Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Other mistake: Fleeing with Little Creek from the fort, Spirit destroys small railing to free horses tied to it. But after the pole gets torn off, it leaves an empty space on the ground, without any hole or at least broken remains.

Continuity mistake: When Spirit pretends to be dead while pulling locomotive, and they take the chains off him, he has a halter on his head. Yet two seconds later, the halter is gone.

Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the movie, when we first see the Cimarron herd galloping by, there are numerous horses that disappear and reappear as the camera angle changes.

Factual error: In the scene where Spirit's mother is giving birth to Spirit, after she has him it shows Spirit as a newborn, with teeth. Newborn horses don't have a full set of teeth. (00:04:23)

Continuity mistake: When Spirit gets taken from his home there are two babies. As the movie goes, he is gone for a couple of seasons, because of the snow. When Spirit finally gets back home the two babies are still babies.

Revealing mistake: After Spirit gets his second wind when the Colonel is attempting to break him, he breaks the girth/cinch strap by catching it on the fence. At one brief point, the pole of the fence actually appears to pass between Spirit and the girth of the saddle.

Continuity mistake: When Spirit is on the train and arrives at the camp, the people are doing repetitive actions in the following shots.

Other mistake: The scene where Spirit is tied to the post at the army fort the length of rope is longer than in the scene a couple of minutes later. (00:26:50)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Spirit is first captured by the U.S. soldiers, the rope around his front leg changes position from pulling his leg straight out in front of him to passing between his front legs and under his body, forcing his foreleg to bend. (00:17:15)

Spirit: There was no end to the strange ways on the two-leggeds.

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Trivia: The little Native American girl is based on the toddler daughter of one of the producers. The 'buh bye horsie!' and other noises come from her.

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Question: Why does the Colonel let Spirit escape at the end of the movie? I know it's meant to be a sign of respect. But why would they respect each other? In my opinion they have no reasons to have mutual respect.

Answer: You don't have to have mutual respect to do what is right or just. Letting Spirit escape was the morally right thing for the Colonel to do.

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Answer: Because the colonel saw that Spirit and Little Creek had a strong bond, and how hard Spirit had worked for his freedom.

Logically, it never should've started. All of this trouble for a single horse while there's important military duties and concerns should've never really happened. You could argue that it was to chase Little Creek, but the Colonel never regards him. It was all for Spirit.

Answer: Because he probably gave up.

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