• Painting with Metro

  • Ron Krajewski
  • Unrepped
  • Available
  • Scouted
  • 75
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A struggling artist and a retired racehorse gain national attention and help each other gain a new lease on life after the artist teaches the horse how to paint.
An artist and his wife agree to care for a former race horse with behavioral and health problems but a talent for painting. As the horse becomes famous though, its health deteriorates and forces the artist to decide whether caring for his pet is more important than making money.
After begrudgingly letting his wife adopt a retired and unhealthy racehorse, a struggling artist discovers the animal is able to paint well-received modern artwork. As the two bond and adjust to their growing fame, the artist struggles with his own craft, and must face the possibility of losing his physically-worsening new companion.
Film
Drama, Animal Lead, Feel Good/Uplifting, Adaptation, Art, Fame, Heartwarming, Husband/Wife, Performance, Performer, Rural, True Story
113
PG
Medium
M
White / European
48
Average
Seabiscuit, Dolphin Tale, The Horse Whisperer, Marley and Me, Saving Winston
2010s/ About 2 Years.
Takes place 100% in rural Maryland; includes a small house with an art studio, a gallery, a horse-race track with spectator stands, multiple farms with barns to house horses. Also includes outdoor pastures and riding trails.
Artist RON KRAJEWSKI (48) has quit working in the electronics industry in order to pursue his dream of becoming a successful painter. However, Ron struggles to create an abstract painting DONNA (42), a local gallery owner who sells his more commercial art, likes. One day, after his wife WENDY (40) returns home from work, the two decide to go to the racetrack to see a horse Wendy is interested in owning, METRO (?). Metro’s owner, TONY MERCER (50s), wants to give Wendy the horse for free. Although Metro limps after the race and attempts to bite those around him, Wendy and Ron agree to take Metro.

When their stable owner, KAREN ABERNATHY (38), forces Wendy and Ron to get proof of Metro’s health, DR. WILSON (60s) tells them that Metro is underweight and has ulcers, arthritis, and bone chips. Dr. Wilson estimates that they will have to euthanize Metro. Wendy refuses. Soon after, she leaves town for her job, and Ron is left to care for Metro. While Ron struggles to care for the horse, Ron notices that Metro likes paintbrushes. Ron asks DR. KIM BROKAW (28) for a second opinion on Metro’s health. Kim wants to treat Metro with medications that have...