| Shannon's Rainbow | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Frank E. Johnson |
| Written by | Linda Morris John Mowod Larry Richert |
| Produced by | Joycelyn Engle Frank E. Johnson |
| Starring | Julianne Michelle Claire Forlani Louis Gossett Jr. Eric Roberts Daryl Hannah Michael Madsen Jason Gedrick Charles Durning Steve Guttenberg |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | Patrea Patrick Jack Tucker |
| Music by | Charles David Denler |
| Distributed by | Supernova Media |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shannon's Rainbow (also listed as Amazing Racer) is a 2009 family film produced and directed by Frank E. Johnson. It stars Julianne Michelle and Claire Forlani, with a musical score by Charles David Denler.[1][2][3][4][5]
The film was shot in western Pennsylvania from a script written by John Mowod and Larry Richert and based on Mowod's own experiences seeing his brother rehabilitate an injured horse and win a championship horse race.[2][4][5][6]
The main character's story about recently experiencing the death of her father is loosely based on the death of Jeff Gardner, good friend of Mowod and Richert. Mowod and Gardner collaborated on the outline of the film before Jeff Gardner was killed in an accident. The film takes its name from Jeff's oldest daughter, Shannon, and is dedicated to Jeff.[4][7]
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- ^ a b kdka.com Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, by John Shumway, "Larry Richert Plays Key Role In Making Major Movie", accessed 12-29-2008
- ^ charlesdenler.com, "Music Awards and recodnitions", accessed 01-05-2009
- ^ a b c Barbara Vancheri (2008-06-24). "Hospital, racetrack double as movie set". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ a b Pittsburgh Tribune Review Archived 2008-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, by Michael Machosky (June 24, 2008), "Pittsburgh film production boom continues", accessed 12-29-2008
- ^ USTA Newsroom, by Evan Pattak (June 27, 2008), "The Meadows is key locale for movie", accessed 12-29-2008
- ^ [1], accessed 5-20-2009, KDKA.com, "Larry Richert Plays Key Role In Making Major Movie" June 26, 2008, 6:48 p.m. ET, KDKA's John Shumway Reports