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Writers (WGA):
Jim Burnstein (written by) &
Garrett K. Schiff (written by)
Release Date:
9 June 2007 (USA) more
Plot:
A look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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The plague of movie trivia
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 5 September 2009, 3:12 PM, PDT)
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Better attention needed to be paid to details. more (11 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Mark Adam | ... | Mike Bell |
 | Lisa Arnold | ... | Female Sports Reporter #2 |
 | Laura Bailey | ... | Cassie |
 | Barry Barton | ... | News Reporter |
| Christine Belford | ... | Barbara Janney |
 | Tony Bentley | ... | The Lout |
| John T. Billingsley | ... | News Camera Man |
 | Dodie Brown | ... | Match Race Fan |
| Craig Clary | ... | Race Fan |
 | Dave Cohen | ... | NYC TV Reporter |
 | Mellinda Craig | ... | High Class Racetrack Patron |
 | Kip Cummings | ... | Reporter / Race Fan |
 | John F. Daniel | ... | Saratoga Race Fan |
 | John S. Davies | ... | CBS Exec. |
 | Phillip DeVona | ... | NYRA President |
| Vladimir Diaz | ... | Jacinto Vasquez |
| Jean-Claude Dolese | ... | News Reporter, Spectator |
 | Jason Douglas | ... | Security Guard |
| David Dwyer | ... | Dick Sandler |
| Ryan Martin Dwyer | ... | Horse Stable Worker |
 | J.D. Evermore | ... | Saratoga Bettor |
| Keith Flippen | ... | Dinny Phipps |
 | Bill Flynn | ... | Elder Reporter |
 | Chris Freihofer | ... | Saratoga Guy |
| Adam Ian Gelfand | ... | Spectator / gambler |
| Mathew Greer | ... | Dan Williams |
 | Stuart Greer | ... | Dan Lasater |
 | Mary Griffitts | ... | Female Sports Rept. #1 |
| Marion Guyot | ... | Barbara's Lady Friend |
 | Chuck Halley | ... | CBS-TV Crew Photographer |
 | Michael Harding | ... | Leroy Jolley |
 | Richard Harold | ... | CBS Reporter |
| Michael J. Hebert | ... | CBS Executive |
 | Louis Herthum | ... | Dr. Harthill |
 | Rodney Hill Jr. | ... | Race Fan |
| Derek Wayne Johnson | ... | Bartender (as Derek Johnson) |
| Lori Knighton | ... | Racetrack patron |
 | Brian Lafontaine | ... | TV Reporter |
 | Jerry Leggio | ... | Lucien Laurin |
| Michelle Lott | ... | Spectator |
| Terri Marshall | ... | Hot Dog eating Match Race Fan |
 | Mike Martindale | ... | Reporter |
| Diego J. Martinez | ... | Reporter #2 |
| John McConnell | ... | Tony Pappas |
 | Stan McDonald | ... | Reporter |
| Eric Kelly McFarland | ... | Derrick Williams |
 | Gary McKillips | ... | Jack Whitaker |
| Frank Mirahmadi | ... | Monmouth Track Announcer |
 | Steven Miramontz | ... | Jockey |
 | John Newberg | ... | Reporter |
| John Newbury | ... | Reporter #1 |
 | Finch Nissen | ... | Race Fan |
 | Dennis O'Neill | ... | Bar Owner |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | Stuart Janney |
| Breon Pugh | ... | Racing Fan |
| Michael Pupillo | ... | Stable Manager |
| Joel Santiago | ... | Vincent Bracciale |
 | Luke Sexton | ... | Horse Medic |
| Tyrone Shaw | ... | Squeaky |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | Frank Whiteley |
| Jon Stafford | ... | Dr. Pendergrast |
 | Bill Stinchcomb | ... | Bartender |
 | Rusty Tennant | ... | Reporter |
| Francisco Torres | ... | Braulio Baeza |
 | Sonny Vellozzi | ... | Horseracing Fan |
| Frank Whaley | ... | Bill Nack |
| Kimberly Whitfield | ... | Match Race Fan |
 | Cindi Woods | ... | Saratoga Woman |
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Greece:85 min
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Louisiana Downs - 8000 East Texas Street, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA more
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More annoying to me than the horse racing inaccuracies were the portrayals of journalists who covered Ruffian. This was 1975 -- not 1935. Snap-brim hats with "Press" cards stuck in them were long gone by the 1970s. And the newsroom at Newsday, Nack's employer, was a joke. The place looks like it's a weekly, with perhaps five people working in it, rather than a major paper with a circulation of several hundred thousand and hundreds of reporters and editors. And there's always only one editor around. Moreover, Nack's desk, which for some crazy reason has an adding machine on it, is nearly empty and spotless -- which could never happen. And he has a 1950s vintage manual typewriter. Even in 1975, most big newspapers had electric typewriters.
Getting the little stuff right always helps to make the big picture better.