The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

Regisseur:

David Butler

Drehbuchautor:

John Taintor Foote (writer)

Premierendatum:

12. November 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Familienfilm

Plot:

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother...

Plot Keywords:

Irish American | Seabiscuit

Nutzerkommentare:

Read the book, see the movie.

Besetzung

Shirley Temple	...	Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Barry Fitzgerald	...	Shawn O'Hara, Seabiscuit's Trainer
Lon McCallister	...	Ted Knowles, Jockey
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Mrs. Charles S. Howard
Donald MacBride	...	George Carson, Head Trainer at Milford Farms
Pierre Watkin	...	Charles S. Howard, Seabiscuit's Owner
William Forrest	...	Thomas Milford, Owner Milford Farms
Joe Hernandez	...	Race Commentator
Hal J. Moore	...	Race Commentator (as Hal Moore)
Clem McCarthy	...	Race Commentator
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Sugarfoot Anderson	...	Walkin' Murphy, Milford's Boy (as 'Sugarfoot' Anderson)
Seabiscuit	...	Himself (archive footage)

Alternativ:

Pride of Kentucky (UK)

Länge:

98 Min | USA:93 Min (DVD version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Altersfreigabe:

France:U | Australia:PG | USA:Approved

Drehorte:

Burns Ranch, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

In the close-ups, Seabiscuit was played by Sea Sovereign, his son.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Seabiscuit's pre-Charles S. Howard silks are shown as green and white. Before Howard bought him Wheatley Stables owned Seabiscuit. Their silks were golden yellow with purple sleeves and cap.

Dialogzitate:

Ted Knowles, Jockey: You know, you've got an accent just like old Shawn. On you I like it.
Margaret O'Hara: My, you're a fast starter.
Ted Knowles, Jockey: That's my reputation. Then you did know all along who I was.
Margaret O'Hara: I found out.
Ted Knowles, Jockey: Interested?
Margaret O'Hara: I should have known you were a jockey.
Ted Knowles, Jockey: Oh, that's all right. I can't expect you to know everything before we've even got started.
Margaret O'Hara: Jockey's have sort of a special something about them that's easy to tell.
Ted Knowles, Jockey: Uh, the bandy legs?
Margaret O'Hara: 'Tis more a secret thing of the spirit, I'm thinking.
[...]

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Read the book, see the movie.

Had to see the movie after reading the wonderful bestseller about Seabiscuit. Supposedly uses the real footage of the match race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit. Acting aside, the historic race alone is worth viewing the movie.