The Dark Horse (2014 film)

For the horse racing film, see Dark Horse (documentary).

The Dark Horse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Napier Robertson
Written byJames Napier Robertson
Produced byTom Hern
Starring
CinematographyDenson Baker
Edited byPeter Roberts
Music byDana Lund
Production
companies
  • Four Knights Film[1]
  • Southern Light Films
Distributed byTransmission Films
Release date
  • 17 July 2014 (2014-07-17) (New Zealand)
Running time
125 minutes[2]
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.1 million[3]
Box office$1.9 million[4]

The Dark Horse is a 2014 New Zealand drama film written and directed by James Napier Robertson and starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston. It won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, Best Film at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), 2015 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) and 2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), was New York Times Critics' Pick[5] and Time Magazine Critics' Pick,[6] and was labeled by leading New Zealand critics as "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made".[7][8] It premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was created by production company Four Knights Film. The film was released theatrically in the U.S. by Broad Green Pictures on 1 April 2016.[9][10]

  1. ^ "The Dark Horse". Four Knights Film. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ "THE DARK HORSE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "The Dark Horse". Box Office Mojo. Amazon. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (31 March 2016). "Review: 'The Dark Horse' Dramatizes the Tale of a Chess Coach". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "File not found".
  7. ^ "Seeing the Light Behind the Dark Horse". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Film review with Dan Slevin". Radio New Zealand National. 24 July 2014.
  9. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (23 July 2015). "Broad Green Dates Three: 'I Smile Back', 'The Dark Horse', Malick's 'Knight Of Cups'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  10. ^ Brennan, Matt. "Broad Green Sets Release Dates for Bryan Cranston's 'The Infiltrator,' Ewan McGregor's 'Last Days in the Desert'". Indie Wire. Retrieved 27 November 2015.