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Pit Pony (1997)

1997-12-14 · 1h 32m · EN
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Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

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Richard DonatRichard DonatRory MacLeanElliot PageElliot PageMaggie MacLeanJohn DunsworthJohn DunsworthMacIsaac SmithBen Rose-DavisBen Rose-DavisWillie MacLeanGabriel HoganGabriel HoganNed Hall

Keywords

Early 1900sPonyCoal miningNova scotia, canadaCape breton

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityEarly 1900s · Pony · Coal MiningDialogue densityDramaDirector preference138837Actor preference195994 · 48547 · 266109Country preferenceCa

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What is Pit Pony about?

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

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Pit Pony has a runtime of 92 minutes.

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