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War Horse is a British war novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse bought by the Army for service in World War I in France and the attempts of 15-year-old Albert, his previous owner, to bring him safely home.
War Horse is a play based on the book of the same name by writer Michael Morpurgo, adapted for stage by Nick Stafford. Originally Morpurgo thought "they must be mad" to try to make a play from his best-selling 1982 novel; but the play was a great success. [ 1 ]
Story [5] 1974 The Sugarland Express: Yes No Story Theatrical film directing debut: 1975 Jaws: Yes No No [6] 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Yes No Yes Also visual effects concepts [7] 1979 1941: Yes No No [8] 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark: Yes No No [9] 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Yes Yes No [10] Poltergeist: No Yes Yes [11] [12] 1983
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Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story; Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien; Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale; Bayard, a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the medieval chansons de geste; Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
The publicity strategy for War Horse unusually featured preview screenings for the public in U.S. heartland areas before either the critics were shown the film or it was screened to the public in major metropolitan areas. The first preview screenings of War Horse were held at various locations across the United States on 1, 2 and 10 November 2011.
Joey – the younger horse owned by Albert and the main protagonist from the prequel War Horse. While the first book is narrated by Joey, Farm Boy is narrated entirely by humans, and so Joey is more realistic in a sense from this book's perspective. Zoey – An old mare and the second horse that Albert owns. Zoey is older than Joey by about 5 ...
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