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a b "Experience the War Horse landscape in Dartmoor National Park". Dartmoor National Park Authority. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012 . Retrieved 16 January 2012. Plymouth Ramblers: Pictures and Maps from some of our walks". Plymouth Ramblers. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012 . Retrieved 30 March 2011. His first book was published in 1975 and he has since published over 100 titles. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. Michael's books have also been adapted for film and the stage, including most recently the National Theatre's enormously successful production of War Horse. Morpurgo did not learn who his biological father was until he was 19 years old. [15] After the divorce from Michael's mother, Van Bridge had emigrated to Canada and was never talked about. Morpurgo never saw an image of his father until, while watching the 1962 CBC version of Great Expectations on TV with his mother, she recognised Van Bridge in the role of Magwitch and said to Michael "That's your father!". [16] They met in person nine years later. [16] Set before and during World War I, it tells of the journey of Joey, a bay Irish Hunter horse raised by British teenager Albert ( Jeremy Irvine, in his feature film debut), as he is bought by the British Army, leading him to encounter various people throughout Europe, in the midst of the war and its tragedies. The film's ensemble cast also includes Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Spielberg film War Horse moves Marines' Dartmoor march". BBC News Online. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010 . Retrieved 11 September 2010. Child, Ben (18 June 2010). "Steven Spielberg unveils cast for War Horse adaptation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 January 2020. Rose shows Albert his father's medals from the Second Boer War, and gives him Ted's regimental pennant, confiding in Albert that his father carries physical and mental scars from the war. Tonguette, Peter. "Steven Spielberg: A Biography second edition by Joseph McBride". Sense of Cinema. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011 . Retrieved 23 June 2011. Schaaf, Chris. "War Horse Gallops onto Blu-ray". Technologytell. www.technologytell.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012 . Retrieved 23 March 2012.War Horse made several critics' lists of the best films of 2011. Richard Corliss of Time named it the fifth best film of 2011, saying. "Boldly emotional, nakedly heartfelt, War Horse will leave only the stoniest hearts untouched". [150] David Chen of /Film selected War Horse as 2011's best film. [151] Awards Powlson, Nigel (8 October 2010). "From West End to Hollywood as John's songs woo Spielberg". Derby Telegraph. Derby. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011 . Retrieved 15 March 2011. On 4 December 2011, the film's world premiere was held at the Avery Fisher Hall of New York City's Lincoln Center, where the Tony award-winning Broadway production of War Horse was playing at the neighboring Vivian Beaumont Theater. The UK premiere took place in London's Leicester Square on 8 January 2012, and was attended by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. [134]

Michael Morpurgo OBE was born in 1943 in St Albans and was educated at Kings Canterbury, Sandhurst and Kings College London. He taught for ten years in both state and private schools and is married with three children and six grandchildren. St Faith's Headmaster letter of recommendation". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018 . Retrieved 2 April 2020. Imperial War Museum. "Once Upon a Wartime - Classic War Stories for Children". Archived from the original on 15 December 2010 . Retrieved 17 April 2013.Morpurgo, Michael (2010). "An Interview with Michael Morpurgo". War Horse. Scholastic Inc. p.167. ISBN 9780545311854. Staff writer (14 August 2010). "Spielberg to shoot in Castle Combe". Wiltshire Times. Trowbridge. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011 . Retrieved 17 August 2010. Morpurgo was awarded an honorary doctorate at Bishop Grosseteste University on 17 July 2013. [95] He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Newcastle University on 12 July 2017. [96] Dartmoor News: War Horse at Ditsworthy". Dartmoor News Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011 . Retrieved 30 March 2011. a b Freer, Ian (17 February 2010). "Exclusive: War Horse Cast Announced". Empire. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011 . Retrieved 4 February 2011.