Summary: A documentary about America's legendary racehorse, a phenomenal race winner and inspiration for the eponymous Hollywood movie starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges.

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Proving that truth is often greater than fiction, the handsome production of Seabiscuitoffers a healthy alternative to Hollywood's staple diet of mayhem. With superior production values at his disposal, writer-director Gary Ross (Pleasantville) is a bit too reverent towards Laura Hillenbrand's captivating bestseller, unnecessarily using archival material--and David McCullough's narration--to pay Ken-Burns-like tribute to Hillenbrand's acclaimed history of the knobbly-kneed thoroughbred who "came from behind" in the late 1930s to win the hearts of Depression-weary Americans. That caveat aside, Ross's adaptation retains much of the horse-and-human heroism that Hillenbrand so effectively conveyed; this is a classically styled "legend" movie like The Natural, which was also heightened by a lushly sentimental Randy Newman score. Led by Tobey Maguire as Seabiscuit's hard-luck jockey, the film's first-rate cast is uniformly excellent, including William H Macy as a wacky trackside announcer who fills this earnest film with a much-needed spirit of fun. --Jeff Shannon

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Races On The Road Actual Live Radio Broadcasts, Seabiscuit Trivia Game, Slideshow, Interactive Menus
Release Date:	December 8, 2003
Runtime:	51 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	82478
Keywords:	General, Documentaries, Biographies, Seabiscuit
Genre:	Documentaries & Biographies