The Mustang (2019) on Netflix
Incarcerated for a violent assault, Roman Coleman is placed in a Nevada prison program where inmates train wild mustangs. He names his mustang Marquis and begins training it under Henry.
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Plot summary
Helicopters round up thousands of wild mustangs to thin the herds, and a few hundred of the horses are sent to prisons where inmates train them for sale. Roman Coleman arrives at a Nevada prison after twelve years behind bars for an assault that left his domestic partner permanently brain-damaged. A psychologist, finding him poor with people, assigns him to outdoor maintenance. His pregnant teenage daughter Martha visits to have him sign papers, and he tells her not to return. During maintenance he is seen interacting with a horse the staff consider dangerous, and he is placed in the mustang program run by Myles. Each inmate gets one horse and twelve weeks to train it, and Henry, the top inmate trainer, begins showing him how.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Mustang (2019)
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- Susan Sarandon joined the cast in October 2017 along with Gideon Adlon, Bruce Dern and Josh Stewart, but she later departed the production and was replaced by Connie Britton.
- Filming took place at the Nevada State Prison, a real former penitentiary in Carson City, Nevada, which had closed in 2012.
- The programme at the heart of the story is not invented: The Mustang is based on actual rehabilitation programs in several states, including Nevada, the state where the film itself was shot.
