Good movies that feature foxhunting? [Archive]

ellebeaux

Dec. 13, 2008, 12:19 AM

Any suggestions? I was just thinking that I have never seen a good foxhunting scene in a movie. Or on TV, either.

altjaeger

Dec. 13, 2008, 01:08 AM

Isn't there one in "Marnie"?

linquest

Dec. 13, 2008, 01:10 AM

If you'll count documentaries, "Thoughts on Foxhunting" just came out on DVD- http://www.davenportfilms.com/pages/afs_foxhuntingpage.html

Has anyone seen "The Flambards" series on Masterpiece Theater? I loved the books as a kid, and heard there are some nice foxhunting scenes on the TV show.

The last time I remember seeing foxhunting on TV was the Ebay commercial :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_uHh86y80

JER

Dec. 13, 2008, 02:35 AM

There is a brief, but excellent, foxhunting sequence in Black Narcissus, the 1947 masterpiece by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

video -- foxhunting starts at 8:50 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szQtFmhj98)

But don't just watch that one clip. Black Narcissus (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039192/) is an absolutely extraordinary film in all respects. Get your hands on a DVD and watch it on the biggest screen you have.

:)

sumatra

Dec. 13, 2008, 08:21 AM

The List of Adrian Messenger is one of the best, there is a clip on youtube.

ArtilleryHill

Dec. 13, 2008, 11:01 AM

has a beautiful sequence in it. It's not as long as you'd like it to be, but it's really, really fun. Available on DVD.

danceronice

Dec. 13, 2008, 01:51 PM

For comic effect (and a little romance) foxhunting and riding in general is a big plot point in the old BBC/PBS mini "The Irish R.M."

Beverley

Dec. 13, 2008, 03:03 PM

Second the Irish RM series.

And of course there's Auntie Mame and Tom Jones.

Also, the Bellstone Fox.

ellebeaux

Dec. 13, 2008, 03:25 PM

Excellent! Thanks all for the suggestions. I'll have to start a list.

Romany

Dec. 13, 2008, 06:57 PM

I just searched IMDB for "fox hunting" and a number of titles came up, including most of those mentioned already, therefore maybe the others listed may be worth checking out:

http://www.imdb.com/keyword/fox-hunting/

Beverley

Dec. 13, 2008, 10:14 PM

Thanks for the link! I had no idea the Voice of Bugle Ann had ever been made into a movie- love the book!

armandh

Dec. 14, 2008, 09:12 AM

there was an Abbot & Costello 2 reeler [in society] about a pair of inept plumbers who flood a customers house and when correspondence about the flood and invitations are mis posted find themselves invited to a hunt weekend with comedic results.
recut to a short ending with the flood [sans hunting] and retitled knights of the bath

Major Mark

Dec. 14, 2008, 04:46 PM

Damien: Omen III has a nicely photographed bit of foxhunting. My favorite part is when the Anti Christ sics the hounds on the Jesuit: "Take 'em, boys!" Not that I'm a big fan of the Anti Christ, I'd just enjoy siccing a pack on someone I didn't like ;-) Like Anti's.

Little Valkyrie

Dec. 14, 2008, 04:54 PM

The last time I remember seeing foxhunting on TV was the Ebay commercial :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_uHh86y80

Believe it or not, thats our hunt club in that commercial!

not again

Dec. 14, 2008, 05:43 PM

"Tom Jones" had great footage . I know people who were involved in the filming and while the directors loved the mad gallop across the English countryside, the riders were actually being severely run off with since the film crew was chasing them with helicopters. :eek::yes:

Trakehner

Dec. 14, 2008, 06:30 PM

"To the Manor Born" has some fox hunting episodes...in one, a nice throwaway scene, Audrey falls off her bike and walks around so she mounts on the left.

She's got a great part where she's helping to select a horse to buy...her final suggestion, "If you ever are shown a horse named "lame and crippled" buy him"

retreadeventer

Dec. 14, 2008, 09:05 PM

There has got to be an "I Love Lucy" episode on foxhunting....does anyone know how to look that up?
I will check some of these threads at work tomorrow where I have faster speeds! Thanks!
I know there is a hilarious Lucy one on harness racing filmed at the old Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. I used to know the name of the horse they used, but it escapes me...

Jaegermonster

Dec. 14, 2008, 09:07 PM

There was an episode of "Dharma and Greg" that was all about hunting and it was hysterical. The husband's snooty parents took them hunting, and it was too funny.

Risk-Averse Rider

Dec. 14, 2008, 09:14 PM

MapleMeadows

Dec. 15, 2008, 07:34 PM

Has anyone seen "The Flambards" series on Masterpiece Theater? I loved the books as a kid, and heard there are some nice foxhunting scenes on the TV show.

OOOH yes I forgot about that series...loved it. I'm going to netflix right now to see if I can get it on DVD. :yes:

SteeleRdr

Dec. 16, 2008, 03:58 PM

Not really "fox" hunting, but there was a thread a few months ago about the Top Gear episode that included hunting.

War Admiral

Dec. 16, 2008, 04:15 PM

The List of Adrian Messenger is one of the best, there is a clip on youtube.

Yes - that one and Flambards.

(That's the Huston kids, in the hunting sequence in Adrian Messenger, BTW.)

Beasmom

Dec. 16, 2008, 04:55 PM

The "I Love Lucy" foxhunting reference sent me searching for "Mame", starring Lucy, Bea Arthur and Robert Preston.

And there's Mary Poppins & friends hunting on carousel horses.

equusvilla

Dec. 17, 2008, 08:52 AM

Isn't Lucille Ball also riding aside in that hunt scene in the movie Mame? I saw her costume from that movie in a museum once...and she was tiny!

Beasmom

Dec. 17, 2008, 10:56 AM

Yes! I think I'm going to put that film on my Netflix rotation. The movie trailer I found was so much fun!

sunkistbey

Dec. 26, 2008, 03:23 AM

There is a fox hunting scene in "Marnie" but just a warning- it doesn't end well for Marnie's horse. It's a sad, frantic scene and one that any horse lover could understand. It still haunts me.

Dressage62

Dec. 26, 2008, 10:44 AM

The movie "Giant" with Elizabeth Taylor-- in the movie her character's family is from Virginia and there is a foxhunting scene.
The scene from "Mame" with Rosalind Russell is hilarious-- she rides a crazy horse sidesaddle, passes the field, hunt master, hounds, then she passes the fox!!

Coreene

Dec. 26, 2008, 11:19 AM

An episode of Brideshead Revisited has some fabulous hunting scenes.

terryhook

Dec. 30, 2008, 10:46 AM

I think to be precise that one is stag hunting, but I recall the exciting chase scene, and was deeply discouraged to find that scene had been bowdlerized from the BBC version of the production. It shows them with the stirrup cup and then immediately clumsily cuts to Tom rescuing the girl. Modern sensibilities are just too sensitive.