Movie · drama, family
Pit Pony
1997 · 1h 32m
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What is it about? Pit Pony
A Diamond in the Rough
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.
Genres: drama, family, history. Themes: pony, nova scotia, canada, coal mining, 1900s, cape breton.
Cast and crew Pit Pony
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Creators
- Directed byEric Till
- ScreenplayHeather Conkie
- Based on the novel byJoyce Barkhouse
- MusicJonathan Goldsmith
- CinematographyNikos Evdemon
- EditingT.C. Martin
Full cast and crew28 cast members, 13 crew
Cast:
- Richard Donat · Rory MacLean
- Ben Rose-Davis · Willie MacLean
- Jennie Raymond · Nellie MacLean
- Andrew Keilty · John MacLean
- Elliot Page · Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)
- Anna Wedlock · Sara MacLean
- Gabriel Hogan · Ned Hall
- Denny Doherty · Charley McGinnis
- Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin · Simon O'Neill
- Joseph Wynne · Jimmy O'Neill
- Carol Sinclair · O'Neill
- Bill McFadden · Ed O'Neill
- Jeremy Akerman · Frawley
- Andrew Bigelow · Ben Frawley
- John Dunsworth · MacIsaac Smith
- Rhonda McLean · Miss Harper
- Joseph Rutten · One Arm Joe
- Mark I. Graham · Stubby
- Bill Forbes · Priest
- Jeremiah Sparks · Trainer
- Gay Hauser · Nurse
- Andrew Touesnard · Coughing Boy
- David McClelland · Man at Dock
- Michael Crimp · Collier #1
- Daniel Morrison · Collier #2
- Todd Hiscock · Collier #3
- Everett Moore · Collier #4
- John O'Keefe · Collier #5
Crew:
- Heather Conkie · Writer
- Joyce Barkhouse · Novel
- Andrew Cochrane · Producer
- Nikos Evdemon · Director of Photography
- T.C. Martin · Editor
- Marian Wihak · Production Design
- Jeanie Kimber · Costume Design
- Eric Till · Director
- Jonathan Goldsmith · Original Music Composer
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Details Pit Pony
- First theatrical release
- December 14, 1997
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- English
- Studio
- CBC
Frequently asked questions
How long is Pit Pony?
1h 32m (92 minutes).
Who’s in Pit Pony?
Richard Donat, Ben Rose-Davis, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty, Elliot Page, Anna Wedlock, Gabriel Hogan, Denny Doherty, Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin, and Joseph Wynne. Directed by Eric Till.
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