So you might have heard that Steven Spielberg has two films coming out later this month days a part from one another. The trailers and advertising for War Horse thus far has set out to make it be that beautifully-shot Oscar contender with a sappy narrative, unlike Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Eight new clips for the film have made their way online looking to further instill in viewers that it will be a promising war drama that just happens to center on a horse.
War Horse is based on the Michael Morpurgo novel and the award-winning Broadway show from which it inspired. The story centers on a young man named Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War I. Albert, despite being too young to enlist, heads to France to save his friend.
War Horse gallops to theaters on Christmas Day.