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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0786936693874 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 17, 2006 Running Time: 89 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1991 Sales Rank: 3247 MPN: DISD49570D
Description: Everyone will cheer Walt Disney Pictures presentation of this captivating real-life story of Sonora Webster's determination and courage -- now on DVD. A runaway orphan, young Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) persists for a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's traveling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc (Cliff Robertson) refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream. With the help of a loving friend (Michael Schoeffling), Sonora must prove that if you want something badly enough, anything is possible!
Amazon.com: This charming Disney live-action picture is a genuine sleeper. It's a variation on the old boy-runs-away-to-join-the-circus story, except this time the boy is a girl. After she joins a traveling show in the 1930s, spunky teen Sonora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar) learns the ropes and eventually lands a plum role in the program: riding a horse off a 40-foot-high diving board into a tank of water. Well, Sonora thinks it's a plum, anyway. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has the usual love interest, a brush with tragedy, and some worldly wisdom (the latter doled out by old pro Cliff Robertson, in a nice role as a crusty barnstormer). What makes the movie memorable is the performance of the lovely Gabrielle Anwar, the doe-eyed actress who later danced the tango so memorably with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. The movie may be sappy--no surprise with that title--but Anwar provides bright star wattage and a plucky role model. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Love it!
The first time I watched this movie I was a little girl in love with horses. I still enjoy this movie and its story of a courageous young girl who is never willing to give up on her dream.
Rating: - horse movie
i really thought this girl had alot of courage! jumping a horse off a ramp into the water which is a true story and was done for a while, i have trained horses in the past and own some now and i'm not ... Read More
Rating: - Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken...or Beat!
This is a great love story. It is very touching and shows people that one can go after their dreams and get them. The love story between two people is a bonus behind the real love story of loving yourself ... Read More
Rating: - Nice movie but book is better
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken This is a good movie but leaves out so much of the real story of Sonora Webster Carver. Sonora's book, "A Girl and Five Brave Horses" is a must read if you can find a copy. The ... Read More
Rating: - It will always be my favorite movie!
When I was a child my Dad rented this movie fore me, because I was in love with horses. Well I fell in love with this emotional and inspiring movie. It became my all time favorite movie... I made my Dad rent ... Read More
- Love it!
- Nice movie but book is better