Flicka is a 2006 film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara. The film is directed by Michael Mayer. The novel has previously been made into a film in 1943, and served as the inspiration for a 39-episode TV series in 1956-1957. In this version, set in the 21st century, the protagonist isn't a boy, but a girl, played by Alison Lohman. The movie also features Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten and country singer Tim McGraw, who also served as executive producer of the soundtrack album. This USD$15 million-budgeted film grossed $21 million in the United States... theaters, and then it went on to become a surprise hit in DVD market in the United States; it made more than $48 million on DVD sales and more than $19 million on DVD/Home Video rental. Katherine "Katy" McLaughlin has big dreams of administering her father's Wyoming horse ranch one day, but her father, Rob , has other plans. He is currently grooming her older brother, Howard , to take over the ranch and sends Katy away to an exclusive private school where she constantly feels like a misfit.
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| Release date: | October 20, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Michael Mayer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gil Netter |
| Editor: | Andrew Marcus |
| Music by: | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography: | J. Michael Muro |
| Screenplay by: | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
| Adapted from: | My Friend Flicka |
| Genre: | Adventure |