As a horse opera, Hidalgo owes more to Raiders of the Lost Ark than to Seabiscuit. As a pasteurized, processed Indiana Jones substitute, though, it's actually pretty good. Officially, the movie is ...

“Hidalgo” is named after a horse. Its human star, Viggo Mortensen, likes horses a lot. Its originator and screenwriter, John Fusco, loves them so much that he owns a breeding herd of 22 ...

Just about every shot is a beauty shot in "Hidalgo," an Arabian days adventure ... but I'm going to have to ask you not to talk about my horse that way." The line is a nice one, and Mr. Mortensen ...

In Hidalgo, which opens Friday, Viggo Mortensen plays Frank T. Hopkins, an American cowboy who takes his mustang overseas to compete in the Ocean of Fire, an endurance horse race across thousands ...

In fact, Mortensen did most of his own riding and stunts for Hidalgo, and after shooting for the film wrapped, he bought the horse used in the film. However, despite his partiality towards all ...