Seabiscuit (film)
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Seabiscuit is a 2003 American drama film based on the best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand. The story recounts the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked thoroughbred race horse whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular sensation in the United States near the end of the Great Depression.
The film follows the book fairly closely, albeit taking the usual "Hollywood biography" liberties with times and places here and there in order to compress the presentation. David McCullough's narration gives the film somewhat of a "documentary" feel and adds to the drama of the story. There are also many horseracing scenes in which the camera is placed among the jockeys, giving the audience a realistic sense of "riding along" with the horses.
Primary cast:
- Tobey Maguire : Red Pollard
- Jeff Bridges : Charles Howard
- Chris Cooper : Tom Smith
- Royce D. Applegate : Dutch Doogan
- William H. Macy : Tick Tock McGlaughlin
- Gary Stevens : George Woolf
- Eddie Jones : Samuel D. Riddle
- Chris McCarron : Charley Kurtsinger
- David McCullough : Narrator
Award nominations:
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - (Gary Ross)
- WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - (Gary Ross)
- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - (Gary Ross)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor (William H. Macy)
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography - (John Schwartzman)
- Academy Award for Film Editing - (William Goldenberg)
- Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - (Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Leslie A. Pope
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design - (Judianna Makovsky
- Academy Award for Sound - (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland)
- Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture - (Randy Newman)
External links
- [Seabiscuit the Book Official Website]
- [Seabiscuit the Movie Official Website]
- [Photos and facts about Seabiscuit's great races and Red Pollard]
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