Pit Pony
1997 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 130 VOTES · DIR. Eric Till
Overview
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.
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00:00:44 Woman: SO THIS LITTLE DOT OF LAND HERE
00:05:35 I'M JUST A SLAVE AROUND HERE. THAT'S ALL.
00:08:01 IF THERE'S NO WORK, COMPANY CAN'T BE GIVING HER A HOUSE.
00:10:20 LIKE THE ONES MOMMY USED TO SING.
00:16:01 WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON?
00:21:11 I DIDN'T STEAL HER, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
00:26:13 ABOUT ED.
00:30:55 SO I'M GOING DOWN TOMORROW...
00:35:55 THIS HERE'S WILLIE MACLEAN.
00:38:48 CLOSE THE TRAP THERE, WILLIE BOY.
00:44:40 YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE HORSES HERE THINK STUBBY'S THEIR MOTHER.
00:46:53 ACTUALLY WE SHOULD HAVE HIM OVER FOR SUPPER SOMETIME.
00:50:15 JOHN DID.
00:52:39 WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE EGGS.
00:55:22 I WORKED ALL THOSE DAYS FOR NOTHING.
00:58:36 NOPE. MOVE ALONG NOW.
01:01:02 I'LL SPEND MY TIME ON TOP OF THE GROUND,
01:03:16 OH, IS THAT RIGHT?
01:05:43 AS HEAD OF THE PROVINCIAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION,
01:09:33 LET'S GO.
01:15:18 ANY SIGN OF MY SON?
01:22:03 BILLY!
01:26:28 YOUR TURN.
01:29:46 HIS NAME IS SABLE.
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