Katy's fever breaks and she begins to recover. Both are stunned that Flicka is alive and decide not to put her down. She runs outside to help and finds out that the gunshot was him shooting at the mountain lion. The next morning, Nell finds Rob walking back to the house, supporting the injured Flicka. A gunshot is heard and Katy bursts into tears, thinking Flicka is dead. Rob goes outside and begins to cry as he finally understands his daughter's feelings, her pain and what a prideful and selfish person he's been to his family over the years. Overhearing the argument, a dazed Katy stumbles into the room and gives her father permission to "shoot us now". Rob thinks Flicka is mortally wounded and believes she should be put down. As her fever spikes, Katy calls for Flicka as Nell tends to her. Rob finds the two and brings a delirious Katy back to the house. Katy binds Flicka's wounds and refuses to leave her in the storm, resulting in her developing a fever. Flicka protects Katy, but is badly wounded in the process. Flicka bolts, throwing Katy to the ground and the lion goes to attack her. Katy and Flicka are attacked by a mountain lion. The family reconciles and searches for Katy as a fierce thunderstorm moves in. Katy becomes lost in the mountains, and allows Flicka to make her way towards the ranch. Howard boosts his sister onto Flicka, and the two escape. Rob tries to intervene, and Katy freezes at the sight of him. Flicka runs from Katy until the girl calls her name. Katy starts writing about Flicka to escape her pain.Īt the rodeo, Howard and Katy enter the competition that Flicka is being used in, hoping to get the horse back. In turn, Howard and Nell refuse to help Rob with the ranch, which he is now considering selling, since Howard does not want it. Howard then stands up to his father and says that he does not want the ranch, but Rob refuses to take Flicka back. Nell and Howard are furious at Rob about making the decision without including them. However, Rob sells Flicka to the rodeo, leaving Katy devastated. Flicka slowly warms to Katy and the two develop a close bond. Determined to prove she can run the ranch, Katy starts training Flicka at night. She sets off to tame " Flicka" ( Swedish for little girl), despite her father's protests.įlicka is captured during a roundup, and Rob asks Katy not to go near Flicka. While out riding, Katy finds a black wild mustang, and feels a connection with the horse. Howard wants to attend college instead of run the ranch, but is afraid of what his father would think if he told him. When she comes home for the summer, Katy is met with her father's disapproval because she did not finish a writing assignment at school, but is greeted by her mother, Nell, and Howard. Rob is having trouble understanding his daughter as she continually defies his authority to follow her own path. He is grooming her older brother, Howard, to take over the ranch and sends Katy away to a private school where she feels like a misfit. Katherine "Katy" McLaughlin has dreams of running her father's Wyoming horse ranch, but her father, Rob, has other plans. Ī sequel, Flicka 2, was released direct to DVD on May 4, 2010, and another sequel, Flicka: Country Pride, was released on May 1, 2012. This USD15 million-budgeted film grossed $21 million in the United States theaters, and then it went on to become a surprise hit in DVD market in the United States it made more than $48 million on DVD sales and more than $19 million on DVD/Home Video rental. The film also features Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten and country singer Tim McGraw, who also served as executive producer of the soundtrack album. In this version, set in the 21st century, the protagonist is a girl, played by Alison Lohman. The novel had previously been made into a film by 20th Century Fox in 1943, and served as the inspiration for My Friend Flicka, a 39-episode TV series in 1956–1957. The film is directed by Michael Mayer and written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. Flicka is a 2006 American family adventure drama film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara.
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