A Faster Horse

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A Faster Horse
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Directed by David Gelb
Produced by Nigel Sinclair
Glen Zipper
CinematographyWill Basanta
Edited byIsaac Hagy
Music byDanny Bensi
Saunder Jurriaans
Production
company
White Horse Pictures
Distributed by FilmRise
Release date
  • October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Faster Horse is a 2015 American documentary film directed by David Gelb about the Ford Mustang. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. [1]

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Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 6 critics, with an average rating of 5/10. [2]

Michael Rechtshaffen of Los Angeles Times said that "For a documentary all about the iconic Ford Mustang, A Faster Horse is seriously lacking zip". [3]

According to Helen T. Verongos of The New York Times , "The tidbits we learn are wrapped in an unabashedly promotional tone that overestimates the global emotional attachment to this car's muscular mythos". [4]

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References

  1. ""A Faster Horse" goes behind the scenes of the making of the 2015 Ford Mustang". Fox News. April 22, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. "A Faster Horse (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. Rechtshaffen, Michael (October 8, 2015). "Review: 'Faster Horse' documentary about Ford Mustang never gets in gear". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. Verongos, Helen T. (October 8, 2015). "Review: 'A Faster Horse' Tells the Ford Mustang's Story". The New York Times . Retrieved July 9, 2021.