Lean on Pete
“You can’t get anywhere on your own.”
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
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Cast
27 people
Charlie Plummer
Charley
Known for
Looking for Alaska
Moonfall
P.E. Ingraham
Race Spectator
Amy Seimetz
Lynn
Known for
Sweet Tooth
Pet Sematary
Travis Fimmel
Ray
Known for
Vikings
Warcraft
Steve Buscemi
Del
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
Jason Beem
Race Announcer
No other roles listed
Tolo Tuitele
Lynn's Husband
No other roles listed
Ayanna Berkshire
Cop 1
Known for
New Life
Extraordinary Measures
Connor Brenes
Cop 2
Also in
Beyond Glory
A Perfect Day for Caribou
Kurt Conroyd
Nurse
Known for
Wild
All Together Now
Chloë Sevigny
Bonnie
Known for
The Act
American Psycho
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Old Timer
Known for
Harlan Coben's Shelter
Andrew Haigh Director · Willy Vlautin Author James Edward Barker Composer
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $8M · United States release April 6, 2018
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
The Bureau
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
A24
Studio
BFI Film Fund
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2017
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · April 6, 2018
Theatrical
United Kingdom · May 4, 2018
Theatrical
United States · July 3, 2018
Digital
United States
September 1, 2017 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
July 10, 2018 · Physical
Argentina
October 18, 2018 · Theatrical
Australia
October 13, 2018 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
November 29, 2018 · Theatrical · Mature themes, violence and coarse language
March 27, 2019 · Physical · Mature themes, violence and coarse language
Belgium
April 18, 2018 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
May 2, 2022 · TV
Canada
September 10, 2017 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
April 13, 2018 · Limited theatrical
July 3, 2018 · Digital
July 24, 2019 · Physical
China
April 15, 2018 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Croatia
April 12, 2018 · Theatrical
France
December 18, 2017 · Premiere · Les Arcs European Film Festival
April 25, 2018 · Theatrical
November 16, 2018 · Physical
Germany
September 1, 2019 · Digital
Greece
November 10, 2017 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
May 11, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 28, 2018 · Premiere · Audi Dublin International Film Festival
May 4, 2018 · Theatrical · Contains strong language and scenes of strong violence
July 3, 2018 · Digital · Contains strong language and scenes of strong violence
July 10, 2018 · Physical · Contains strong language and scenes of strong violence
Israel
July 27, 2018 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Italy
April 7, 2018 · Theatrical
September 7, 2018 · Physical
Japan
April 12, 2019 · Theatrical
Luxembourg
February 22, 2018 · Premiere · Luxembourg City Film Festival
Mexico
November 9, 2017 · Premiere · Los Cabos International Film Festival
August 24, 2018 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 27, 2018 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
May 31, 2018 · Theatrical
New Zealand
November 29, 2018 · Theatrical
March 27, 2019 · Physical
Norway
September 3, 2020 · Digital
Peru
September 20, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
August 20, 2018 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
July 5, 2018 · Theatrical
Serbia
February 25, 2018 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
South Korea
September 20, 2018 · Theatrical
March 7, 2019 · Physical
Spain
May 6, 2018 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona
May 18, 2018 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 15, 2020 · TV
Switzerland
April 19, 2018 · Theatrical · German
April 26, 2018 · Theatrical · Italian
May 2, 2018 · Theatrical · French
United Kingdom
October 5, 2017 · Premiere · London Film Festival
July 3, 2018 · Digital
July 10, 2018 · Physical
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