| Seabiscuit | |
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| 7 Nominations | |
| Year | 2003 |
| Director | Gary Ross |
| Writer | Gary Ross |
| Starring | Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper |
| 76th Academy Awards | |
Seabiscuit is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film based on the best-selling non-fiction book "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand. The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked thoroughbred race horse, whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular media sensation in the United States during the Great Depression. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks and William H. Macy.
Nominations
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Gary Ross
- Best Art Direction — Jeannine Oppewall, Leslie Pope
- Best Cinematography — John Schwartzman
- Best Costume Design — Judianna Makovsky
- Best Film Editing — William Goldenberg
- Best Picture — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross
- Best Sound Mixing — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tod A. Maitland
Plot[]
In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, Seabiscuit comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters'fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The film accurately portrays the real people and events of those troubled times and how Seabiscuit "fixed us, every one of us."
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