Seabiscuit

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire Director: Gary Ross Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 23rd February, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Seabiscuit is a drama starring Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper & Jeff Bridges. An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand s best-selling account of the life & racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized & overlooked thoroughbred race horse whose unexpected successes made him a popular sensation in the United States near the end of the Great Depression. Seabiscuit was nominated for several Academy Awards in 2004, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design & Best Sound. Seabiscuit the Book Official Website  . Seabiscuit the Movie Official Website  . Seabiscuit   at the Internet Movie Database.

Proving that truth is often greater than fiction, the handsome production of Seabiscuit offers a healthy alternative to Hollywoods staple diet of mayhem. With superior production values at his disposal, writer-director Gary Ross is a bit too reverent towards Laura Hillenbrands captivating bestseller, unnecessarily using archival material, & David McCulloughs narration, to pay Ken-Burns-like tribute to Hillenbrands 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, Rosss 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 Seabiscuits hard-luck jockey, the films 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. ,

Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges & the brother of actor Beau Bridges. Some of Bridges more notable roles include starring in the 1982 movie Tron, where he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer. He gained repute in the mid- 80s for his roles in the sexy thriller Against All Odds & the crime drama Jagged Edge. He also took the leading role of The Dude in the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski. He married Susan Geston in 1975. They have 3 children, all daughters, together. Posters Of The Big Lebowski

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Tobias Vincent Maguire is an American film actor. Working as a child actor since his early teens, he appeared in a variety of commercials & TV & movie roles. He auditioned for a part in the series Parenthood, where he met best friend actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Maguire gained significant attention for with his role in the film The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee. This soon was parlayed in a variety of lead roles where he played a thoughtful boy coming of age in a variety of films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules & Wonder Boys. In 2002, he shot to stardom in the title role in Spider-Man, where he was praised for his performance of the troubled superhero. He further solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey, Jonathan Red Pollard, in an acclaimed film about the famous American racehorse, Seabiscuit. Spider-Man 2, the sequel to the original blockbuster, was released in 2004. In 2004 Maguire also took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events & has been tutored by poker pro Daniel Negreanu. Posters Of Tobey Maguire

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