March 30, 1970. Racing champion Secretariat was born.
After Citation in 1948, Secretariat became the first U.S. Triple Crown winner in 25 years and became the stuff of legend.
New York Post columnist Larry Merchant said:
“Secretariat is the kind of Big Horse that makes grown men weep, even when they are flint-hearted bettors, even when he goes off at 1-10. He is the apparently unflawed hunk of beauty and beast they search for doggedly in the racing charts every day, and never seemed to find. His supporters rhapsodize over him as though he is a four-legged Nureyev, extolling virtues of his musculature, his grace, his urine specimens.” If he were to lose the Belmont, Merchant warned, “the country may turn sullen and mutinous.”
As of 2015, only 12 horses have won the Triple Crown: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), and American Pharoah (2015).
Just as with Secretariat,...
After Citation in 1948, Secretariat became the first U.S. Triple Crown winner in 25 years and became the stuff of legend.
New York Post columnist Larry Merchant said:
“Secretariat is the kind of Big Horse that makes grown men weep, even when they are flint-hearted bettors, even when he goes off at 1-10. He is the apparently unflawed hunk of beauty and beast they search for doggedly in the racing charts every day, and never seemed to find. His supporters rhapsodize over him as though he is a four-legged Nureyev, extolling virtues of his musculature, his grace, his urine specimens.” If he were to lose the Belmont, Merchant warned, “the country may turn sullen and mutinous.”
As of 2015, only 12 horses have won the Triple Crown: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), and American Pharoah (2015).
Just as with Secretariat,...
- 3/30/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In 2003 Universal Pictures released Seabiscuit, an Oscar-nominated film about horse racing in Depression-era America. Based on a true story, the film had the feel good factor, and perhaps introduced many to the thrilling world of horse racing for the first time. Seabiscuit, the horse, was undersized and unfancied, yet thrilled America with wonderful victories in many races, with the film astutely capturing the atmosphere of the time. However, Seabiscuit was not the first – and perhaps not the best – movie about the sport of kings.
Champions (1984) stars John Hurt as Bob Champion the legendary English jockey who had great success in the 1970s and 1980s. The film portrays Champion’s battle against testicular cancer and how he overcame the disease to win the 1981 Grand National. John Hurt – as ever – is brilliant in the role as the star jockey, giving a nuanced performance that highlights what it takes to be at the...
Champions (1984) stars John Hurt as Bob Champion the legendary English jockey who had great success in the 1970s and 1980s. The film portrays Champion’s battle against testicular cancer and how he overcame the disease to win the 1981 Grand National. John Hurt – as ever – is brilliant in the role as the star jockey, giving a nuanced performance that highlights what it takes to be at the...
- 3/8/2016
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Braveheart writer Randall Wallace takes the directorial reins for this biopic of Secretariat, the 70s ‘superhorse’ that trampled all over the breeding formbook to become “the greatest racehorse of all time”. Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, the housewife-owner who risks everything by putting her belief in an eccentric trainer (John Malkovich), a reckless jockey, and a nag they said couldn’t stay the distance. So does ‘Big Red’ have what it takes to win America’s fabled Triple Crown?...
- 11/29/2013
- Sky Movies
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we look at alternatives to Moneyball, Machine Gun Preacher and Killer Elite.
With the cold weather barreling in, theaters across the country brace for docudrama-rama! Trailers boast “based on a true story” as an A-lister rubs elbows with a fat funnyman, an action star tries for Oscar-baiting, and badasses new and old unite in a gritty action-thriller. Want more? Well, if Netflix news has you spinning, take a seat and indulge in some true-life drama, wild action flicks, and wonderfully sweet and strange, indie rom-com wild card.
Fresh from its debut at Tiff (review here!), this Aaron Sorkin-scripted sports-drama tells the true story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s unconventional method to building a winning team. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star.
With the cold weather barreling in, theaters across the country brace for docudrama-rama! Trailers boast “based on a true story” as an A-lister rubs elbows with a fat funnyman, an action star tries for Oscar-baiting, and badasses new and old unite in a gritty action-thriller. Want more? Well, if Netflix news has you spinning, take a seat and indulge in some true-life drama, wild action flicks, and wonderfully sweet and strange, indie rom-com wild card.
Fresh from its debut at Tiff (review here!), this Aaron Sorkin-scripted sports-drama tells the true story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s unconventional method to building a winning team. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star.
- 9/22/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Filed under: TV Replay
On Monday's 'Pawn Stars' (Mondays, 10Pm on History), a customer brought the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop what he said was a horseshoe worn by Secretariat. If it were a genuine item, it would be a real catch for the guys at the shop, but it needed to be authenticated. So Corey Harrison and the Old Man brought in their expert to check it out.
The customer had a letter signed by Penny Chenery, Secretariat's owner, and the expert said he could establish that the letter had been sent from Chenery's daughter's house in New York. The shoe also had marks consistent with the brand of horseshoe that Secretariat had worn. The big test, according to the expert, was whether it was a race shoe or a farm shoe: race shoes are aluminum and farm shoes are steel.
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On Monday's 'Pawn Stars' (Mondays, 10Pm on History), a customer brought the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop what he said was a horseshoe worn by Secretariat. If it were a genuine item, it would be a real catch for the guys at the shop, but it needed to be authenticated. So Corey Harrison and the Old Man brought in their expert to check it out.
The customer had a letter signed by Penny Chenery, Secretariat's owner, and the expert said he could establish that the letter had been sent from Chenery's daughter's house in New York. The shoe also had marks consistent with the brand of horseshoe that Secretariat had worn. The big test, according to the expert, was whether it was a race shoe or a farm shoe: race shoes are aluminum and farm shoes are steel.
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- 9/6/2011
- by Nick Zaino
- Aol TV.
We humans sometimes forget we aren’t the be all and end all of life on this planet. Our evolution has allowed us a brain of unrivalled capacity; the gift of conscious thought has led to the devising of culture and politics and has allowed us to form complex emotions like love, pity and hate. Scientists say the animals can’t feel those like we do. Yet there lies an endurance of such magnitude in some animals that we cannot get close to. Secretariat had that endurance. Secretariat was the best of his kind.
An American Thoroughbred racehorse, Secretariat was born in 1970. The brown stallion lived for 19 proud years and died in 1989. During his lifespan, he won close to 15 major competitions and set a number of world records on many tracks. Oh, and he had a heart rumoured to be twice the normal size. Posthumously, Secretariat has been honoured with...
An American Thoroughbred racehorse, Secretariat was born in 1970. The brown stallion lived for 19 proud years and died in 1989. During his lifespan, he won close to 15 major competitions and set a number of world records on many tracks. Oh, and he had a heart rumoured to be twice the normal size. Posthumously, Secretariat has been honoured with...
- 4/4/2011
- by Tom Barnard
- Obsessed with Film
My new year’s resolution continued through into the month of February and I was able to watch a few more new films. I was only able to check out nine new films in February, not as good as my twenty-one in January, but they were just as good. February was filled with animated superheroes, Academy Award hopefuls, British humour, some crappy horror & animation, an Adam Sandler comedy, and a horse.
So here it is, my second month’s journey in cinema, in the order I watched them:
(#22) Secretariat – 2010 – Directed by Randall Wallace
In the past “horse movies” haven’t really appealed to me, so when this came out last year it didn’t interest me too much. I finally decided to give it a chance, and I’m glad that I did.
The incomparable John Malkovich yet again does an amazing job in the role he is given as Lucien Laurin.
So here it is, my second month’s journey in cinema, in the order I watched them:
(#22) Secretariat – 2010 – Directed by Randall Wallace
In the past “horse movies” haven’t really appealed to me, so when this came out last year it didn’t interest me too much. I finally decided to give it a chance, and I’m glad that I did.
The incomparable John Malkovich yet again does an amazing job in the role he is given as Lucien Laurin.
- 3/8/2011
- by Marc Vibbert
- FusedFilm
Diane Lane is officially Martha Kent in the upcoming Warner Bros.
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Total Images: (26)');">Jumper. Here is Warner Bros. statement: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Oscar-nominated actress Diane Lane will play Martha Kent, the only mother Clark Kent has ever known, in the new Superman movie to be directed by Zack Snyder. Snyder stated, "This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman.
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Total Images: (2)');">Secretariat as Penny Chenery. She is no stranger to teens with superpowers, after all she was the mother of Hayden Christensen's character in
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Total Images: (26)');">Jumper. Here is Warner Bros. statement: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Oscar-nominated actress Diane Lane will play Martha Kent, the only mother Clark Kent has ever known, in the new Superman movie to be directed by Zack Snyder. Snyder stated, "This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman.
- 3/3/2011
- Films N Movies
Chicago – There are few things more unsightly than a small-minded film that pats itself on the back for being enlightened. “Secretariat” is no more about a horse than “The Blind Side” was about a football player. Instead, both films revolve around insufferable, blonde, finger-wagging, pontificating heroines who confuse bold feminism with extreme self-absorption.
The fact both films are based on true stories is irrelevant to their inherent worth. With all the depth and nuance of a smarmy campaign ad, these films transform their remarkable source material into Bible-thumping celebrations of conservatism and Palin-esque Mama Grizzlies. “Secretariat” is such a derivative fusion of the “Seabiscuit” and “Blind Side” formulas that it occasionally plays like an “Airplane”-style parody.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
Diane Lane is a fine actress, but you’d never know it on the basis of her performance as Penny Chenery Tuohy—whoops, I mean “Tweedy.” With her mother gone and her father ailing,...
The fact both films are based on true stories is irrelevant to their inherent worth. With all the depth and nuance of a smarmy campaign ad, these films transform their remarkable source material into Bible-thumping celebrations of conservatism and Palin-esque Mama Grizzlies. “Secretariat” is such a derivative fusion of the “Seabiscuit” and “Blind Side” formulas that it occasionally plays like an “Airplane”-style parody.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
Diane Lane is a fine actress, but you’d never know it on the basis of her performance as Penny Chenery Tuohy—whoops, I mean “Tweedy.” With her mother gone and her father ailing,...
- 2/3/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
And they.re off. What might put some out is that this race has in a way been run before and the horse in question was called Seabiscuit. However, just as that horse inspired race fans the tale of Secretariat also causes you to stand up a cheer for this magnificent animal. Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) is the stereotypical housewife caring for her family, lawyer husband John (Dylan Walsh), and the biggest controversy on her plate is her second eldest daughter Kate (Amanda Michalka) appearing in a anti-war play. She gets bad news from home when she hears her mother has died. She goes to Virginia to find her father (Scott Glenn) slipping into senility and...
- 2/3/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
And they’re off! Secretariat is now on Blu-ray and DVD in a wonderful combo pack. The film serves as biography of the legendary racehorse’s owner Penny Chenery, how she came to acquire the animal, and the almost impossible true story of how her champion steed became known as one of the greatest equine athletes that ever lived.
The film opens with Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), a traditional housewife and mother who is tending to her family. She then gets a call that her mother has passed away. This then results in Penny inheriting her parents’ Meadow Stables located in Virginia. Penny has no experience running a stable nor does she have any knowledge of horseracing so she enlists the help of veteran horse trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), an eccentric but highly capable individual. Joining them in their adventure is seasoned jockey Ron Turcotte (Otto Thorwarth), friend Elizabeth...
The film opens with Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), a traditional housewife and mother who is tending to her family. She then gets a call that her mother has passed away. This then results in Penny inheriting her parents’ Meadow Stables located in Virginia. Penny has no experience running a stable nor does she have any knowledge of horseracing so she enlists the help of veteran horse trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), an eccentric but highly capable individual. Joining them in their adventure is seasoned jockey Ron Turcotte (Otto Thorwarth), friend Elizabeth...
- 2/1/2011
- by Randall Unger
- JustPressPlay.net
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
From Prada to Nada – Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Kuno Becker (limited)
The Mechanic – Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland
The Rite – Colin O’Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds
Movie of the Week
The Mechanic
The Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland
The Plot: An elite hit man teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.
The Buzz: Jason Statham is kind of cookie cutter, and this looks to be just another of his many action extravaganzas, but he does turn in some good work from time to time. Death Race, for instance, was good, and I enjoyed the first Transporter too. Ben Foster has been on the rise now for quite some time — I imagine a few years from now he’ll be knocking on the door of the household name. I enjoyed him a lot in Pandorum,...
From Prada to Nada – Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Kuno Becker (limited)
The Mechanic – Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland
The Rite – Colin O’Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds
Movie of the Week
The Mechanic
The Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland
The Plot: An elite hit man teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.
The Buzz: Jason Statham is kind of cookie cutter, and this looks to be just another of his many action extravaganzas, but he does turn in some good work from time to time. Death Race, for instance, was good, and I enjoyed the first Transporter too. Ben Foster has been on the rise now for quite some time — I imagine a few years from now he’ll be knocking on the door of the household name. I enjoyed him a lot in Pandorum,...
- 1/26/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Enter The Void Enter the Void is unlike anything I have ever seen or experienced. It's a one-of-a-kind work of stunning ambition and passion—a psychedelic trip through one man's drug-fueled perception of his life, his death, his afterlife, and his rebirth. This is not a film to be taken lightly. From its dizzying, techno-charged opening credits onward, it assaults the senses, immersing you (whether you like it or not) into a soulless abyss of life-altering despair, vacuous sex, vibrant neon cityscapes, and obsessive existential desires. For many, it will be a confounding, interminable bore, so indulgent in its own sensual kineticism that it fails to conjure up a satisfying, coherent narrative. Such a reaction is understandable,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh
Director: Randall Wallace
The Scoop: Penny Chenery (Lane) was a mom and housewife when her father, owner of Meadow Stables in Virginia, fell ill. In his absence, she steps in and turns to veteran horse trainer Lucien Laurin (Malkovich) for advice. With his guidance and the now-legendary Secretariat, she dares to break through the glass ceiling in the horse racing world… and take home the coveted Triple Crown.
Special Features: Featurette, deleted scenes, music video
Rated PG, 120 min. | Watch the trailer...
Director: Randall Wallace
The Scoop: Penny Chenery (Lane) was a mom and housewife when her father, owner of Meadow Stables in Virginia, fell ill. In his absence, she steps in and turns to veteran horse trainer Lucien Laurin (Malkovich) for advice. With his guidance and the now-legendary Secretariat, she dares to break through the glass ceiling in the horse racing world… and take home the coveted Triple Crown.
Special Features: Featurette, deleted scenes, music video
Rated PG, 120 min. | Watch the trailer...
- 1/25/2011
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Blu-ray Review
Secretariat
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell
Running Time: 2 hr 3m
Rating: PG
Due Out: January 25, 2011
Plot: Penny Chenery Tweedy and her colleagues guide their prized horse to the record-setting win of the 1973 Triple Crown.
Who’S It For? Horse racing enthusiasts and individuals whom like to know they’re in for a happy ending off the get go.
Movie:
Being a big fan of the world of horse racing, I was excited when I first heard this film was in production. However, when I learned who had been cast, I was a little disappointed. Diane Lane has never appealed to me much, and where I find John Malkovich to be a very talented actor, he’s never been a favorite. I was pleased though, upon watching this film, with the performances of both Lane and Malkovich. They both brought a particular weight to the film,...
Secretariat
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell
Running Time: 2 hr 3m
Rating: PG
Due Out: January 25, 2011
Plot: Penny Chenery Tweedy and her colleagues guide their prized horse to the record-setting win of the 1973 Triple Crown.
Who’S It For? Horse racing enthusiasts and individuals whom like to know they’re in for a happy ending off the get go.
Movie:
Being a big fan of the world of horse racing, I was excited when I first heard this film was in production. However, when I learned who had been cast, I was a little disappointed. Diane Lane has never appealed to me much, and where I find John Malkovich to be a very talented actor, he’s never been a favorite. I was pleased though, upon watching this film, with the performances of both Lane and Malkovich. They both brought a particular weight to the film,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
DVD Playhouse: January 2011
By
Allen Gardner
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (20th Century Fox) Sequel to the seminal 1980s film catches up with a weathered, but still determined Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas, who seems to savor every syllable of Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff’s screenplay) just out of jail and back on the comeback trail. In attempting to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter (Carey Mulligan), Gekko forges a reluctant alliance with her fiancé (Shia Labeouf), himself an ambitious young turk who finds himself seduced by Gekko’s silver tongue and promise of riches. Lifeless film is further evidence of director Oliver Stone’s decline. Once America’s most exciting filmmaker, Stone hasn’t delivered a film with any teeth since 1995’s Nixon. Labeouf and Mulligan generate no sparks on-screen, and the story feels forced from the protracted opening to the final, Disney-esque denouement. Only a brief cameo by Charlie Sheen,...
By
Allen Gardner
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (20th Century Fox) Sequel to the seminal 1980s film catches up with a weathered, but still determined Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas, who seems to savor every syllable of Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff’s screenplay) just out of jail and back on the comeback trail. In attempting to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter (Carey Mulligan), Gekko forges a reluctant alliance with her fiancé (Shia Labeouf), himself an ambitious young turk who finds himself seduced by Gekko’s silver tongue and promise of riches. Lifeless film is further evidence of director Oliver Stone’s decline. Once America’s most exciting filmmaker, Stone hasn’t delivered a film with any teeth since 1995’s Nixon. Labeouf and Mulligan generate no sparks on-screen, and the story feels forced from the protracted opening to the final, Disney-esque denouement. Only a brief cameo by Charlie Sheen,...
- 1/21/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
From a photo of the real Harvey Milk to a shot of the climber in 127 Hours, why do films flaunt their subjects as the credits roll?
"And this is me," impressionist Mike Yarwood used to declare at the end of his TV shows after another round of Harold Wilsons and Brian Cloughs, revealing his own natural expression by way of a finale. Now, years later, much the same strategy looks to have become de rigueur for the modern biopic – a small but important moment directly before the closing credits in which we cut from the end of the narrative proper to an image of the real individual whose story has just unfolded.
At the conclusion of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, for instance, we find the subject of the film, climber Aron Ralston, beatifically gazing at the camera mere moments after his screen alter-ego James Franco doggedly hacked off an arm...
"And this is me," impressionist Mike Yarwood used to declare at the end of his TV shows after another round of Harold Wilsons and Brian Cloughs, revealing his own natural expression by way of a finale. Now, years later, much the same strategy looks to have become de rigueur for the modern biopic – a small but important moment directly before the closing credits in which we cut from the end of the narrative proper to an image of the real individual whose story has just unfolded.
At the conclusion of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, for instance, we find the subject of the film, climber Aron Ralston, beatifically gazing at the camera mere moments after his screen alter-ego James Franco doggedly hacked off an arm...
- 1/14/2011
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
David Fincher's "The Social Network"is emerging as the consensus choice as best film of 2010. Most of the critics' groups have sanctified it, and after its initial impact it has only grown it stature. I think it is an early observer of a trend in our society, where we have learned new ways of thinking of ourselves: As members of a demographic group, as part of a database, as figures in...a social network.
My best films list also appears on my main site, but I am posting it here on the blog so that you can comment on it. In response to the reader protests of recent years, I've returned to the time-honored tradition of ten films arranged in order from one to ten. After that, it's all alphabetical. The notion of objectively ordering works of art seems bizarre to me.
Here are the year's best feature films:...
My best films list also appears on my main site, but I am posting it here on the blog so that you can comment on it. In response to the reader protests of recent years, I've returned to the time-honored tradition of ten films arranged in order from one to ten. After that, it's all alphabetical. The notion of objectively ordering works of art seems bizarre to me.
Here are the year's best feature films:...
- 12/27/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Smack in the middle of the winter cold, Disney will thankfully release one of this year's most heartwarming movies on DVD and Blu-ray.
"Secretariat," also known as "that horse movie with Diane Lane," tells the true story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner.
Lane stars as mom and housewife Penny Chenery, who thrusts herself into the world of horse-racing when she agrees to take over her ailing father's stables. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), she fosters the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years in this rousing true story.
"Secretariat," from the producers of other Disney sports dramas like "Miracle" and "Invincible," grossed over million at the U.S. box office. The film, which also stars James Cromwell, Aj Michalka, Dylan Walsh, and Kevin Connolly, was given 4 stars by Roger Ebert, who called it "one of the year's best films."...
"Secretariat," also known as "that horse movie with Diane Lane," tells the true story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner.
Lane stars as mom and housewife Penny Chenery, who thrusts herself into the world of horse-racing when she agrees to take over her ailing father's stables. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), she fosters the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years in this rousing true story.
"Secretariat," from the producers of other Disney sports dramas like "Miracle" and "Invincible," grossed over million at the U.S. box office. The film, which also stars James Cromwell, Aj Michalka, Dylan Walsh, and Kevin Connolly, was given 4 stars by Roger Ebert, who called it "one of the year's best films."...
- 12/8/2010
- icelebz.com
We have gained access to a very exclusive clip from Secretariat. Diane Lane looks on as John Malkovich is mocked for his outlandish dress sense and the horses are lined up at the racecourse...
Against all odds, housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane)- with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)- navigates the male-dominated horseracing business, ultimately taking her horse Secretariat on a spectacular journey to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, and perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time. A must-see.
This inspirational true story has been adapted from William Nack's book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, who also had an active involvement on the film’s production. Secretariat is directed by Oscar-nominated Randall Wallace and stars a stellar cast, including: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Scott Glenn, Dylan Baker, Margo Martindale, and Nelsan Ellis.
Secretariat is out now.
Against all odds, housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane)- with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)- navigates the male-dominated horseracing business, ultimately taking her horse Secretariat on a spectacular journey to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, and perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time. A must-see.
This inspirational true story has been adapted from William Nack's book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, who also had an active involvement on the film’s production. Secretariat is directed by Oscar-nominated Randall Wallace and stars a stellar cast, including: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Scott Glenn, Dylan Baker, Margo Martindale, and Nelsan Ellis.
Secretariat is out now.
- 12/3/2010
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM - Movie Clips
Disney have sent us this new interview / featurette with acting legend, James Cromwell about his new movie, Secretariat which comes out in UK cinemas today. You can read Adam’s review of the movie here.
Secretariat has a magnificent cast which includes Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Dylan Walsh, Dylan Baker and is directed by Randall Wallace.
Synopsis: Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich) – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time. Starring – Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly,...
Secretariat has a magnificent cast which includes Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, James Cromwell, Dylan Walsh, Dylan Baker and is directed by Randall Wallace.
Synopsis: Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich) – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time. Starring – Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly,...
- 12/3/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It's because Hollywood has put horses out to pasture, and the days of the great equine role seem to have passed. Joe Queenan mourns the disappearance of Hollywood's mane players
At a certain age, actors – both men and women– start to complain that they are no longer offered the roles they once were, that the scripts they are sent by their agents are not equal to their talents. But isn't that even more true of horses? Horses used to be prominent figures in films, rearing their glorious heads and shaking their magnificent manes in everything from Fort Apache to Ben-Hur, not to mention idolatrously horse-centred motion pictures such as The Man from Snowy River and National Velvet. But the arrival of a new movie such as Secretariat drives home the point that horses no longer occupy the position of power in Hollywood that they once did, that a movie featuring...
At a certain age, actors – both men and women– start to complain that they are no longer offered the roles they once were, that the scripts they are sent by their agents are not equal to their talents. But isn't that even more true of horses? Horses used to be prominent figures in films, rearing their glorious heads and shaking their magnificent manes in everything from Fort Apache to Ben-Hur, not to mention idolatrously horse-centred motion pictures such as The Man from Snowy River and National Velvet. But the arrival of a new movie such as Secretariat drives home the point that horses no longer occupy the position of power in Hollywood that they once did, that a movie featuring...
- 12/3/2010
- by Joe Queenan, Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The legendary racehorse Secretariat (who in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records that still stand today) gets the inevitable big-screen treatment in this Hollywood period-drama biopic.
Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, a strong-willed and fiercely independent mother of four who takes over her parent’s stables and horse breeding business after her mother passes away, and her ailing father (Scott Glen) is unable to cope. Initially Penny fears that she may have taken on more than she can handle with balancing both the demands of family life with the struggles and resistance she faces in the (then) predominantly male world of horse racing.
A carefully planned purchase of a racehorse she names Secretariat begins to turn her fortunes around when the steed proves to be a thoroughbred winner, bolstered by the help of flamboyant French-Canadian trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich...
Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, a strong-willed and fiercely independent mother of four who takes over her parent’s stables and horse breeding business after her mother passes away, and her ailing father (Scott Glen) is unable to cope. Initially Penny fears that she may have taken on more than she can handle with balancing both the demands of family life with the struggles and resistance she faces in the (then) predominantly male world of horse racing.
A carefully planned purchase of a racehorse she names Secretariat begins to turn her fortunes around when the steed proves to be a thoroughbred winner, bolstered by the help of flamboyant French-Canadian trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich...
- 12/3/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A bizarre performance by John Malkovich enlivens the dull tale of a 1970s racehorse
Just when we thought John Malkovich didn't have another semi-intentionally deranged performance left in him, he has come storming back with another uproarious turn, as Lucien Laurin, the mercurial horse trainer in this true-life heartwarmer about a super-fast 1970s racehorse called Secretariat. Malkovich wears silly pork-pie hats and he's supposed to be French Canadian. This means he periodically lapses into a bizarrely accented French, spoken as if through a mouthful of Toblerone. Diane Lane plays Penny Chenery, the daughter of a legendary trainer who takes over the failing family farm and nurtures a winner in Secretariat. And if you assume that her adorable stubbornness and breeding are mirrored in that noble horse, then you wouldn't be far wrong. She very much disapproves, incidentally, of the racist way people had been treating her black stablehand Eddie (Nelsan Ellis...
Just when we thought John Malkovich didn't have another semi-intentionally deranged performance left in him, he has come storming back with another uproarious turn, as Lucien Laurin, the mercurial horse trainer in this true-life heartwarmer about a super-fast 1970s racehorse called Secretariat. Malkovich wears silly pork-pie hats and he's supposed to be French Canadian. This means he periodically lapses into a bizarrely accented French, spoken as if through a mouthful of Toblerone. Diane Lane plays Penny Chenery, the daughter of a legendary trainer who takes over the failing family farm and nurtures a winner in Secretariat. And if you assume that her adorable stubbornness and breeding are mirrored in that noble horse, then you wouldn't be far wrong. She very much disapproves, incidentally, of the racist way people had been treating her black stablehand Eddie (Nelsan Ellis...
- 12/3/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tIC107BcWOblHwseA-P257N0JTw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tIC107BcWOblHwseA-P257N0JTw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tIC107BcWOblHwseA-P257N0JTw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tIC107BcWOblHwseA-P257N0JTw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><p><img style=' float: left; padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0;' src="http://www.filmshaft.com/images/2010/12/secretariat-movie-poster-512x377-203x150.jpg" alt="" title="secretariat-movie-poster-512x377" width="203" height="150" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-43198" />If you can get past the gross sentimentality and Diane Lane’s highly dislikeable performance, Randall Wallace’s horse-racing flick is passable entertainment in that Sunday afternoon kind of way. Some adventurous critics have seen a Tea Party mentality and white supremacist leanings in this Disney production, but despite its rose-tinted view of life and history, it would never dare be that interesting. It’s just old-fashioned, and that doesn’t make it inherently sinister. </p> <p>There have been a special few horses that have entered popular culture down the years whether its Seabiscuit, Red Rum, or the ill-fated Shergar. But it’s <strong>Secretariat</strong> – winner of the Triple Crown – that is apparently considered the number one horse of all-time. Randall Wallace’s flick is hampered by occasionally lame direction, a central character who reeks of entitlement and can-do spirit and a gloriously Ott performance from John ‘Malkatraz’ Malkovich. Yes, quite what...
- 12/2/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Diane Lane submitted to my Secretariat Q & A for SAG members Friday night. The 45-year-old actress, who launched her career opposite Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance at age 13, may be coming from behind right now in the Oscar race for best actress. But she's one of those popular folks that her peers grew up with; they know the history of her Playboy centerfold mother and acting coach father (John Cassavetes stole Gena Rowlands from him) and they like this uplifting feminist true story; and she's in the nominated-but-never-won club. At: Was it intimidating to meet the your character, Secretariat owner Penny Chenery? Dl: She's such a great woman, and she crackles with wisdom and wit and humility and suffers no fools and ...
- 11/23/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Walt Disney Pictures and Mayhem Pictures have sent us the brand new UK trailer for the American biographical film Secretariat.
Directed by Randall Wallace, Secretariat stars Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Amanda Michalka, Graham McTavish, Kevin Connolly and Scott Glenn.
Secretariat will be released in the UK on December 3rd.
Official Synopsis: Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich) – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time. Starring – Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly, Nelsan Ellis, Dylan Baker.
Watch the trailer below:...
Directed by Randall Wallace, Secretariat stars Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Amanda Michalka, Graham McTavish, Kevin Connolly and Scott Glenn.
Secretariat will be released in the UK on December 3rd.
Official Synopsis: Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich) – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time. Starring – Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connolly, Nelsan Ellis, Dylan Baker.
Watch the trailer below:...
- 11/16/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We haven’t had a good racehorse film since Seabiscuit years ago. Alas, one is now on the final furlong to our cinema screens when Disney’s Secretariat passes over the finish line on 3rd December. So if you fancy a punt, I’ve got a winning tip! Okay, I’ll stop with the horse-racing-related quips.
The cast is packed with top quality actors from Diane Lane, James “This is the City of Angels, boyo, and you don’t have any wings” Cromwell, the always watchable John “Malkatraz” Malkovich and a selection of thoroughbreds.
If you like inspirational stories, Diane Lane and horses racing down a track, this might warm your heart on a cold December day.
Synopsis:
Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables,...
The cast is packed with top quality actors from Diane Lane, James “This is the City of Angels, boyo, and you don’t have any wings” Cromwell, the always watchable John “Malkatraz” Malkovich and a selection of thoroughbreds.
If you like inspirational stories, Diane Lane and horses racing down a track, this might warm your heart on a cold December day.
Synopsis:
Based on the remarkable true story, “Secretariat” chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables,...
- 11/16/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
It starts out all sad music at momma’s funeral and we gots to sell the horse farm, but dang if nobody can keep Diane Lane down. A nice, proper 1960s housewife, she turns into a spunky, tough cookie of a racehorse owner when her parents’ ranch is left in her hands and her no-goodnik husband (Dylan Walsh: Nip/Tuck) and useless brother (Dylan Baker: The Hunting Party) would rather sell. Actually, the guys aren’t so bad, just completely unsupportive of her dream to make a mint off the new foal, Big Red, who’s just as adorable as can be, what with putting the lump in your throat with his weird jangly baby foalness and all. Soon, Penny Chenery (Lane: Jumper) and her totally kickass sidekick Miss Ham (Margo Martindale: Orphan) are racing the horse, now called Secretariat, with the help of a fashion-disaster trainer (John Malkovich:...
- 10/21/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Bill Nack is a born story-teller. The author of the biography Secretariat has enveloped me time and again in the fascination of his tales. That process began nearly 50 years ago at the University of Illinois, when we were both working on The Daily Illini. I was the editor, he was the sports editor, and then the following year he was the editor. He was also a natural writer -- and, perhaps more significantly, a natural reader. His taste was persuasive.
He approached literature like a gourmet. He relished it, savored it, inhaled it, and after memorizing it rolled it on his tongue and spoke it aloud. It was Nack who already knew in the early 1960s, when he was a very young man, that Nabokov was perhaps the supreme stylist of modern novelists. He recited to me from Lolita, and from Speak, Memory and Pnin. I was spellbound.
He knew...
He approached literature like a gourmet. He relished it, savored it, inhaled it, and after memorizing it rolled it on his tongue and spoke it aloud. It was Nack who already knew in the early 1960s, when he was a very young man, that Nabokov was perhaps the supreme stylist of modern novelists. He recited to me from Lolita, and from Speak, Memory and Pnin. I was spellbound.
He knew...
- 10/17/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Abu Dhabi, Oct 16 – A housewife in a race course, a man stuck in the wilderness of a forest and an emotional story from a war zone — three tales of victory and survival set in three different circumstances marked an interesting beginning to the Abu Dhabi Film Festival that has a bouquet of interesting international stories.
Based on the real life story of a housewife called Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) who decides to take on the men’s world with her horse ‘Secretariat’ and veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), director Randall Wallace’s ‘Secretariat’.
Based on the real life story of a housewife called Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) who decides to take on the men’s world with her horse ‘Secretariat’ and veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), director Randall Wallace’s ‘Secretariat’.
- 10/16/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
This past weekend, Walt Disney Pictures released one of their tentpole films for the fall season. Secretariat, based on the horse that won the Triple Crown back in 1973, opened in over 3000 theaters to approximately $13 million. Not a winner in terms of box office earnings, but definitely based on general reviews. It holds a 65% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 72% positive rating by audiences on the same site. In this edition of Mouse House, I’ll explore the marketing of the sports drama, as well as making comparisons to similar films and explaining the recent direction of the types of movies Disney is producing.
The Diane Lane feature also stars John Malkovich, James Cromwell, Dylan Walsh, Margo Martindale, Kevin Connolly and Dylan Baker. A good cast in a great drama. Buzz has spread that Lane may pick up an Oscar nod for her role as Penny Chenery, an independent housewife...
The Diane Lane feature also stars John Malkovich, James Cromwell, Dylan Walsh, Margo Martindale, Kevin Connolly and Dylan Baker. A good cast in a great drama. Buzz has spread that Lane may pick up an Oscar nod for her role as Penny Chenery, an independent housewife...
- 10/14/2010
- by Brett Nachman
- FusedFilm
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
With her starring role as racehorse owner Penny Chenery in the just-released Disney movie 'Secretariat,' Diane Lane has added another screen persona to her long, diverse resume. A Hollywood name since the tender age of 13 when she appeared in 'A Little Romance' with Laurence Olivier, Lane has had her share of career ups and downs, with several of the latter occurring early on, when an actor's career can most easily derail.
But Lane -- her conventional prettiness made even more attractive by the quiet intelligence and emotional honesty she conveys onscreen -- persevered. Her willingness to "go there" both emotionally and physically resulted in what was easily the best role of her career: wayward suburban wife Connie Sumner in Adrian Lyne's 2002 romantic thriller 'Unfaithful.' Though critical and popular reaction to the movie was mixed, no one disputed the power of...
With her starring role as racehorse owner Penny Chenery in the just-released Disney movie 'Secretariat,' Diane Lane has added another screen persona to her long, diverse resume. A Hollywood name since the tender age of 13 when she appeared in 'A Little Romance' with Laurence Olivier, Lane has had her share of career ups and downs, with several of the latter occurring early on, when an actor's career can most easily derail.
But Lane -- her conventional prettiness made even more attractive by the quiet intelligence and emotional honesty she conveys onscreen -- persevered. Her willingness to "go there" both emotionally and physically resulted in what was easily the best role of her career: wayward suburban wife Connie Sumner in Adrian Lyne's 2002 romantic thriller 'Unfaithful.' Though critical and popular reaction to the movie was mixed, no one disputed the power of...
- 10/13/2010
- by Marina Zogbi
- Moviefone
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
With her starring role as racehorse owner Penny Chenery in the just-released Disney movie 'Secretariat,' Diane Lane has added another screen persona to her long, diverse resume. A Hollywood name since the tender age of 13 when she appeared in 'A Little Romance' with Laurence Olivier, Lane has had her share of career ups and downs, with several of the latter occurring early on, when an actor's career can most easily derail.
But Lane -- her conventional prettiness made even more attractive by the quiet intelligence and emotional honesty she conveys onscreen -- persevered. Her willingness to "go there" both emotionally and physically resulted in what was easily the best role of her career: wayward suburban wife Connie Sumner in Adrian Lyne's 2002 romantic thriller 'Unfaithful.' Though critical and popular reaction to the movie was mixed, no one disputed the power of...
With her starring role as racehorse owner Penny Chenery in the just-released Disney movie 'Secretariat,' Diane Lane has added another screen persona to her long, diverse resume. A Hollywood name since the tender age of 13 when she appeared in 'A Little Romance' with Laurence Olivier, Lane has had her share of career ups and downs, with several of the latter occurring early on, when an actor's career can most easily derail.
But Lane -- her conventional prettiness made even more attractive by the quiet intelligence and emotional honesty she conveys onscreen -- persevered. Her willingness to "go there" both emotionally and physically resulted in what was easily the best role of her career: wayward suburban wife Connie Sumner in Adrian Lyne's 2002 romantic thriller 'Unfaithful.' Though critical and popular reaction to the movie was mixed, no one disputed the power of...
- 10/13/2010
- by Marina Zogbi
- Cinematical
Secretariat follows a specific formula, but in the process creates a surprisingly good film. It is simple to predict what will happen, especially considering the real-life origin of the story, but keeps your interest through great acting and direction.
Secretariat is the story of, you guessed it, Secretariat, arguably the greatest racehorse in history. and how the persistence of one Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and the passion of an eccentric trainer (John Malkovich) enabled a down-and-out horse farm to raise a Triple Crown-winner.
Secretariat contains all the typical elements of a Disney-produced biopic: a traditional hero, a family drama, an underdog, and a feel-good conclusion. And although there has been fervent backlash against “formula films” like this one, there’s a reason they work. For some reason, we respond very well to a three-act structure with an established hero and easy-to-grasp conflict and although many avant-garde filmmakers may experiment with different narrative techniques,...
Secretariat is the story of, you guessed it, Secretariat, arguably the greatest racehorse in history. and how the persistence of one Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and the passion of an eccentric trainer (John Malkovich) enabled a down-and-out horse farm to raise a Triple Crown-winner.
Secretariat contains all the typical elements of a Disney-produced biopic: a traditional hero, a family drama, an underdog, and a feel-good conclusion. And although there has been fervent backlash against “formula films” like this one, there’s a reason they work. For some reason, we respond very well to a three-act structure with an established hero and easy-to-grasp conflict and although many avant-garde filmmakers may experiment with different narrative techniques,...
- 10/8/2010
- by Billy Soistmann
- Atomic Popcorn
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