World Famous Comics: The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (The Kurt Russell Collection)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (The Kurt Russell Collection)
Starring: Dean Jones, Diane Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Fred Clark, Ellen Janov Directed By: Norman Tokar Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Mono, NTSC Label: Disney Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 14, 2003 Running Time: 113 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Description: This fast-paced, rollicking Disney adventure combines fatherly love and corporate survival with exciting horseplay and budding romance. The highjinks begin when harassed New York advertising executive Fred Bolton (Dean Jones) acquires a horse for his painfully shy daughter as part of a hurriedly conceived promotional campaign. With help from an attractive riding instructor (Diane Baker), and his daughter's would-be boyfriend (Kurt Russell), Fred hopes the horse will bring his client fame, save his own job, and just maybe finance his daughter's expensive equestrian habit! AS must-see for every Disney fan and lover of good wholesome old-fashioned fun..
Amazon.com: Dean Jones has a typical '60s occupation: ad man. Widower Fred Bolton is in need of a fantastic campaign to promote the stomach pill Aspercel. And in typical Disney get-a-kid-and-animal-in-there fashion, he makes the contrived decision to accommodate his sweet teen daughter Helen's longing for a horse, and advance the elusive ad campaign. Fred figures if he and Helen (Ellen Janov, in her only film role) can make a champion of the horse (now named, you guessed it, Aspercel), the name will get in the papers and Helen will have her horse. Complications arise when Helen reveals she hates riding in shows. Fortunately, her riding teacher, the beautiful Suzie Clemens (underrated Diane Baker), agrees to take up the cause, and sparks a little romance with the ambitious dad. The trio have a challenging competition and Suzie's ex, the wealthy and conceited Archer Madison (Lloyd Bochner, in a role he played often), to deal with, but as with all Disney films, good and earnest triumphs over smug and self-satisfied. Look for a young Kurt Russell, who has little to do but grace the movie (and Helen) with a little teen idolness. His introduction into the film--driving a red convertible MG--is hilarious. A sweet, easy-to-watch, harmless--if a little forgettable--film. (Ages 4 and older) --N.F. Mendoza
Nice horse story / family movie Nice movie about a girl and her horse. Hunter / jumper theme. None of the horses get hurt so it's a happy movie if one needs a lift.
one of my top 3 favorite horse movies! as a teen , i love horses, and when I found out about this movie, I watched it and loved it. any horse lover would like this movie, although kids might not understand buisness and stuff on this movie but anyone even my parents love iT!
Great gift for a horse lover I bought this movie as a Christmas present for my wife who recently started dressage lessons. She loves it and watches it regularly. I enjoy it and can understand Dean Jone's character. Good, clean, and fun classic Disney.
Loved it since I was a kid I have loved watching this movie since I was a child because it doesn't have bad language, nudity or violence. It is a movie that everyone in the family can sit down and enjoy. Bonus is that it is about a horse!
Gray Flannel Looks Good on a Horse Fred Bolton (play by Disney regular Dean Jones) is caught up in the intense business of advertising. Clients are demanding and the hours can be long. Fred's biggest client threatens to leave the advertising agency Fred works for unless Fred can come up with a snappy new campaign. Fred's daughter Helen (the late Ellen Janov in her only role) adds to Fred's pressures by wanting a horse. Fred manages to take care of two problems by suggesting that Fred's client, whose principal product is a stomach medication called Aspercel, should sponsor a horse that will gain publicity for the company.
Helen needs to win several competitions to get to a national horse show in Washington, D.C. Fred fails to be subtle in his encouragement of Helen, and eventually the pressure gets to Helen. As the result of a humorous horse escape we learn that Aspercel may have more capabilities than anyone realized, and Aspercel has a chance to achieve international fame.
Diane Baker is excellent as horse trainer Suzie "S.J." Clemens. Young Kurt Russell (he was about 17 years old at the time of this movie) is similarly excellent as Ronnie Gardner, who has more than a passing interest in Helen. Perhaps the only thing that bothers me about this movie is Dean Jones's periodic overacting. While he managed to express his nervousness, it hardly seems like someone in his position would be so nervous as to be nearly out of control.
Excepting Dean Jones occasional acting lapses, this movie is enjoyable. Several scenes are very funny. The end has very nice pacing leading up to the climax of the movie. Even better, every member of the family can watch this movie.
Watch for the dog named Herbie. "The Love Bug" was also filmed in the same year as this movie.
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