Sit back and relax and let the long shot consume you.I have mixed feelings about watching this documentary. Seabiscuit is simply one of those "silent' movies which just hurtles you beyond imaginable frontiers. There is a completely subtle tinge to his acting which lays low, yet beautifully exuberates class. Nobody else could have possibly fit into his role as well as he did, physically too.
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Why! This movie wasn't advertised in the mystery genre either! A frail looking (really) Tobey manages to deeply bond with the horse at least on screen, kudos indeed. What follows is a sequence of predictable vicissitudes. Being a thoroughbred race horse by birth, Seabiscuit treads the race track under the watchful eyes of trainer Tom Smith (played by Chris Cooper) and jockey Red Poddard (played by Tobey Mcguire).
Such is the emotional grasp and visual brilliance of Gary Ross's direction and Scwartzman's cinematography. Be it the Santa Anita or the Pimilco, you are just just hanging on the edge of your seat praying, vying and hoping for a Seabiscuit win. Every derby event is an emotional doorway which lifts your spirits. Set in a time when horse racing is more passion than business, Seabiscuit glorifies the positive appeal of horse racing. Every aspect of human emotion, bonding and courage is explored with an "equine" tinge. An extremely rewarding journey though the lives of man and beast. "Sea Biscuit" is a story about a long shot horse and a man who discover each other on the road to equestrian glory. If given the chance to race against War Admiral (whose owner doesn't want to race as he feels he has nothing to prove), will Seabiscuit and his team continue to keep the dreams of the common Americans alive? Through the good and the bad, especially as Red and Seabiscuit face mirroring problems, they all have to decide what is in their collective best interest. As such, Charles aims high and wants Seabiscuit to race Triple Crown winner War Admiral, who by all accounts is a winner and should be a winner. But Seabiscuit's victories are at smaller races.
Against the odds, Seabiscuit, with his human team behind him, does show his winning abilities and captures the imagination of all those others wanting to believe in a dream. Another common trait between Tom, Seabiscuit and Red is that they have been called crazy by those in traditional horse racing circles. And he is large for a jockey, and thus he always feels the need to battle the weight issue. Like Tom, Red has always shown a natural way with horses, but a difficult upbringing due solely to the Depression has made Red an angry young man, which has gotten him into trouble both on and off the track.
And third is the jockey they decide to hire, Johnny "Red" Pollard, so nicknamed because of his hair color. But Tom can see something in Seabiscuit's nature to make him a winner, if only Seabiscuit can be retrained from his inbred losing ways. The second is the horse Tom chooses for Charles, Seabiscuit, an unconventional choice as despite his pedigreed lineage, Seabiscuit is small at fifteen and a half hands tall with a slight limp. The first is trainer Tom Smith, who has a natural instinct to spot the capabilities of horses. With second wife Marcela at his side, Charles wants to get into horse racing and ends up with a team of underdogs who are also chasing their own dream. Car maker Charles Howard is no different, he who is trying to rebuild his life after the tragic death of his only child and the resulting end of his first marriage. It's the Depression, and everyone needs to hold onto a dream to get them through the bad times.