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Genres:
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Drama /
History /
Sport
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Release:
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Director:
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Gary Ross
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Actors:
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Michael Ensign,
Annie Corley,
James Keane,
David Doty,
Cameron Bowen,
David McCullough,
Paul Vincent O'Connor,
Carl M. Craig,
Noah Luke,
Mariah Bess,
Jeff Bridges,
Chris Cooper,
Valerie Mahaffey,
Michael O'Neill,
Michael Angarano
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Duration:
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140 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)119
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Plot Summary:
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A jockey (Tobey Maguire), an automobile magnate (Jeff Bridges) and a trainer (Chris Cooper) principal a racehorse to glory during the Enthusiastic Dip.
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Seabiscuit
Life, it's been truly said, has more imagination than we do, and the astonishing story of Seabiscuit proves that absolutely.
No novelist or screenwriter would dare come up with the phenomenal incidents and flabbergasting twists of fate that marked the life of this, the original little horse that could, events that turned a disgraced animal nobody wanted into, author Laura Hillenbrand claims, "the subject of the most newspaper column inches in 1938 ... the year's number one newsmaker," besting Hitler, Mussolini, FDR and even Clark Gable.
The saga of Seabiscuit resonated then as now because it's not just the story of a horse ??? albeit an animal with more personality than many people ??? whose encounter with War Admiral, an equine Darth Vader, is still consi...
A feel good story of hope and triumph
Seabiscuit is a rather unprepossessing horse, with short legs and a mean temper, bought by millionaire Charles Howard following the tragic death of his young son. An aging cowboy is employed to train the horse, and a bruised and battered young man brought in to ride him. Soon Seabiscuit starts winning races, healing the scars that the three men carry, and before long he is carrying the hopes of a nation crippled by poverty.
This could so easily have turned into a schmaltzy film, too sickening for all but the most sweet toothed. But director, Gary Ross, carefully avoids such a fate, handling the true story with a deft touch. The horse races are enormously exciting, the pace is fast and the photography beautiful. The inclusion of documentary fragments, including narration and bla...
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