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Spielberg's War Horse To Be Released on Christmas Day

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The most awaited movie premiere of the year is Steven Spielberg ’s War Horse opening on Christmas Day December 25 in the US and on January 13, 2012 in the UK. War Horse is an adaptation of British author Michael Morpurgo’s children's novel set during World War I. The novel was first published in 1982 and had a successful stage adaptation in 2007. Spielberg said he had challenges in reworking “a beloved Broadway play into a big screen moment to remember”. Jeremy Irvine plays the role of Albert Narracott in the war thriller. He was Luke in the television series Life Bites and has remarkable stage experience with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was in Dunsinane in 2010. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Bro...