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Pit Pony (1997)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Eric Till

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Richard Donat
Richard Donat
Rory MacLean
Elliot Page
Elliot Page
Maggie MacLean
John Dunsworth
John Dunsworth
MacIsaac Smith
Ben Rose-Davis
Ben Rose-Davis
Willie MacLean
Jennie Raymond
Jennie Raymond
Nellie MacLean
Andrew Keilty
Andrew Keilty
John MacLean
Anna Wedlock
Anna Wedlock
Sara MacLean
Gabriel Hogan
Gabriel Hogan
Ned Hall

Crews

Eric Till
Eric Till
Director
Heather Conkie
Heather Conkie
Writer
Joyce Barkhouse
Joyce Barkhouse
Novel
Andrew Cochrane
Andrew Cochrane
Producer
Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith
Music
Nikos Evdemon
Nikos Evdemon
Director of Photography
T.C. Martin
T.C. Martin
Editor
Marian Wihak
Marian Wihak
Production Design
Laura MacNutt
Laura MacNutt
Art Direction
Barbara Luxton
Barbara Luxton
Set Decoration
Jeanie Kimber
Jeanie Kimber
Costume Design
Cathy O'Connell
Cathy O'Connell
Makeup Designer
Paulette Cable
Paulette Cable
Hair Designer

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