Movie And A Beer

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we visit 2004 and experienced an amazing horse race across the Arabian Desert in Hidalgo. Rugged cowboy Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) is an expert horseman who is at the end of his career and performs (mostly drunk) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Honor is at steak when Sheik Riyadh (Omar Sharif) challenges the Americans to a long-distance horse race that is called the Ocean of Fire. Hopkins has the support of his friends and travels to the Middle East with his American mustang Hidalgo. Loss and challenges abound as they cross the desert and face the impossible.

While the movie is over 2 hours long, we were able to sip on three great beers along the way to help us cope with the dry desert on the screen. First up was an American Lager collaboration between Grand Fir (OR) and Pelican Brewing, second up was a Kolsch by Van Henion Brewing (OR), bring up the rear was a Mexican style Lager from Norte Beer (OR). Each brought something unique to the film and we discuss a bit of the history and cultural approaches the film takes. Give the episode a listen to hear about this and much, much more.