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{{Short description|1978 film by Bryan Forbes}}
{{Infobox Film
{{Infobox film
| name = International Velvet
| name = International Velvet
| image = International_Velvet_Film.jpg
| image = International Velvet - Poster.jpg
| caption = The advertising material
| caption = the picture's Theatrical poster
| director = [[Bryan Forbes]]
| director = [[Bryan Forbes]]
| producer = [[Bryan Forbes]]
| producer = Bryan Forbes
| writer = [[Bryan Forbes]]<br/>[[Enid Bagnold]] (book)
| writer = Bryan Forbes
| starring = [[Tatum O'Neal]]<br/>[[Nanette Newman]]<br/>[[Anthony Hopkins]]<br/>[[Christopher Plummer]]<br/>[[Jeffrey Byron]]<br/>[[Sarah Bullen]]<br/>[[Richard Warwick]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[National Velvet]]''<br />1935 novel|[[Enid Bagnold]]}}
| starring = [[Tatum O'Neal]]<br />[[Nanette Newman]]<br />[[Anthony Hopkins]]<br />[[Christopher Plummer]]<br />[[Jeffrey Byron]]<br />Sarah Bullen<br />[[Richard Warwick]]
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| music = [[Francis Lai]]
| cinematography = [[Tony Imi]]
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| runtime = 127 min.
| language = [[English language|English]]
| editing = Timothy Gee
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| preceded_by = [[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]
| distributor = [[United Artists]] (United States/Canada)<br />[[Cinema International Corporation]] (International)
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| followed_by =
| released = {{Film date|1978|7|19|Los Angeles & New York City}}
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| imdb_id = 0077743
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| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = United States
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| language = English
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| budget =
| gross = $7,009,238
}}
}}
{{dablink|For the [[1998]] album by [[Wales|Welsh]] band [[Catatonia]], see [[International Velvet]].}}
'''International Velvet''' is the name of a [[1978 in film|1978]] film. It was the sequel to the [[1944 in film|1944]] classic, [[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]].


'''''International Velvet''''' is a 1978 American film and a sequel to the 1944 picture ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' starring [[Tatum O'Neal]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Nanette Newman]], and directed by [[Bryan Forbes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6be0e8bd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713025449/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6be0e8bd |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-13 |title=International Velvet (1978) &#124; BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews. ''International Velvet'' was partly filmed at [[Birmingham University]], England.
==Plot introduction==
{{spoiler}}
'''International Velvet''' is the touching story of a girl, Sarah Brown, who is orphaned when a car crash killed her parents. She is sent to [[England]] to live with her aunt, Velvet Brown. When Velvet was a similar age as Sarah, she entered the [[Grand National]] and won, however getting disqualified as she was too young and a woman. The horse Velvet rode on that occasion was called '''The Pie'''. The horse was retired to a stud, and after much deliberation, Sarah and Velvet buy the last child of The Pie and aptly named it '''Arizona Pie''', combining the name of the father, and the state in America Sarah was originally from. Sarah lives up to her dream and enters the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Three Day Event]] helping [[Great Britain]] win the team competition. She falls in love with an American Competitor, and moves back to America with him. She sends her aunt, Velvet, her Olympic medal, saying she deserved it.


==Awards==
==Plot==
After her parents are killed in a car crash, teenage Sarah Velvet Brown is forced to leave her home in [[Cave Creek, Arizona]], to go to England to live with her aunt Velvet Brown and Velvet's boyfriend John. After the events of ''National Velvet'' Donald got married, had Sarah, and moved from England to Arizona.
[[Nanette Newman]] won a [[Evening Standard]] British Film Award for '''Best Actress'''.


When Velvet was a similar age to Sarah, she and her horse, The Pie, entered the legendary [[Grand National]] horse race and crossed the finish line first; however, Velvet and The Pie were instantly disqualified because Velvet was a 14-year-old girl. The Pie is ultimately put out to stud upon his retirement. He sires his last foal after Sarah's arrival in England. Sarah and Velvet are present for the birth of this foal and Sarah eventually decides that she'd like to purchase him. She later finds out that Velvet has bought him for her. Sarah aptly names him Arizona Pie.
==Trivia==

*International Velvet shares none of the stars with the original film.
She shows enough talent to be selected for the British Olympic team, where she is the junior, but she does well under the stern guidance of Captain Johnson. Sarah lives up to her dream and enters the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Three Day Event]] helping Great Britain win the team competition. She falls in love with an American competitor named Scott Saunders and moves back to America with him. At the conclusion of the film, Sarah is married to Scott, and she gives her Olympic gold medal to Velvet when she returns to England to visit and introduces Scott to Velvet and John.
*The Director [[Bryan Forbes]] cast his wife [[Nanette Newman]] in the role of Velvet Brown, over [[Elizabeth Taylor]], who played her in the original film.

*Somehow The Pie, who was a chestnut [[gelding]] with white socks and a big blaze in the original film, becomes a dark bay <b>stallion</b> with no white at all in the sequel.
==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Tatum O'Neal]] as Sarah Velvet Brown
* [[Christopher Plummer]] as John Seaton
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Captain Johnson
* [[Nanette Newman]] as Velvet Brown
* [[Peter Barkworth]] as Pilot
* [[Dinsdale Landen]] as Mr. Curtis
* Sarah Bullen as Beth
* [[Jeffrey Byron]] as Scott Saunders
* [[Richard Warwick]] as Tim
* [[Daniel Abineri]] as Wilson
* Jason White as Roger
* Martin Neil as Mike
* [[Douglas Reith]] as Howard
* Dennis Blanch as Policeman
* [[Norman Wooland]] as Team Doctor
* [[Susan Jameson]] as T.V. Interviewer
* [[Brenda Cowling]] as Alice
* [[David Tate (actor)|David Tate]] as Commentator
* [[James Smillie]] as Commentator
{{div col end}}

==Production==
It was the first film shot in England financed by MGM since 1971.<ref>Can Rank say they 'proudly' present this film? Barker, Dennis. The Guardian 26 Nov 1977: 17.</ref> The head of MGM at the time was Richard Shepherd, who was former agent for [[Bryan Forbes]].<ref name="bryan">{{cite web|url=https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/bryan-forbes|website=British Entertainment History Project |title=Interview with Bryan Forbes|first=Roy|last=Fowler|date=9 August 1994|access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>

The majority of the countryside riding and home scenes were filmed in and around the Flete Estate in South Devon, including Mothecombe Beach and the nearby village of Holbeton.

The Cross-Country riding sequences were filmed in the grounds of [[Burghley House]] near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

==Release==
''International Velvet'' was released in New York and Los Angeles on July 19, 1978.<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=http://afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=56554|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=International Velvet|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref>

Bryan Forbes's novelization of ''International Velvet'' was published to coincide with the film's release.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 31, 1978|page=27|title=UA 'Convoy' For 700}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Olympic films]]
* [[List of films about horses]]
* [[List of films about horse racing]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|international_velvet}}
* {{tcmdb title}}
* {{AFI film}}
* {{mojo title|internationalvelvet|International Velvet}}

{{Bryan Forbes}}


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 28 December 2024

International Velvet
the picture's Theatrical poster
Directed byBryan Forbes
Written byBryan Forbes
Based onNational Velvet
1935 novel
by Enid Bagnold
Produced byBryan Forbes
StarringTatum O'Neal
Nanette Newman
Anthony Hopkins
Christopher Plummer
Jeffrey Byron
Sarah Bullen
Richard Warwick
CinematographyTony Imi
Edited byTimothy Gee
Music byFrancis Lai
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists (United States/Canada)
Cinema International Corporation (International)
Release date
  • July 19, 1978 (1978-07-19) (Los Angeles & New York City)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7,009,238

International Velvet is a 1978 American film and a sequel to the 1944 picture National Velvet starring Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins and Nanette Newman, and directed by Bryan Forbes.[1] The film received mixed reviews. International Velvet was partly filmed at Birmingham University, England.

Plot

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After her parents are killed in a car crash, teenage Sarah Velvet Brown is forced to leave her home in Cave Creek, Arizona, to go to England to live with her aunt Velvet Brown and Velvet's boyfriend John. After the events of National Velvet Donald got married, had Sarah, and moved from England to Arizona.

When Velvet was a similar age to Sarah, she and her horse, The Pie, entered the legendary Grand National horse race and crossed the finish line first; however, Velvet and The Pie were instantly disqualified because Velvet was a 14-year-old girl. The Pie is ultimately put out to stud upon his retirement. He sires his last foal after Sarah's arrival in England. Sarah and Velvet are present for the birth of this foal and Sarah eventually decides that she'd like to purchase him. She later finds out that Velvet has bought him for her. Sarah aptly names him Arizona Pie.

She shows enough talent to be selected for the British Olympic team, where she is the junior, but she does well under the stern guidance of Captain Johnson. Sarah lives up to her dream and enters the Olympic Three Day Event helping Great Britain win the team competition. She falls in love with an American competitor named Scott Saunders and moves back to America with him. At the conclusion of the film, Sarah is married to Scott, and she gives her Olympic gold medal to Velvet when she returns to England to visit and introduces Scott to Velvet and John.

Cast

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Production

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It was the first film shot in England financed by MGM since 1971.[2] The head of MGM at the time was Richard Shepherd, who was former agent for Bryan Forbes.[3]

The majority of the countryside riding and home scenes were filmed in and around the Flete Estate in South Devon, including Mothecombe Beach and the nearby village of Holbeton.

The Cross-Country riding sequences were filmed in the grounds of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Release

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International Velvet was released in New York and Los Angeles on July 19, 1978.[4]

Bryan Forbes's novelization of International Velvet was published to coincide with the film's release.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "International Velvet (1978) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  2. ^ Can Rank say they 'proudly' present this film? Barker, Dennis. The Guardian 26 Nov 1977: 17.
  3. ^ Fowler, Roy (9 August 1994). "Interview with Bryan Forbes". British Entertainment History Project. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ "International Velvet". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "UA 'Convoy' For 700". Variety. May 31, 1978. p. 27.
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