'Racing Stripes' Tour
WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND TOURS ALL OVER?
ROAD TRIP KICKS OFF ZEBRA AWARENESS MONTH
BURBANK, CA—A multi-city tour in celebration of National Zebra Awareness month kicks off in Los Angeles this Thanksgiving weekend, when animal trainer Steve Martin and his two 4-month-old zebras join in the Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday, November 28. Ace and Stripes, both Los Angeles natives, are proud to be taking part in the 73-year-old Hollywood tradition.
Later that night, they will take off for a whirlwind tour beginning in El Paso, TX on Tuesday, November 30 and then Dallas, TX, at the Scottish Rites Hospital for Children on Thursday, December 2. These stops will be followed by appearances in Atlanta on Monday, December 6; Richmond, VA, on Thursday, December 9; Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 10; Pittsburgh, PA, on Saturday, December 11; Chicago on Monday, December 13; Denver on Thursday, December 16; Las Vegas on Friday, December 17; Los Angeles on Saturday, December 18 and San Diego on Tuesday, December 21.
Zebras—a perennial favorite of kids across North America and around the world—will finally get the recognition they deserve in January 2005. National Zebra Awareness month will culminate with the launch of Racing Stripes, the new live action / CGI animation family motion picture from Alcon Entertainment, will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on Friday, January 14, 2005. Alcon Entertainment presents Racing Stripes, 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 and Fred Dalton Thompson, with Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg.
In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo—a baby zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz). The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood), who takes him home to his young daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere). Once a champion thoroughbred trainer, Walsh has given up horse training for a quiet life with Channing on their modest Kentucky farm.
The little zebra, or "Stripes," as Channing calls him, is soon introduced to the farm's misfit troupe of barnyard residents, led by a cranky Shetland Pony named Tucker (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) and Franny (voiced by Whoopie Goldberg), a wise old goat who keeps the family in line. The group is joined by Goose (voiced by Joe Pantoliano), a deranged big-city pelican who's hiding out in the sticks until the heat dies down in Jersey. The un-aptly named bloodhound Lightening (voiced by Snoop Dogg) keeps a lazy eye on goings-on at the farm—in between naps.
The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for horse racing's top honor, the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment Stripes lays eyes on the track, he's hooked—he knows that if he could just get the chance, he could leave all those other horses in the dust. What he doesn't know is…he's not exactly a horse. But with characteristic zeal, he devotes himself to training for the big time, with a little help from Tucker, who has coached a host of champion racehorses in the past.
Stripes makes some friends down at the track, most notably the manic horsefly duo Buzz (Steve Harvey) and Scuzz (David Spade), whose love of song and dance is eclipsed only by their love of hot dogs and horse poop.
As he thrusts himself into a world of elite athletes, intense competition and enormous stakes, Stripes 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 legendary Kentucky Crown.
Some champions are born, not bred!
ROAD TRIP KICKS OFF ZEBRA AWARENESS MONTH
BURBANK, CA—A multi-city tour in celebration of National Zebra Awareness month kicks off in Los Angeles this Thanksgiving weekend, when animal trainer Steve Martin and his two 4-month-old zebras join in the Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday, November 28. Ace and Stripes, both Los Angeles natives, are proud to be taking part in the 73-year-old Hollywood tradition.
Later that night, they will take off for a whirlwind tour beginning in El Paso, TX on Tuesday, November 30 and then Dallas, TX, at the Scottish Rites Hospital for Children on Thursday, December 2. These stops will be followed by appearances in Atlanta on Monday, December 6; Richmond, VA, on Thursday, December 9; Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 10; Pittsburgh, PA, on Saturday, December 11; Chicago on Monday, December 13; Denver on Thursday, December 16; Las Vegas on Friday, December 17; Los Angeles on Saturday, December 18 and San Diego on Tuesday, December 21.
Zebras—a perennial favorite of kids across North America and around the world—will finally get the recognition they deserve in January 2005. National Zebra Awareness month will culminate with the launch of Racing Stripes, the new live action / CGI animation family motion picture from Alcon Entertainment, will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on Friday, January 14, 2005. Alcon Entertainment presents Racing Stripes, 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 and Fred Dalton Thompson, with Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg.
In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo—a baby zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz). The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood), who takes him home to his young daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere). Once a champion thoroughbred trainer, Walsh has given up horse training for a quiet life with Channing on their modest Kentucky farm.
The little zebra, or "Stripes," as Channing calls him, is soon introduced to the farm's misfit troupe of barnyard residents, led by a cranky Shetland Pony named Tucker (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) and Franny (voiced by Whoopie Goldberg), a wise old goat who keeps the family in line. The group is joined by Goose (voiced by Joe Pantoliano), a deranged big-city pelican who's hiding out in the sticks until the heat dies down in Jersey. The un-aptly named bloodhound Lightening (voiced by Snoop Dogg) keeps a lazy eye on goings-on at the farm—in between naps.
The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for horse racing's top honor, the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment Stripes lays eyes on the track, he's hooked—he knows that if he could just get the chance, he could leave all those other horses in the dust. What he doesn't know is…he's not exactly a horse. But with characteristic zeal, he devotes himself to training for the big time, with a little help from Tucker, who has coached a host of champion racehorses in the past.
Stripes makes some friends down at the track, most notably the manic horsefly duo Buzz (Steve Harvey) and Scuzz (David Spade), whose love of song and dance is eclipsed only by their love of hot dogs and horse poop.
As he thrusts himself into a world of elite athletes, intense competition and enormous stakes, Stripes 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 legendary Kentucky Crown.
Some champions are born, not bred!
