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Seabiscuit is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gary Ross released in USA on 22 july 2003 with Tobey Maguire
Seabiscuit (2003)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 22 july 2003
Length 2h20
Directed by Gary Ross
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Rating72%
Seabiscuit is a 2003 American biographical sports psychological-drama thriller film based on the best-selling non-fiction book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked Thoroughbred race horse, whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular media sensation in the United States during the Great Depression.
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Three men, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), Charles S. Howard (Jeff Bridges), and Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) come together as the principal jockey, owner, and trainer of the championship horse Seabiscuit, rising from troubled times to achieve fame and success through their association with the horse.Actors
Tobey Maguire
(Red Pollard)
Jeff Bridges
(Charles Howard)
Chris Cooper
(Tom Smith)
William H. Macy
(Tick Tock McGlaughlin)
Elizabeth Banks
(Marcela Howard)
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