Lean on Pete
By: Film4 & BFI present ; a production from The Bureau ; written and directed by Andrew Haigh ; produced by Tristan Goligher
Contributors: Plummer, Charlie, 1999- actor; Sevigny, Chloë, actor; Zahn, Steve, 1968- actor; Fimmel, Travis, 1979- actor; Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor; FilmFour (Firm); British Film Institute; Bureau Film Company; A24 (Firm)
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Drama; Teenage boys; Single fathers; Race horses; Human-animal relationships; Fathers and sons
Description: Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin.

Wide screen.

Special features: Searching for home: making Lean on Pete.

Director of photography, Magnus Jønck ; editor, Jonathan Alberts ; music, James Edward Barker.

Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi.

MPAA rating: R; for language and brief violence.

DVD; Widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).