the protagonist is a talking animal who lives on a farm and succeeds at an activity not expected of his species. (The animal characters also call Nolan Walsh "the Chief"; the animals of Babe called Arthur Hoggett "the Boss.") The movie was filmed in Pietermaritzburg and Notting...
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Racing Stripes is a 2005 adventure/comedy movie, directed by Frederik Du Chau the director of Quest for Camelot. It is similar in the style to the 1995 movie Babe, in that the protagonist is a talking animal who lives on a farm and succeeds at an activity not expected of his species. (The animal characters also call Nolan Walsh "the Chief"; the animals of Babe called Arthur Hoggett "the Boss.") The movie was filmed in Pietermaritzburg and Nottingham Road, South Africa. This film is rated PG (mild crude humor and some language).
In a rush to pack up during a thunderstorm after blowing a tire, the Circus Sorano (a traveling circus) accidentally leaves behind a baby zebra. The foal is rescued by Nolan Walsh, a retired thoroughbred-racehorse trainer. Nolan takes the zebra home to his farm, and leaves it in the care of his daughter Channing, who names him "Stripes". The other farmyard animals try to educate him about life on the farm, but he is convinced that he is destined for the nearby...
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