Harry & Snowman
2016
DVD
Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry & Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nations blue bloods and they became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.
Item Details
Edition: Special director's edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital optical
- video file DVD video
- polychrome
Target Audience Note: CHVR: Not rated.
Other Title: Harry and Snowman
Notes:
- Title from disc label; credits from screen.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
- Special features: interview with Olympian George Morris; Interview with legendary horseman Rodney Jenkins; Interview with Harry deLeyer; The story of Olympic jumper Sinjon; Interview with director Ron Davis and Harriet deLeyer; Trailer.
- Edited by Nancy Kennedy ; director of photography, Clay Westervelt ; music by Joel Goodman, Elik Álvarez.
- Harry DeLeyer, Harriet DeLeyer, Andre DeLeyer.
- DVD; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.
- Closed-captioned.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 11785942
Control Number: 1931221
UPC: 191091212387
Publisher: [Brooklyn, NY] : FilmRise, c2016.Subjects:
- DeLeyer, Harry.
- Horse sports -- United States.
- Horses -- United States.
- Show horses -- United States -- Biography.
- Show jumpers (Horses) -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
- Concourse Media, production company.
- Davis, Ron (Documentary filmmaker), director, producer, screenwriter.
- Docutainment Films, production company.
- FilmRise (Firm), publisher.
- Fisher Klingenstein Films, production company.
- Graceful Light Entertainment (Firm), production company.
- Imaginaut Entertainment, production company.
- Talcott, Nancy Knox, 1960- producer.
- Westervelt, Clay, 1973- producer, director of photography.