One thing which makes Racing Stripes stand out and therefore makes it an interesting subject for analysis, is its use of two protagonists, one human and one animal. The trait which is common throughout this genre is the main character’s struggle for sporting success even against the odds which are inevitably stacked against them, making their victory all the more glorious and exciting. However Racing Stripes is a film which fits more into the hybridised genre of Sports Comedy cinema. Avildsen 1967) and even Seabiscuit (Gary Ross 2003) which similarly focuses on the horse racing industry. Racing Stripes joins many classic films in the American sports film genre such as Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin 2000), Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood 2004), the iconic Rocky (John G.
Through the struggles of the human and animal lead characters, the film comments on the incompatible relationship between prejudice and individuality. There the zebra’s otherness in the rural Kentucky setting and juxtaposed with the refined, elitist world of the stud farm is ridiculed by the animals and humans alike. However the stud farm on the other side of the fence does not share this accepting ideology. The Walsh farm is a space where individuality is celebrated. He is accepted and nurtured by the Walsh family and their assortment of farm yard animals, which act like an encouraging yet dysfunctional family. After a baby zebra is left behind by a travelling circus Channing Walsh (Hayden Panettiere) and her father (Bruce Greenwood) raise the foal and train him into a race winning champion. The film has a bildungsroman performance narrative and follows the journey of a young girl and her unconventional mount Stripes, a zebra. However the film does this through a comedic twist. Wendie Malick turns in a brittle, sub-Cruella-De-Ville performance as Clara, racehorse owner and Nolan Walsh`s former boss.Racing stripes (Frederik Du Chau 2005) is an American sports comedy which centres on the glamourous and wealthy sport of horseracing in Kentucky. While acted off the screen by their animal co-stars, the human on-screen talent includes Bruce Greenwood as Nolan Walsh, the kindly farmer and former racehorse trainer Hayden Panettiere as his feisty daughter Channing and veteran actor M Emmet Walsh as Woodzie, the old racetrack pundit who recognises the ability of Channing and Stripes as a winning team. Stripes winds up entered in the Kentucky Open, much to the disgust of the thoroughbred racehorses led by black stallion Sir Trenton (voiced by former US Senator Fred Dalton Thompson). Comedy relief is provided by two horseflies Buzz and Scuzz voiced by Steve Harvey and David Spade, and by Joe Pantoliano as a Goodfella pelican called Goose (think Joe Pesci with feathers). Agent Cody Banks star Frankie Muniz voices Stripes, while Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg voice the grumpy Shetland Tucker and the goat Franny respectively. He`s attracted to the elegant showjumper who`s just arrived at the neighbouring stables but he also has to suffer the jibes of the thoroughbreds training for the Kentucky Open there. He`s befriended by the other animals on the farm, including a friendly goat, a grumpy Shetland pony and a neurotic rooster. Found by a kindly farmer (and former horse-trainer), Stripes grows up dreaming of being a racehorse because nobody bothers telling him he`s a zebra. Stripes is a baby zebra, accidentally abandoned by a circus caravan in a rain storm. Introduction Think National Velvet with fart jokes and you`ve pretty much got the handle on this modern-day fable.
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