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Ride like a girl.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: DL4490 | Universal Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentPublication details: Australia : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Pty Ltd, 2020.Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 94 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmUniform titles:
  • Ride like a girl (Motion picture : 2019).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
Production credits:
  • Director Rachel Griffiths ; producers Rachel Griffiths, Richard Keddie, Susie Montague-Delaney ; screenplay by Andrew Knight & Elise McCredie.
Cast: Teresea Palmer, Sam Neill, Stevie Payne, Sullivan Stapleton, Genevieve Morris, Magda Szubanski.Summary: As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup - horse-racing's toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy. She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures, she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her own near-fatal horse fall all but ends the dream. But with the love of her dad and her brother Stevie, Michelle will not give up. Against all the medical advice and the protests of her siblings, she rides on and meets the Prince of Penzance. Together they overcome impossible odds for a shot at the dream: a ride in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, at odds of 100 to 1. The rest is history. Ride Like A Girl is the incredible true story of Michelle Payne.
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New book Melbourne Athenaeum Library DVD RID Available 071179
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"Never give up."--Cover.

"The inspirational true story of Michelle Payne."--Cover.

Special features: Sam meets Paddy Payne -- Teresa meets Michelle Payne -- Casting young Michelle --Teresa learns to ride --Chris and the horses --Stevie Payne as Stevie Payne -- Inside the race -- Rachel Griffiths: Director.

Director Rachel Griffiths ; producers Rachel Griffiths, Richard Keddie, Susie Montague-Delaney ; screenplay by Andrew Knight & Elise McCredie.

Teresea Palmer, Sam Neill, Stevie Payne, Sullivan Stapleton, Genevieve Morris, Magda Szubanski.

As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup - horse-racing's toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy. She leaves school at 15 to become a jockey and after early failures, she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her own near-fatal horse fall all but ends the dream. But with the love of her dad and her brother Stevie, Michelle will not give up. Against all the medical advice and the protests of her siblings, she rides on and meets the Prince of Penzance. Together they overcome impossible odds for a shot at the dream: a ride in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, at odds of 100 to 1. The rest is history. Ride Like A Girl is the incredible true story of Michelle Payne.

Censorship classification : PG - Mild themes and coarse language.

DVD-video ; Region 4 ; PAL ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0 (DVS) ; 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen.

In English. [CC] English captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration).

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