The Rider(2018)

Name: The Rider
Director: Chloé Zhao
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: Apr 13, 2018
Cast: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau

Sony Pictures Classics

R
Rated R for language and drug use
1h 44m
- Drama
- Western

Release Date: Apr 13, 2018

After suffering a near-fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

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Release Details

Original Release | Apr 13, 2018 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$42,244
Total US & Canada:
$2,419,031
Total International
$1,017,093
Total Worldwide:
$3,436,124

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Chloé Zhao
Director

Brady Jandreau
Brady Blackburn

Mooney
Gus

Tim Jandreau
Wayne Blackburn

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,Sioux,Spanish

Summaries

Storyline

Brady Blackburn, a rodeo bronc rider with some renown, learned everything he knows about horses and riding from his parents, Wayne and the now deceased Mari Blackburn. Brady is recovering from a fall off a bronking horse in a rodeo, the most serious of the injuries being a skull fracture which required a metal plate being inserted into his head. Including checking himself out of the hospital earlier than advised, Brady is determined to get back up onto the literal and proverbial horse as quickly as possible as being a cowboy is all he knows. But deep in his heart he knows that returning to the rodeo in particular is something that is probably not in the cards without increased risks, which is eventually confirmed by his doctor who tells him that he cannot sustain another serious head injury without some major consequence. He does not even want his friends and family to treat him with kid gloves in being able to do any of those physical activities which are part and parcel for him of being a man and a cowboy. Brady has to come to some realization as to this fact and come to terms with it - which is difficult even as his best friend, former rodeo rider Lane Scott will forever be institutionalized needing around the clock medical care from a similar accident - or end up killing himself physically in the attempt to bronc again, or killing himself emotionally in not being able to do what he loves. — Huggo Brady lives in poverty with his father Wayne and his younger sister Lilly, who has autism. Once a rising star in the rodeo circuit, Brady suffered brain damage from an accident at a bronc riding competition, hindering motor functions in his right hand and leaving him prone to seizures. Doctors have told him he can no longer ride, or else his seizures will get worse. Brady regularly visits his friend Lane, who lives in a care facility after suffering severe brain damage from a similar bull-riding accident. Meanwhile, his dad does little to take care of the family, wasting their money away on drinking and gambling. To help keep their trailer, he sells away their horse, Gus, much to Brady's infuriating. Brady, in return, gets a job as a store clerk to help try to raise money for the family.. Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady (Brady Jandreau) is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.