Seabiscuit

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PG-13 ‧ 2003 ‧ Drama, History, Sport ‧ 2h 20min

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

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ABOUT

Seabiscuit is a 2003 American sports film co-produced, written and directed by Gary Ross and based on the best-selling 1999 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. At the 76th Academy Awards, Seabiscuit received seven nominations, including Best Picture, but ultimately lost all seven, including six to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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CREDITS

Director

Gary Ross

Writer

Laura Hillenbrand, Gary Ross

Stars

Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks

Companies

Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment

DETAILS

Released

2003-07-25

Runtime

2h 20min

Rating

PG-13

Genres

Drama, History, Sport

CONTEXT

Countries

USA

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 7 Oscars, 6 wins & 44 nominations total

Keywords

horse movie,horse sport,horse,horse racing,racehorse

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RATINGS

7.3/10

72%

7.0/10

78%

6.3/10

CRITICS REVIEWS

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Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
“Seabiscuit revives the sweeping pleasures of movies that address and respect the mass audience, raising the common denominator instead of pandering to it. This crowd-pleaser rouses honest and engulfing cheers.”

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Rolling StonePeter Travers
“Unabashedly hokey, but would you want it any other way? In an era of cynical junk (did anyone say Bad Boys II?), Ross restores the good name of crowd-pleasing.”

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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
“The movie's races are thrilling because they must be thrilling; there's no way for the movie to miss on those, but writer-director Gary Ross and his cinematographer, John Schwartzman, get amazingly close to the action.”

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Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
“The three (human) leads are perfection. Bridges' Howard is as breezily garrulous and glad-handing as Cooper's Smith is laconic and withdrawn. Maguire's Pollard has haunted eyes and orangey hair that makes him look like a human jack-o'-lantern, and establishes his own unique rhythm and less-is-more style.”

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Film ThreatRick Kisonak
“Sublimely directed, scored, shot and performed, the picture misses greatness by a nose as a result of shortcomings in its script.”

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New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
“Watching this movie, you get the feeling that the Depression existed so that Seabiscuit could be memorialized.”

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Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
“For all its pictorial splendor and carefully calculated drama, this film misses greatness by a country mile.”

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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
“The movie's secret weapons are its stellar cast, whose performances go a long way to ameliorating Ross's ham-fisted use of foreshadowing and symbols, and its brilliantly shot racing sequences -- they're heart-stoppingly suspenseful even when the outcome is a matter of record.”

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SalonCharles Taylor
“It's deluxe and handsome and has no soul.”

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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
“I found much of it as emotionally rigged as a crooked horse race.”

AWARDS

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Academy Awards, USA2004
“2004 Nominee Oscar, Kathleen Kennedy - Frank Marshall - Gary Ross
2004 Nominee Oscar, Gary Ross
2004 Nominee Oscar, John Schwartzman
2004 Nominee Oscar, William Goldenberg
2004 Nominee Oscar, Jeannine Oppewall (art director) - Leslie Pope (set decorator)”

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American Cinema Editors, USA2004
“2004 Nominee Eddie, William Goldenberg”

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American Society of Cinematographers, USA2004
“2004 Winner ASC Award, John Schwartzman”

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ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards2004
“2004 Winner ASCAP Award, Randy Newman”

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Critics Choice Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Critics Choice Award
2004 Nominee Critics Choice Award, Gary Ross”

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Casting Society of America, USA2004
“2004 Nominee Artios Award, Debra Zane”

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Cinema Audio Society, USA2004
“2004 Nominee C.A.S. Award, Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer) - Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixer) - Tod A. Maitland (production mixer)”

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Costume Designers Guild Awards2004
“2004 Nominee CDG Award, Judianna Makovsky”

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Directors Guild of America, USA2004
“2004 Nominee DGA Award, Gary Ross”

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Golden Globes, USA2004
“2004 Nominee Golden Globe
2004 Nominee Golden Globe, William H. Macy”

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Satellite Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award, Jeff Bridges
2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award, Gary Ross
2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award, Randy Newman
2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award, John Schwartzman
2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award, William Goldenberg”

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Grammy Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Grammy, Randy Newman”

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Hochi Film Awards2004
“2004 Winner Hochi Film Award, Gary Ross”

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Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award, Thomas Nellen - Lydia Milars - Martina Kohl”

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Humanitas Prize2004
“2004 Nominee Humanitas Prize, Gary Ross”

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Awards of the Japanese Academy2005
“2005 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy”

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Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA2004
“2004 Nominee Golden Reel Award, Per Hallberg (supervising sound editor) - Karen Baker Landers (supervising sound editor) - Craig S. Jaeger (supervising foley editor) - Christopher Assells (sound effects editor) - Dino Dimuro (sound effects editor) - Dan Hegeman (sound effects editor) - Peter Staubli (sound effects editor) - Scott Sanders (sound effects editor) - Bruce Tanis (sound effects editor) - Ezra Dweck (sound effects editor)
2004 Nominee Golden Reel Award, Per Hallberg (supervising sound editor) - Karen Baker Landers (supervising sound editor) - David A. Cohen (adr editor) - Anna MacKenzie (adr editor) - Chris Hogan (dialogue editor) - Kimaree Long (dialogue editor) - Constance A. Kazmer (dialogue editor)”

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National Board of Review, USA2003
“2003 Winner NBR Award”

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PGA Awards2004
“2004 Nominee PGA Award, Kathleen Kennedy - Frank Marshall - Gary Ross”

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Screen Actors Guild Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Actor, Chris Cooper
2004 Nominee Actor, Elizabeth Banks - Jeff Bridges - Chris Cooper - William H. Macy - Tobey Maguire - Gary Stevens”

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Art Directors Guild2004
“2004 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award, Jeannine Oppewall (production designer) - Andrew Neskoromny (art director) - Suzan Wexler (assistant art director)”

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Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards2003
“2003 Nominee SEFCA Award, (8th place)”

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USC Scripter Award2004
“2004 Winner USC Scripter Award, Gary Ross (screenwriter) - Laura Hillenbrand (author) (Tied with Brian Helgeland and Dennis Lehane for Mystic River (2003).)”

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World Stunt Awards2004
“2004 Nominee Taurus Award, Ryan Brown - Richard Bucher - Kevin Derr - Tad Griffith - Marty Murray (A stunt man is thrown from his horse while his foot is caught in a stirrup. Held only by the stirrup, he is then dragged by the horse through a stable and hits various parts of the building, until finally coming free of the horse.)
2004 Nominee Taurus Award, Ryan Brown - Richard Bucher - Kevin Derr - Tad Griffith - Marty Murray (A stunt man is thrown from his horse while his foot is caught in a stirrup. Held only by the stirrup, he is then dragged by the horse through a stable and hits various parts of the building, until finally coming free of the horse.)”