Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrederik Du Chau
Screenplay byDavid Schmidt
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Eggby
Edited byTom Finan
Music byMark Isham
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada)
Summit Entertainment (International)
Release dates
  • January 8, 2005 (2005-01-08) (Hollywood)
  • January 14, 2005 (2005-01-14) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$90.8 million[1]

Racing Stripes is a 2005 American sports comedy family film directed by Frederik Du Chau. The film was produced by Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Lloyd Phillips and Edward L. McDonnell, based on a script written by David Schmidt, Steven P. Wegner, Kirk DeMicco and Du Chau.

The film tells the story of Stripes, a circus plains zebra who is accidentally abandoned in Kentucky and raised on a farm next to a racing track. Believing he is a racehorse, Stripes dreams of training for and competing in the races. The film stars Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood, Wendie Malick and M. Emmet Walsh, with the voice talents of Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg.

Racing Stripes was released theatrically January 14, 2005, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $90 million worldwide.

  1. ^ "Racing Stripes (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 24, 2024.