World Premiere of 'Racing Stripes'
BENEFITING VICTORY JUNCTION SATURDAY, JANUARY 8TH

WHAT: Racing Stripes is the tale of a baby zebra named Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz), who is raised by horse trainer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood) and his young daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere) on their Kentucky farm. Stripes becomes part of an eclectic barnyard family, led by grumpy Shetland pony Tucker (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) and Franny (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg), a sharp-tongued but loving nanny goat. Stripes and Channing both dream of racing in the prestigious Kentucky Open—Stripes knows that if he can just get onto the track, he will leave all the other horses in the dust. What he doesn't know is… he's not exactly a horse. He's helped in his pursuit of glory by his friends back on the farm and down at the track, including the manic horsefly duo Buzz (voiced by Steve Harvey) and Scuzz (voiced by David Spade), whose love of song and dance is eclipsed only by their love of hot dogs and horse poop. As Stripes thrusts himself into a world of elite athletes, intense competition and enormous stakes, he must prove he's fast enough and tough enough to run with the big horses if he wants to land in the winner's circle at the Kentucky Open. Some champions are born, not bred!

Alcon Entertainment presents the live action/CGI animation family motion picture Racing Stripes, directed by Frederik Du Chau, starring Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, M. Emmet Walsh and Wendie Malick and featuring the voices of Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, Steve Harvey, David Spade, Snoop Dogg, Fred Dalton Thompson with Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg. The film is produced by Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Lloyd Phillips and Edward L. McDonnell. Steven P. Wegner serves as executive producer. The co-producers are Philip A. Patterson, Kira Davis and Kirk DeMicco. The director of photography is David Eggby, A.C.S. Edited by Tom Finan. Wolf Kroeger serves as production designer. Screenplay by David F. Schmidt, story by David F. Schmidt & Steven P. Wegner and Kirk DeMicco & Frederik Du Chau. The music supervisor is Deva Anderson. Music composed by Mark Isham, with new songs by Sting and Bryan Adams.

WHO: From the film: Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Foxworthy, Bruce Greenwood, Steve Harvey, Wendie Malick, Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Rosenbaum, David Spade and M. Emmet Walsh. With celebrity guests Jeff Gordon, Kyle Petty, and more to follow.

WHEN: Saturday, January 8, 2005

WHERE: Grauman's Chinese Crew Arrivals: 9:15AM, 6925 Hollywood Blvd. Celebrity Arrivals: 10:00AM, Hollywood Screening: 11:00AM

Racing Stripes has been rated PG by the MPAA for "mild crude humor and some language." www.racingstripesmovie.com / AOL Keyword: Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes will be released on Friday, January 14, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

About Victory Junction

Founded by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and his wife Pattie, as well as 2002 Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart, Victory Junction is a $25 million year-round facility serving children and families from around the country. The camp provides sessions to children ages 7 to 15 suffering from chronic and life threatening illnesses, as well as family programs in the Spring, Fall and Winter. Because of the Petty family's longtime prominence in motorsports, Victory Junction is designed with a NASCAR racing theme, complete with a racetrack. The camp incorporates the sights, sounds, look and feel of racing, allowing campers to begin their experience by entering the camp through a tunnel and crossing a starting line into a world of creativity, excitement and empowerment. Victory Junction's 75-acre site has more than 36 buildings, including a dining hall, gym, pool, theater, therapeutic equestrian center, arts and crafts center, race shop and sixteen camper cabins. The Victory Junction Gang Camp, a proud charity of NASCAR, opened in June 2004 and is free to children and their families.

For more information, visit www.victoryjunction.org.