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Lean on Pete

Lean on Pete

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 6, 2018

Runtime

2h 1m

Genres

Drama, Adventure

User Score

69%

Original Title

Lean on Pete

Production Companies

The Bureau, Film4 Productions

Director

Andrew Haigh

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$2,400,000

Description

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.