Product Description

Movie DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33083 in DVD
• Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
• Released on: 2003-12-16
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 2

DVD features
This Seabiscuit has all the things one expects in a DVD gift set: a glossy red slipcase with a 32-page movie-photo booklet and postcard-size picture cards featuring the real horse and stats, among other things. But here's a surprise--there's also a second disc augmenting the excellent extras on the standard disc. These include an hour-long A&E The True Story of Seabiscuit, the HBO "First Look" airing and a segment looking more precisely at each actor and character. Best is the historical match race seen in its entirely with newsreel footage and the original radio call. The first disc (standard in name only) contains solid segments on the history and filmmaking, plus on-set photos by star Jeff Bridges. Director Gary Ross invites his friend Steven Soderbergh for his commentary track, making for an impressive conversation about filmmaking; the two even "pause" the film to talk about a particular aspect. --Doug Thomas

Customer Reviews

seabiscuit
One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.. I think people fail to see what this movie is realy about..If you don't have a tear in your eye when George wolf and the biscuit break away from the admiral in the final stretch of the match race, than I think your realy missing the moment.. And you should be in full cry mode when Red Pollard breaks through the pack to win the Santa Anita Handicap.. Sure they could have talked more about events in the book,like Charles Howards other son, he's not mentioned once, or his friendship whith Bing Crosby, and how the biscuit had a rival with his horse. And lets not forget the Awsome performance by the Great Jockey Gary Stevens as the Ice Man himself George Wolf.. I think Gary was the perfect part for George and would have liked to see more of him.. His riding for the finish line in the match race was poetry in motion.. But all in all this movie is summed up in the end when they say this is about a horse that changed the lives of three men when in actuality it changed a country. It gave people light at the end of a dark tunnel, and showed with the right love and the Heart to do your best you can overcome anything. At least thats what I got out of it...

An Equine Rocky. What a great 'tail', I LOVED IT!!!
Sensitive, heartfelt and heartwarming yet not maudling or corny. This is one great Hollywood epic for everyone who roots for the underdog, er. . .horse. Seabiscuit is an Equine "Rocky" for sure. It may have you tearing up at times, but that's not bad in this case. It's a great story and there's a happy ending too. What more could anyone want? Wish that horse were still around.

Remarkable Film!
This movie is proof that Hollywood IS capable of putting out a quality product. All the elements come together on this one-rare indeed. Gets my vote for Picture Of The Year.