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Seabiscuit may have been knobby-kneed, but he was no bobblehead -- until now. A stampede of 'Seabiscuit' movie merchandise is rounding the far turn and heading down the home stretch.
Former child star Shirley Temple Black recalls the time in 1949 when she was given an unusual order by a director. "I was told I had to tone down my hair so as not to compete with Seabiscuit ...
This is very, very dangerous stuff," says Gary Ross, sitting amid the Old World splendor of the St. Regis Hotel, in Century City, Calif. The avuncular writer-director of "Seabiscuit" is talking about ...
A beloved horse that appeared in the Oscar-nominated film “Seabiscuit” died last Thursday, according to an announcement by the Kentucky farm where the animal actor lived. Popcorn Deelites was 24.
Seabiscuit works wonderfully as the equine Cinderella that brought hope in a hopeless decade. Book and movie ads call it “the true story.” For the racing industry, that story is a bonanza.
Moviegoers got their first taste of "Seabiscuit" the movie this week with the debut in theaters of the preview promoting the coming summer's blockbuster. The 90-second promotion reflects the tone ...
Although there aren’t many horse racing movies, ... Seabiscuit. This is a true story movie where Tobey Maguire plays the jockey Red Pollard, and it is nothing short of compelling. ...
A beloved horse that appeared in the Oscar-nominated film “Seabiscuit” died last Thursday, according to an announcement by the Kentucky farm where the animal actor lived. Popcorn Deelites was 24.
One horse was chosen for his lethargy, another for his tendency to rear on his hind legs, one of real Seabiscuit’s least endearing behaviors. Finding those horses, Hen-drickson said, was the ...
Worse still, as a young horse, he had shown little interest in running at full speed. “He was lazy,” asserted James Fitzsimmons, Seabiscuit’s first trainer, “dead lazy.” ...