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Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman, Peter Barkworth ... see more see more... , Dinsdale Landen , Sarah Bullen , Jeffrey Byron , Richard Warwick , Daniel Abineri , Jason White , Martin Neil , Douglas Reith , Kenneth Benda , Ronald Chenery , Brenda Cowling , Marsha Fitzalan , Susan Jameson , James Smilie , David Tate , Trevor Thomas , David Wilkinson , Norman Wooland , Bryan Forbes , Stephanie Cole , Jack Dearlove , Dennis Blanch

Thirty-four years after the release of National Velvet, MGM came up with this attractively filmed sequel. Tatum O'Neal stars as the niece of Velvet Brown, Elizabeth Taylor's character from the first f... read more read more...ilm (the Taylor role is played herein by Nanette Newman, the wife of director Bryan Forbes). Like her aunt, O'Neal is horse-happy, and hopes to become an Olympic equestrienne. There are a few tense moments when O'Neal fails to measure up to her aunt's overexacting standards, and when the girl evinces jealousy concerning auntie's live-in love Christopher Plummer. But with the help of crusty old trainer Anthony Hopkins, O'Neal proves herself every inch the horsewoman that Velvet had been so long ago. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG, 2 hr. 7 min.

Directed by: Bryan Forbes

Release Date: September 1, 1978

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DVD Release Date: August 19, 1992

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