Steven Spielberg has adapted War Horse into a feature length film, which is set to be released in movie theaters on December 25. The filmed premiered in New York City yesterday, December 3, and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the red carpet!
At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to the trenches to find him and bring him home.
War Horse was originally a novel by Michael Morpurgo, released in 2007. The show was then adapted into a play which is currently running at the New London Theatre and Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Thetare. The film's cast includes Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Kennedy, Emily Watson, Toby Kebbell, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsa and Peter Mullan.
To catch War Horse in the UK and at Lincoln Center before it's released on the big screen, visit www.warhorselondon.nationaltheatre.org.uk or www.warhorseonbroadway.com.
Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinksi
The War Horse world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Sylvia Miles
Robert Emms
Celine Buckens
Chris Bowe
Carol Baker
Noah Keen and Gerrianne Keen
Stephen Lang
Dan Hedaya
David Kross
David Thewlis
Emily Watson
Michael Michele
Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
Matt Milne
Tinsley Mortimer
The War Horse world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
