Continuity mistake: In the scene where Spirit is first captured by the U.S. soldiers, the rope around his front leg changes position from pulling his leg straight out in front of him to passing between his front legs and under his body, forcing his foreleg to bend. (00:17:15)
Continuity mistake: When Spirit pretends to be dead while pulling locomotive, and they take the chains off him, he has a halter on his head. Yet two seconds later, the halter is gone.
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the movie, when we first see the Cimarron herd galloping by, there are numerous horses that disappear and reappear as the camera angle changes.
Continuity mistake: When Spirit gets taken from his home there are two babies. As the movie goes, he is gone for a couple of seasons, because of the snow. When Spirit finally gets back home the two babies are still babies.
Continuity mistake: When Spirit is on the train and arrives at the camp, the people are doing repetitive actions in the following shots.
Answer: You don't have to have mutual respect to do what is right or just. Letting Spirit escape was the morally right thing for the Colonel to do.
raywest ★