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SEABISCUIT
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540
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Proving that truth is often greater than fiction, the handsome production of
Seabiscuit
offers 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 toward Laura Hillenbrand's captivating bestseller, unnecessarily using archival material
--
and David McCullough's familiar PBS-styled narration
--
to pay Ken Burns-like tribute to Hillenbrand's acclaimed history of Seabiscuit, the knobby-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
[
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]
ITEM DETAILS
Consciousness Calibration Level:
540
Submitted by:
Joshua Fredrickson
Directed by:
Gary Ross
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Chris Cooper
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Theatrical Date:
25 July, 2003
Release Date:
16 December, 2003
Manufacturer:
Universal Studios
Format:
Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
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