Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed
| Movie | |
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| German title | Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed |
| Original title | Seabiscuit |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 134 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Ross |
| script | Gary Ross |
| production | Gary Ross, Frank Marshall , Kathleen Kennedy , Jane Sindell |
| music | Randy Newman |
| camera | John Schwartzman |
| cut | William Goldenberg |
| occupation | |
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The US film Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success from 2003/2004 describes the authentic racing career of the famous racehorse Seabiscuit in the 1930s. The film adaptation by Gary Ross , who also wrote the screenplay , is based on Laura Hillenbrand's novel about this horse. The film became one of the most successful films of the year and received seven Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
action
The film tells the story of three men and a horse. These protagonists meet in the course of their lives and write a success story that begins in the 1910 film.
Charles Howard deals in cars and becomes a rich man with it. He puts cars in his empty stables. He gets married and has a son.
Thomas Smith is a farrier and trainer, he lives in the great outdoors and tames horses.
Red Pollard grew up in Alberta, Canada as the son of wealthy and educated parents. There he also learns to ride.
In 1929 the stock market crashed . Red Pollard earns two dollars with horse sticks at a horse race, which his now impoverished parents take as an opportunity to give it to the owner of the horse with the words “You have a gift.” Eight years later, Red rides as a jockey and earns additional money with it Boxing matches that he regularly loses.
While Howard and his wife are on a short trip, their son has an accident at home in one of his father's cars - he had taught him to drive. Howard is abandoned by his wife. He meets Marcela on a long vacation with a few visits to a racetrack in Mexico. She persuades him to go for a ride. With her by his side, he finds fun in life again and he marries her. Together they build a horse stable.
While the unemployed are queuing in front of the soup kitchens across the country, Tom Smith travels as a hobo . When a white horse is about to be shot because of an injury, he asks the owner to let him have the sick horse. He met Howard, who asked him for advice on choosing a horse when buying a horse.
One day Smith sees Seabiscuit, immediately recognizes its qualities and is overwhelmed. Seabiscuit is the son of a famous racehorse, but is not trained as such, but serves as a training horse for favorites. The legendary trainer Fitzsimmons thinks it's lazy and hungry and instructs his jockeys to beat Seabiscuit. The horse can no longer be tamed. Smith advises Howard to buy the horse. At the same stud where Seabiscuit is hired, Red fights with several guys. Smith wants to bring Red and Seabiscuit together. Red manages to calm and even ride Seabiscuit. After a long ride that brings Seabiscuit and Red closer to each other, Howard takes Smith as a trainer and Red as a jockey to his ranch. In a training run, Seabiscuit surprisingly breaks the track record and soon afterwards contests his first race. He starts in Santa Anita and loses because Red didn't hold him back long enough. Seabiscuit wins in his second race. From now on, the jockey who is too big for his guild and the horse who is considered by everyone to be too small win every race. Tom Smith is skeptical, however, until Seabiscuit has won against War Admiral , the winner of all races on the East Coast. Was admiral owned by millionaire Riddle, who initially refuses to allow his horse to fight Seabiscuit. Howard puts in a $ 100,000 prize, but Riddle doesn't let himself be enticed.
Red loses a race because he is blind in the right eye, but has so far kept this silent. Tom Smith now considers him unfit to ride any more races, but Howard sticks to Red. Riddle remains silent about the challenge until voices from the people come out who want to see this duel. Riddle gives in, but dictates the conditions: length of the run, start with a bell instead of starting machine and his "home track" in Pimlico Park.
After Howard, his wife, Tom Smith and Red watch the opposing horse War Admiral train, they realize that Seabiscuit cannot win the traditional way; Smith decides to train him differently, with a fire alarm bell and at night, with the aim of getting Seabiscuit to go off right on takeoff.
Pollard is badly injured when another horse runs away with him; his right leg is shattered. The doctor at the hospital predicts that Red will never ride again. So that the race in Pimlico Park does not have to be canceled, Red asks Howard to call his old colleague Woolf. He comes and starts to train with Seabiscuit.
The race, scheduled for November 1, 1938, caused excitement across the country, broadcast on NBC; all over the US employees get half a day off to listen to the race on the radio. 40 million Americans are watching the event. George Woolf wins the race by lengths with Seabiscuit and henceforth takes Red's place, who follows all races as an invalid at Howard's ranch.
One day Seabiscuit has a torn ligament on a foreleg. The vet offers to euthanize him, but Howard brings the injured horse to his ranch. There Red with a leg in plaster and Seabiscuit with a bandage on the foreleg are facing each other. Red now spends his time with the horse in the wild and observes that if it is frightened, it can walk normally again. So he decides to train it secretly. He also adjusts a splint for his leg so that he can ride Seabiscuit and get it in shape. Woolf tests Seabiscuit's stamina and agrees to start the next race with him. While they are training they are watched by the radio reporter "Tick Tock" McGlaughlin, who spreads the sensation of Seabiscuit's comeback. So Red also learns that Woolf will ride in his place. Red convinces Howard that he made Seabiscuit well; then Red and Howard consult a doctor who should give Red permission to ride races. Red shows the doctor the self-made leg support, but the doctor thinks his plan is too dangerous. Finally, Howard lets his wife, George Woolf and Red persuade him to start with Seabiscuit in Santa Anita . Seabiscuit and Red win by far.
description
The film not only describes the success story of the racehorse, but essentially portrays the personal developments of the owner, trainer and jockey, who can also heal their personal injuries due to the horse's unexpected career. In addition, the film also paints an impressive picture of American society during the global economic crisis . The victories of the outsider Seabiscuit were seen by many as a sign that even a seemingly hopeless person can achieve success again. This is how the horse became an American symbol of hope in these difficult times.
In Germany, the racecourse operators hoped to get more audiences excited about horse racing with this film. In several large cities - for example in Cologne - you received an entry ticket to the next horse race in addition to the cinema ticket.
criticism
Lexicon of the international film : “Conceived as a soulful family and success story, the calculation does not work because the subplots are underdeveloped and the viewer remains emotionally at a distance. Although well played and elegantly photographed, the old-fashioned film lacks the spark, so that it primarily reflects the state of mind of a nation that longs for former greatness and former virtues. "
background
In some respects the film draws an underdog story: a small, underrated horse and several people who have had blows of fate behind them (Howard: only son and wife lost; Pollard: formerly educated, then well-intentioned by his parents deported into the racing world) and / or are outsiders (Seabiscuit and Pollard: not taken seriously by the racing world or other jockeys and rebelling; Smith: allegedly puts nature and horse welfare above commerce and industry-standard decisions when he "saves" a lame horse), come together, conquer them Hearts of the people and challenge the arrogant “ establishment ” of the racing world on the east coast. The script allows itself various artistic freedoms: Seabiscuit was actually described more as calm and phlegmatic than - as in the film - as rebellious. He was also an established champion before the duel with War Admiral . B. 1937 won the most prize money in the United States. It was not so much the owner of War Admiral who avoided a duel, but rather Seabiscuit's mention was withdrawn four times in scheduled races. In the film, War Admiral with 18 hands (183 cm) is portrayed as overpowering compared to the 15 hand (152 cm) small Seabiscuit; In fact, the horses with 15.25 and 15.2 hand sizes were about the same, Seabiscuit with 1040 pounds compared to War Admiral with 960 pounds even the higher weight. In the film, apart from Seabiscuit, no other of Howard's racehorses are dealt with. The wealthy businessman and father of four (surviving) sons owned several successful racehorses; Pollard's accident (in reality: two accidents) also occurred with Howard's horses, but in reality months before the duel with War Admiral .
The film was shot between Tobey Maguire's engagements for the Spider-Man films. Maguire had trained hard for six months for the first Spider-Man movie in 2001 to get his body in tip-top shape for the role of superhero. After filming, he immediately starved himself ten kilograms so that he looked as thin and light as possible for his jockey role. For the film he trained with horse dummies, which are also used to train jockeys. In the film, too, Maguire can only be seen on the dummies during the races (including the dummy of a horse's neck and waving mane), whereas the racing scenes with horses were all doubled by extras. - Seabiscuit was shot in mid-2003 . Maguire immediately began hard training again to get in shape for the Spider-Man sequel Spider-Man 2 .
Awards
Seabiscuit - With the desire to succeed seven times was for the Oscar nominated (Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Cinematography , Best Art Direction , Best Costume Design , Best Sound , Best Editing) , but received none of the coveted statues. At the 2004 Golden Globe Awards, the film was also given no distinction in two categories (best film - drama , best supporting actor William H. Macy ).
Web links
- Seabiscuit - With the desire to succeed in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Seabiscuit - With the will to success . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2003 (PDF; test number: 95 168 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Interview with Ray Paulick about the Seabiscuit film (July 25, 2003). Talk Today series from USA Today