Seabiscuit [videorecording] / an Insignia Films Production for the American Experience ; produced by Stephen Ives and Eve Morgenstern ; written by Michelle Ferrari ; directed by Stephen Ives.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: B8851 | PBS DVD VideoPublication details: [United States] : PBS DVD Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780642589
- American experience (Television program)
- 798.4/0092/9 22
- Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allan Palmer, Peter Nelson, Allen Moore ; editor, Toby Shimin ; music, Joel Goodman.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | 798.4 S438 | Available | 33111004182537 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Acknowledged as one of the greatest thoroughbred racehorses of the 1930s, Seabiscuit is the archetypal example of the extreme long shot who made good. Too squat, knobby-kneed, disheveled, and off-colored, the horse would have been written off as a total loss by anyone except the triumvirate of dedicated men who transformed this unpromising property into a winner: wealthy, stubborn owner Charles Howard, indefatigable trainer Tom Smith, and washed-up jockey Red Pollard, to whom Seabiscut represented the proverbial "last clear chance." So famous and popular that even President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked the horse's name into his public appearances, Seabiscuit also underlined the schism between the freewheeling, take-a-risk West Coast racing establishment and the snobbish, conservative East Coasters. Among the interviewees in this one-hour TV documentary is author Laura Hillenbrand, whose best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend sparked a widespread revival of interest in the champion horse. Seabiscuit was originally a presentation of the PBS anthology American Experience. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allan Palmer, Peter Nelson, Allen Moore ; editor, Toby Shimin ; music, Joel Goodman.
Narrated by Scott Glenn.
While not looking the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national hero.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, Dolby surround stereo.
Closed-captioned.