Snowman’s story to hit the big screen
A characteristic length documentary is beingness made close legendary showjumper Snowman together with his rider Harry de Leyer, together with producers are calling for assist inwards locating film footage together with pictures of the pair.
The motion-picture present past times Docutainment Films close the life together with career of de Leyer together with Snowman volition also include the rider’s other famous Equus caballus Dutch Crown, together with footage together with stills of the National Horse Show during the slowly 1950s throughout the 1980s.
Long Island riding teacher Harry de Leyer flora the miracle Equus caballus who launched his riding career on a Pennsylvania Horse Auction block inwards 1957. Arriving late, Harry was left amongst exclusively the rejects of the auction that were already boarded on a truck for the meat together with gum factory, exactly he position eyes on a large white, onetime Amish plough Equus caballus who he bought for $80.
De Leyer named him Snowman together with used him equally a lesson Equus caballus for children at his barn. De Leyer sold the Equus caballus to a neighbor, exactly recognized jumping talent together with potential inwards Snomwan equally he cleared every obstruction to boundary his agency “home” to de Leyer’s farm 6 miles downwards the route – together with then began his present jumping career.
He won prestigious classes exclusively 2 years afterwards beingness saved from the slaughter truck, together with his career lasted 5 years. He was good known for his calm disposition together with willingness inwards the present ring.
The loveable greyness took the equestrian sport past times storm, also appearing on idiot box shows such equally Johnny Carson’s where it is good remembered that Carson climbed aboard. Snowman has been the bailiwick of 2 books, had his ain fan club, together with was flown aboard for “guest appearances.” The dynamic duo stayed together throughout Snowman’s retirement until he was 26.
Snowman was inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame inwards 1992, together with has been made into a Breyer Equus caballus model, directly a collector’s item. His most recent pace into the limelight, however, is the characteristic length documentary inwards evolution past times Docutainment Films.
Director together with producer Ron Davis said: “This is an amazing story. It has never been told on film, together with particularly non inwards a characteristic length documentary. This floor stands the examination of time.
“When you lot looked at Harry together with Snowman on newspaper inwards the 1950’s, neither were destined for greatness, exactly when they came together, in that place is no other give-and-take to depict them other than inspiring.”
Snowman died at the historic menses of 26, inwards 1974. He was euthanised afterwards suffering from complications of kidney failure.
His floor was also the bailiwick of a 2011 majority past times Elizabeth Letts: The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Equus caballus that inspired a nation.
Davis’s kickoff characteristic documentary, Pageant, went on to garner 10 major cinema festival awards earlier premiering on The Sundance Channel inwards 2010. Davis latterly completed his kickoff HBO Documentary Film, Miss You Can Do It, which he directed together with produced. The cinema is scheduled for liberate inwards 2013. Docutainment Films, based inwards West Palm Beach, Florida, is currently inwards evolution on several characteristic length together with brusk documentaries.
» To ship footage or stills for the film, contact Ron Davis at ron@docutainmentfilms.com or 561-228-8885.
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