But when she pointed out all the inaccuracies in the script, Williams and his co-writer, Oley Sassone, argued that their version was more dramatic, and Carver ultimately had to agree. "He (Williams) just changed things around to suit himself," Carver said.
While the basics of "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" are true - she was a diving-horse girl, she did marry the boss's son, and she did continue diving after losing her eyesight in a diving accident - Carver said many of the details have been either fabricated or so altered that "to me, they're completely unrecognizable." Carver shared tales about everything from her jewelry being stolen by a classmate at a pre-World War I schoolhouse to her father-in-law's falling-out with Buffalo Bill Cody and having her own extraordinary life story turned into an autobiography and now a Disney movie.īut when Carver said Williams was good at making up stories, she knew whereof she spoke. During a recent telephone interview from New York - she lives in Pleasantville, N.J. Like Jimmy Durante used to say, `I got a million of 'em.' " "He's the one that was making up the stories. "I said, `Look, Matt - I'm 86 years old, I've had enough incidents in my life, and I don't have to make up stories.' "Carver chuckled. "He said, `Come on, Sonora - you're making these stories up,' " Carver recalled. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.Sonora Carver, whose experiences as a diving-horse rider inspired the new film "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," was entertaining members of the cast and crew with anecdotes one night when writer-producer Matt Williams came along. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc (Cliff Robertson) refuses her pleas.
A runaway orphan, young Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) persists for a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's traveling stunt show. Learn more about the Detailed Specifications Plot Movie TitlesĮveryone will cheer Walt Disney Pictures presentation of this captivating real-life story of Sonora Webster's determination and courage - now on DVD.
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