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Released
1985 · FILM

Sylvester

Her greatest victory waits at the edge of the most dangerous moment of her life.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
104 min
DramaFamily

Synopsis

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David GarfieldShot by Hiro NaritaScored by Lee HoldridgeDesigned by James William Newport

Box Office

1985 · Box office

Grossed $172 worldwide

Worldwide gross

$172

Worldwide gross$172

Opening weekend: $173K 45% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Peak 35 theaters

Also known as

  • Mein Freund das Wildpferdde

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