Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited an American, Frank T. Hopkins, and his horse to enter the race for the first time. During the course of his career, Hopkins was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry--and had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik puts his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders--some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible.
Production Touchstone Pictures; Hidalgo Productions Inc.; Casey Silver Productions; Dune Films [ma];
Cast Names Viggo Mortensen; Zuleikha Robinson; Omar Sharif; Louise Lombard; Adam Alexi-Malle; Saïd Taghmaoui; Silas Carson; Harsh Nayyar; J.K. Simmons; Adoni Maropis; Victor Talmadge; Peter Mensah; Joshua Wolf Coleman; Franky Mwangi; Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman; Elizabeth Berridge; C. Thomas Howell; Stevan Rimkus; Jerry Hardin; Frank Collison; Chris Owen; Marshall Manesh; Philip Sounding Sides; George Gerdes; Todd Kimsey; Ednah New Rider Weber; Adam Ozturk; John Prosky; Michael Canavan; David Midthunder; Lee Trotter; Dave Florek; Jeff Kober; Sam Sako; Te'Amir Sweeney; Jake Miller; Mary Ellis; Clement Richards; Kimberly Guerrero; Zachary Badasci;
Box Office USD 67,286,731
Release Date 2004-02-17 (Texas Film Festival) 2004-03-01 (Hollywood, California) (premiere) 2004-03-05
Genres Action; Drama; Adventure; Western;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and some mild innuendo.