Seabiscuit (film)
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| Directed by | Gary Ross |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Jane Sindell Gary Ross |
| Written by | Laura Hillenbrand (book) Gary Ross (screenplay) |
| Starring | Tobey Maguire Jeff Bridges Chris Cooper Royce D. Applegate William H. Macy and David McCullough |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
| Editing by | William Goldenberg |
| Distributed by | - USA/Canada - Universal Pictures - Germany/Japan Switzerland/Spain - DreamWorks - All other areas - Buena Vista International |
| Release date(s) | July 25, 2003 |
| Running time | 141 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $87 million |
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Seabiscuit is a 2003 American drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend 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.
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[edit] Cast
- Tobey Maguire as Red Pollard
- Jeff Bridges as Charles S. Howard
- Chris Cooper as Tom Smith
- William H. Macy as Tick Tock McGlaughlin
- Elizabeth Banks as Marcela Howard
- Gary Stevens as George Woolf
- Eddie Jones as Samuel D. Riddle
- Carl M. Craig (as Kingston DuCoeur) as Sam
[edit] Awards
[edit] Academy Awards
Seabiscuit was nominated for seven Oscars, but won none:
- Best Picture: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Gary Ross
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Gary Ross based on the novel by Laura Hillenbrand
- Best Art Direction: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall and Leslie A. Pope
- Best Cinematography: John Schwartzman
- Best Costume Design: Judianna Makovsky
- Best Film Editing: William Goldenberg
- Best Sound Mixing: Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland, and Andy Nelson
[edit] Golden Globes
- Best Motion Picture Drama: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Gary Ross
- Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: William H. Macy
[edit] Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
[edit] External links
- Seabiscuit the Book Official Website
- Seabiscuit the Movie Official Website
- Photos and facts about Seabiscuit's great races and Red Pollard
- Seabiscuit at the Internet Movie Database
- Seabiscuit at Rotten Tomatoes
