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Ride a Wild Pony

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This movie centers around two children in Australia. One a very well-to-do crippled girl and the other a very poor and downtrodden boy who can't go to school because he has no transportation to get there. Eventually, the authorities arrange for the poor boy's Dad to buy a wild Welsh pony for three pounds. And the boy is immensely happy. However, the pony doesn't like being cooped up and escapes. Only to find himself in the well-to-do girl's herd. Eventually, there is a court trial to decide who is the actual owner of the pony. The movie does an excellent job of making it unpredictable who will end up with the pony. But it is Disney, so eventually all is resolved happily. There are a lot of class issues throughout the film. And in all honesty, for the first half of the movie, none of the protagonists were all that likeable. However, towards the end they become more sympathetic and there are lessons learned on all sides. Sometimes it is confusing because it seems like two ponies must have used during the filming. As sometimes the pony appears white and at other times brown. However, the story is a good one and it makes for a nice family film. Five stars from me!

If you love horses, you will love this DVD. It's a good family movie, and good for all ages. We really all enjoyed it. Thank you.

I was wondering how I ever missed seeing this movie growing up. It is delightful.
Please don't miss it. Not a tear jerker, just a good story with a great ending and
two kids you will never forget and hope throughout.

So glad to have found this now on DVD. I thoroughly enjoyed it as a child. My children have watched it now as well and both love it too.

"Ride a Wild Pony" was filmed entirely in Australia in a small
outback town. The color photography is superb and does full
justice to the scenic locations where the movie was filmed.

The story concerns a fight for possession of a wild pony between
a poor boy who has very little and a rich girl who has everything.
Both genuinely believe that the pony belongs to them.

The film shows the hard life the boy and his parents have to
endure to carve out a pitiful existence from non-productive land
and how the pony was first given to the boy by a neighbour to
enable him to get to and from school some seven miles away.

The pony manages to stray off and eventually comes into the
possession of the girl who is crippled and who trains the pony
to pull her horse drawn cart upon which she depends for transport,
not knowing that the pony originally belonged to the boy.

A good story well presented and like all Disney features there is
a happy ending for both children.

I believe that the movie was made by the Disney Studios to be
shown on the television show "The Wonderful World of Disney"
but it was thought at the time that the movie was so good that
a cinema release was justified.

As a child I rewatched this movie over and over again. So much so that the recorded beta tape finally gave out on me. I am happy to see it made it to DVD. A great movie for kids that love horses. The conflict between upper and lower class is portrayed very well. The acting is also A+. A great predictable feel-good movie!