Seabiscuit (film)

Seabiscuit is a 2003 American biographical sports psychologicaldrama thriller film based on the bestselling nonfiction book Seabiscuit An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersizedcitation needed and overlooked Thoroughbred race horse, whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular media sensation in the United States during the Great Depression.

Red is the child of a Canadian family financially ruined by the Great Depression. In desperate need of money, the family leaves Red with a horse trainer. Red eventually becomes a jockey, but makes extra money through illegal boxing matches which left him blind in one eye. Howard is a clerk in a bicycle shop who gets asked by a passing motorist to repair his automobile, a technology which has recently been introduced. As a result, Howard becomes knowledgeable enough with automobiles to increase their performance and sell them as a dealer, eventually becoming the largest car dealer in California and one of the Bay Areas richest men. However, his son is killed in an automobile accident while driving the family car, which sends Howard into a bout of deep depression, which eventually results in his wife Valerie Mahaffey leaving him.On a trip to Mexico to obtain a divorce and to drown his sorrows, he meets Marcela Zabala Elizabeth Banks. Marcela helps Howard overcome his depression, mainly through horseriding. After marrying Marcela, Howard acquires a stable of horses and later has a chance encounter with the skilled and kindly horse trainer and drifter Smith. Howard hires Smith to manage his stables after Smith, who specializes in rehabilitating injured and abused horses, explains to Howard You dont throw a whole life away just cause its banged up a little bit. Smith convinces Howard to acquire the colt Seabiscuit, who comes from noted lineage but had been deemed incorrigible by past handlers and was later broken and trained to lose against better horses. ........

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