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Possibly the favorite film of my childhood


Saw this aged 6 the year it came out and absolutely ADORED it. I just remember being absolutely high for hours after I saw it. Of course I was rooting for the main character, but I didn't like that the rich girl was portrayed as kind of snotty. That seemed a bit unfair to me even then. It's so strange what memory does. I hadn't even remembered this being an Australian film with Australian actors. I remember so many scenes so vividly but left out the entire continent it was filmed on. If it isn't on DVD that is a terrible shame. What a degenerate culture we live in that every Olsen twins movie is on DVD and this isn't.

What reminded me of this film tonight is that the French film White Mane is playing on TCM and I had never seen it before. At first I was wondering if perhaps this was the original that Ride A Wild Pony is based on, but after a few minutes I realized it is very different. However, I still wonder if White Mane influenced this film.

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