{"id":15440,"date":"2026-03-10T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/inexplicable-encounters-led-to-oscar-nominated-war-horse\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:59:30","slug":"inexplicable-encounters-led-to-oscar-nominated-war-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/inexplicable-encounters-led-to-oscar-nominated-war-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Inexplicable Encounters Led to Oscar-Nominated “War Horse”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar nominations were announced this week, and one of the nods for Best Picture<\/a> went to War Horse<\/em>, a movie based on the book<\/a> written by British author Michael Morpurgo. Michael\u2019s story behind the story of War Horse<\/em><\/a> was featured in the December 2011 issue of Guideposts<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s tale is definitely a case of incredible timing resulting in a most fortunate outcome. Hopelessly stuck on finding a way to make an old World War I veteran\u2019s story come to life, Michael witnessed a wonderful moment between a shy boy and one of the horses on his farm in Devon. That moment inspired Michael as he wrote the book.<\/p>\n

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