Horses – The Story of Equus

March 9, 2010 Off By Roberta Johnston

Three Horses. Three Lives. One Magical Journey.

HORSES: THE STORY OF EQUUS

Debuting on DVD May 11 (TBC)

Run with the horses on a spectacular journey when Warner Home Video releases Horses: The Story of Equus on DVD. Narrated by Golden GlobeR Winner, Gabriel Byrne (TV’s “In Treatment”), Horses: The Story of Equus is a fascinating tribute to the remarkable animals. In a presentation of art, science and drama the film features three unique stories following the life of a runaway Black colt, a mischievous Bay colt and a courageous Chestnut filly, each teaching about the important relationship horses and mankind hold. Horses: The Story of Equus, filmed in IMAX’s signature 15/70 format, providing astounding image sharpness and clarity, is priced to own at $14.98 SRP.

Horses: The Story of Equus is the story of three horses who were all born on the same night but their lives take very different paths. One becomes a racehorse and her story takes us into that extraordinary world, where the ancestry of every horse can be traced back to 1791 and where their overwhelming instinct to run is highly valued. The second is trained as an equestrian horse, an eventer or show horse. But this horse is a unique individual, stubborn and temperamental. After a spectacular failure in competition, he is trained again, this time as a stunt horse in the movies and it’s in that world that his capacity for learning and his individual nature triumph. The third horse goes on a completely different journey. He escapes from people and joins the feral herds in the wild. Out there, undisturbed by human contact, the horses revert to natural, herd behavior and this horse becomes our conduit into understanding what horses may have been like before we domesticated them.