Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family Also starring: Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Pantoliano, Mandy Moore, Patrick Stewart, Michael Rosenbaum, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy Directed by: Frederik Du Chau Release Date: January 14th, 2005 Video Release Date: May 10, 2005 MPAA Rating: PG for mild crude humor and some language Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Links: Official website Racing Stripes fanlisting

SYNOPSIS
The story of an abandoned baby zebra (Muniz) that grows up believing he's a racehorse. With the help of barnyard friends and teenage girl who dreams of being a jockey, he overcomes prejudice and self-doubt to pursue his dream of running with thoroughbreds.

JOSH'S ROLE
Josh plays Trenton's Pride, one of the thoroughbreds who is mean to Stripes.

PRODUCTION NOTES
Production was from September 15, 2003 to December 20 2003. The live action aspects of the movie was filmed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

INTERESTING TIDBITS

• The Shetland pony, Tucker (Dustin Hoffman), had to be painted brown during filming because his real coat turned gray for the winter. Everyone was so surprised, but the animal trainers did a little touch-up with brown dye.

QUOTABLES
Trenton's Pride: I don't race nobody's

Lightning: Well, like my momma used to say, you can put your boots in the oven, but that won't make 'em biscuits.

Goose: Now you're talking, baby! Let's do this, barnyard style.

RANDOM REVIEWS
"Sweet, innocuous and about as fresh as yesterday’s lettuce, this tale of a zebra and his girl rider who want to race in the Kentucky open has at least the virtue of good taste in the winning formulas it shamelessly plunders. " -- LA Weekly (click for full review)

"Move over Seabiscuit, there's a new champion in town in Racing Stripes, a kid-friendly comedy in the Babe mould about a zebra who dreams of winning the Kentucky Derby. " -- BBC (click for full review)

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