Rent Seabiscuit: America's Legendary Racehorse (1939)
3.8 of 5 from 46 ratings
0h 51min
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- Synopsis:
Heroes come in ail shapes and sizes.The heroes of this true story entered the stage as minor players and left as champions... real life American legends. In 1936, an unlikely cast of characters came together: Seabiscuit's story played out against America's Great Depression, when one in four breadwinners was without work. Spectator sports, radio programming and movie theaters offered an escape and created instant celebrity... even for horses. When America needed him most. Seabiscuit became the working man's hero and the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorse in history! He made us believe in ourselves, in courage, in perseverance, in America. No Other racehorse has come close to Seabiscuit s fame or his hold over the nation's imagination. This program includes the complete archival Scabiscuit/War Admiral "Match Race", which is considered to be the greatest horse race in history. Riding Seabiscuit was George "Ice Man" Woolf, whom Laura Hillenbrand calls "the greatest jockey who ever lived". This documentary includes real footage of jockey Red Pollard's (Tobey Maguire in the Universal film) thrilling victory at the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap. Also in this film is an extensive interview with LauraHillenbrand, writer of the #1 New York Times bestseller 'Sedbisciiit: An American Legend', and Bob Baffert, trainer of Kentucky Derby Winner "Silver Charm" and "Real Quiet". - Actors:
- Doc Bond, Charles Howard, Mrs. Charles Howard, Charles Kurtsinger, Man o' War, Sam Riddle, Seabiscuit, Tom Smith, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, War Admiral, George Woolf
- Directors:
- Manny Nathan Hahn
- Producers:
- Robert M. Connell, Charles Howard
- Voiced By:
- Graham McNamee, Martin Mason
- Narrated By:
- Martin Mason
- Writers:
- Hazel Merry Hawkins, Manny Nathan Hahn
- Studio:
- Delta Visual Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary, Sports & Sport Films
