Behind The Scenes
Moondance Alexander was not well received by HorseChannel.com for storyline believability reasons. However, the story is closely based upon Janeen Damian's childhood experience of befriending a horse that she had found, receiving help from a trainer, and entering the horse in the Memphis Classic.
Moondance Alexander is a true family film, written by Janeen Damian and husband Micheal Damian (born Michael Damian Weir), Damian, a Daytime Emmy Award winner, was also the producer of the film. Much of the music was written by Damian's brother, music producer and New Music Weekly editor, Larry Weir. Emmy Award winning Tom Weir was the mixing engineer at Studio City Sound.
Checkers the horse was played by three horses, a horse for tricks, a horse for jumping and horse for Kay Panabaker to ride. Michael Damian recalled two of the horses names as Picasso and Trigger.
Moondance Alexander received a U.S. General Audiences rating and was filmed in Alberta, Canada.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best Picture | Dixie Film Festival | Won |
| 2007 | Best Actress (Kay Panabaker) | Dixie Film Festival | Won |
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