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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   28,950 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Laura Hillenbrand (book)
Gary Ross (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 July 2003 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A long shot becomes a legend. more
Plot:
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 32 nominations more
User Comments:
A very fine film! more (433 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
David McCullough ... Narrator

Jeff Bridges ... Charles Howard
Paul Vincent O'Connor ... Bicycle Supervisor

Chris Cooper ... Tom Smith

Michael Ensign ... Steamer Owner

James Keane ... Car Customer

Valerie Mahaffey ... Annie Howard
David Doty ... Land Broker
Carl M. Craig ... Sam (as Kingston DuCoeur)
Michael O'Neill ... Mr. Pollard

Annie Corley ... Mrs. Pollard

Michael Angarano ... Young Red Pollard

Cameron Bowen ... Pollard Child
Noah Luke ... Pollard Child
Mariah Bess ... Pollard Child
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual situations and violent sports-related images.
Runtime:
141 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Although the film leaves unexplained Riddle's demand that the War Admiral-Seabiscuit match race not use a starting gate, he did have an actual reason: War Admiral loathed starting gates. more
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Anachronisms: The bullring in Tijuana has a modern-day Telmex (Mexican phone company) logo. more
Quotes:
Narrator: [First lines] They called it the car for every man. Henry Ford himself called it a car for the great multitude. It was functional, and simple, like your sewing machine, or your cast-iron stove. You could learn to drive it in less than a day. And you could get any color you wanted... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.13)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Joy in the Salvation Army more

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29 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
A very fine film!, 10 June 2004
Author: jsfmt99 from Pennsylvania

A wonderful story of the underdog who rises above adversity to become a champion.

A very good wholesome movie for the entire family. Good period settings and costumes and interesting plot of a broken down horse who brought three broken down people together who all ended up happy. A simple, believable concept. Good scenery throughout also.

I have read a lot of negative comments about this movie by those who called it boring and tiresome but that simply isn't true. Does a movie have to have profanity and lots of CGI imagery in it to be considered good ? I don't think so.

Acting was very good but I thought the most believable scene was when Red's parents gave up their son because they couldn't afford to keep him anymore.

That scene was very sad and based on fact where parents were placed in the terrible position to give up their children like that during the depression.

What struck me funny is that Red Pollard never reunited with his family after he became one of the most famous jockeys in the country but I guess thats the way it was back in those days.

Wonderful cast and exciting horse racing scenes that brought the viewer into the race and projected the energy and danger involved. It is interesting to note that horse racing was a bigger sport in its heyday than football or baseball. Bill Macy was also memorable as the funny and witty radio announcer

A good movie for the entire family.

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