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Steven spielbergs depiction of the cavalry charger joey in the film war horse he went on to be a fermenting room foreman for vaux breweries and died in 1958. War horse is a 2011 britishamerican epic war film directed and coproduced by steven spielberg from a screenplay written by lee hall and richard curtis, based on. Was the movie war games based on a true story answers. Warrior was a small sturdy bay thoroughbred, born in april 1908, a couple of miles from my grandfather general jack seelys home on the isle of wight.
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