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Hidalgo
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
2004 · Directed by Joe Johnston · 136 min · Western · Adventure · 8 frames
Tagline
Unbridled. Unbroken. Unbeaten.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Fusco
- Cinematography: Shelly Johnson
- Edited by: Robert Dalva
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: Barry Robison
- Produced by: Casey Silver
Cast
- Viggo Mortensen as Frank Hopkins
- Zuleikha Robinson as Jazira
- Omar Sharif as Sheikh Riyadh
- Louise Lombard as Lady Anne Davenport
- J.K. Simmons as Buffalo Bill Cody
- Adoni Maropis as Sakr
- Silas Carson as Katib
- C. Thomas Howell as Preston Webb
- Chris Owen as First Soldier
- Frank Collison as Texas Jack
Production
- Country: United States of America, Morocco
- Language: Arabic, English
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Casey Silver Productions, Dune Films
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Box office: $108,103,450
- Themes: middle east, horse race, horse, racehorse, biography, sheik, mustang, sword fight, desert, cowboy
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