Secretariat
The Impossible True Story
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$35 000 000
Box office
$60 300 000
Director
Actors
Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn, Dylan Walsh, Fred Thompson, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis, James Cromwell, Otto Thorwarth, Michael Harding
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Bill Johnson
Camera operator
Composer
Nick Glennie-Smith
Artist
Thomas E. Sanders, Donald Dowd
Audition
Sheila Jaffe
Editing
Short description
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery 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 - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
What's left behind the scenes
- All the racing scenes in the film were staged, with one exception. When races are shown on television in the Tweedy house, these are archival footage from those years.
- Five horses played the role of Secretariat in the film. Most of the screen time was taken up by a stallion named Trolley Boy, who was chosen at a Secretariat look-alike contest in Kentucky. This same horse was walked down the red carpet in Hollywood at the film's premiere. All of Secretariat’s "doubles" were given special makeup – three white "socks" on their legs and a star with a stripe on their forehead.
- Five horses played the role of Secretariat in the film. A stallion named Trolley Boy, selected in a Secretariat look-alike contest in Kentucky, portrayed him for the majority of the screen time. This same horse was walked down the red carpet in Hollywood at the film's premiere. All of Secretariat's “stand-ins” were given special makeup – three white “socks” on their legs and a star with a stripe on their forehead.
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