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Encyclopedia > Seabiscuit (movie)
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall
Jane Sindell
Gary Ross
Directed by Gary Ross
Adam Somner (1st A'sst)
Written by Laura Hillenbrand (book)
Gary Ross (screenplay)
Starring Tobey Maguire
Jeff Bridges
Chris Cooper
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Editing William Goldenberg
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date July 25, 2003
Runtime 141 min.
Language English
Budget $87 billion
IMDb Page

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 popular sensation in the United States near the end of the Great Depression. Seabiscuit Movie Poster File links The following pages link to this file: Seabiscuit (movie) ... Kathleen Kennedy is an American movie industry executive. ... Frank Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with Kathleen Kennedy. ... Laura Hillenbrand born 1967 is the author of the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a non-fiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit. ... Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film actor. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... Chris Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. ... Randy Newman (born November 28, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American songwriter, arranger, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant, immaculately written pop songs and for his many film scores. ... John Schwartzman (born October 18, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American cinematographer for numerous films. ... Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is a famous Hollywood movie studio located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 2002 in film, other events of 2003, 2004 in film and the list of years in film Events February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... A drama is a film that depends mostly on in-depth character development and interaction. ... Laura Hillenbrand born 1967 is the author of the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a non-fiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit. ... Red Pollard on Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to 1941. ...


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Award nominations: Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film actor. ... John Red Pollard (1909 - 1981) was a Canadian-born American jockey best known for riding Seabiscuit. ... Chris Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... Publicity photo of William H. Macy William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an actor, teacher, and director, in theatre, film, and television. ... Gary Stevens (born Michael Gary Stevens in Barrow-in-Furness, England, 27th March 1963) was an English footballer who shot to fame in the great Everton side of the 1980s. ... George Woolf statue at Santa Anita Park George Monroe Woolf (May 10, 1910 – January 4, 1946) was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockeys award given by the United States Jockeys Guild. ... Eddie Jones is an American actor. ... Samuel D. Riddle (July 1, 1861 - January 8, 1951) was a U.S. turfman. ... Chris McCarron (born March 27, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey He was introduced to the sport of thoroughbred racing by his older brother, jockey Gregg McCarron. ...

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ... The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ... Publicity photo of William H. Macy William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an actor, teacher, and director, in theatre, film, and television. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... John Schwartzman (born October 18, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American cinematographer for numerous films. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. ... The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. ... Randy Newman (born November 28, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American songwriter, arranger, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant, immaculately written pop songs and for his many film scores. ...

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Seabiscuit | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly (934 words)
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW Movie touts desperate for a winner may be forgiven for pinning such high hopes on Seabiscuit.
Seabiscuit's trainer, Tom Smith, was a taciturn loner, a cowboy more at home with animals than people.
As if he feared that a handsomely shot movie about men and a horse who defied defeat together wouldn't be moving enough, Ross has turned his ''Seabiscuit'' into something less passionate and more hortatory: a Ken Burns-earnest essay about the character of America, speeches and all.
Movie Photos: Seabiscuit (624 words)
SEABISCUIT, a story about a horse that's too small, a jockey that's too tall, a trainer that's too old and an owner that's too stupid to know he's attempting the impossible, is a movie that's too long and too sappy, but it manages to be fine entertainment nonetheless. 
As it builds to "the race of the century," when little Seabiscuit challenges the undefeated War Admiral, a battleship-sized, coal-fl horse with the speed of a locomotive, the movie cuts frequently to newsreel footage as the country is fighting its battle against the Great Depression.
He comes back from the death of a son and the dissolution of a marriage to be the owner of Seabiscuit, a race horse given up on as a loser.
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