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The acclaimed sequel to the family classic "National Velvet" follows the adult Velvet as she and her lover transform her orphaned niece into an Olympic champion horsewoman. Stars Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal ("Paper Moon," "The Bad News Bears"), Nanette Newman ("The Stepford Wives"), Christopher Plummer ("The Sound of Music," "Twelve Monkeys") and Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins ("Nixon," "The Silence of the Lambs").

Winston Churchill was one of the titanic statesmen of the 20th century, as well as a talented and erudite writer of history and memoirs. The historical epic opens with Churchill's years as a junior officer in India and free-lance war correspondent and follows him through his escape from a Boer War prison camp and his election to Parliament at age 26.

Quint Munroe loses his oldest friend, Squadron Leader David Scott on a mission to destroy a group of German V-1 launchers, and Quint must break the news to his wife Beth, with whom Quint had once been involved. In the months that follow, Quint and Beth slowly rekindle their romance — meanwhile, the German V-weapon program continues to advance, and they are getting ready to unveil the V-3. Quint is given the task of destroying the V-weapon plant at Charlon, a mission made possible by a new "bouncing bomb" called the "highball," invented by Dr. Barnes Wallis (of "Dambusters" fame). Just before the mission is to be undertaken, however, the Germans drop a film showing air prisoners, including a still-alive Scott, being moved to Charlon. Now the Mosquito crews will be killing their own colleagues and friends, and Quint must carry out his orders, which include hiding the fact that Scott is alive from Beth. The secret gets out to the squadron pilots, however, and a rebellion starts brewing in their ranks. Try as he might to find a way to save the lives of the prisoners, there seems to be no way for Munroe to avoid killing British pilots with British bombs.

The acclaimed sequel to the family classic "National Velvet" follows the adult Velvet as she and her lover transform her orphanedniece into an Olympic champion horsewoman.