Review of War Horse (2011) by Gary T — 17 Nov 2014

WOW......WOW......WOW....STUNNING.....BRILLIANT......FANTASTIC....AMAZING.....SO SO SO BRILLIANT......I have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a fantastic movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actresses throughout this movie......I think that peter mullan, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, niels arestrup, david Thewlis, play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....I think that the director of this drama/action/adventure movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.......WARNING THIS MOVIE CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTNING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT SOME SCENES THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE......man this is such a powerful drama movie 2 watch......I think that this is such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch, it is such a fantastic movie 2 watch......

Filming locations:::

Longcross Studios, Longcross, Surrey, England, UK.

Devon, England, UK.

Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Ditsworthy Warren, Devon, England, UK.

Holwell Farm, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England, UK.

Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, England, UK.

Bourne Woods, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.

Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK.

Luton Hoo Estate, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Meavy, Devon, England, UK.

Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, London, England, UK.

Wisley Airfield, Wisley, Surrey, England, UK.

Casting.

After some speculation, the cast for War Horse was announced on 17 June 2010. It had been rumoured in the previous week that Eddie Redmayne had been cast in the lead part as Albert Narracott; however, relatively unknown stage actor Jeremy Irvine was chosen instead. Spielberg commented after seeing hundreds of young boys reading for the role, Irvine had come in and done a cold reading and that "his performance was very natural, very authentic." Irvine auditioned for two months, going in two or three times a week, and learned that he had the part when he was asked to read a piece of War Horse script on camera in order to check his West Country accent, and the piece of mocked-up script that he read out was Albert telling Joey that Steven Spielberg wanted him to play the part..

The cast is European, with British, French and German actors playing characters of their respective nationalities. Robert Emms, who played the lead of Albert Narracott in the West End production of the play, was cast as David Lyons.

Casting for extras took place in Devon in late July 2010. In all, some 5,800 extras were used in the film. The granddaughter of Captain Budgett, one of the World War I veterans who had inspired Morpurgo to write the story, acted as an extra in scenes filmed in Castle Combe, and Morpurgo himself filmed a cameo role there, along with his wife Clare.

Prior to the start of filming, some of the actors underwent two months of intensive horse training.

Man this is such a really powerful drama movie 2 watch, I think that this is such a fantastic drama movie 2 watch, it is so beautifully directed movie 2 watch, it is such a brilliant movie 2 watch with a great cast throughout this movie.....