Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Diane Lane | ... | Penny Chenery | |
John Malkovich | ... | Lucien Laurin | |
Dylan Walsh | ... | Jack Tweedy | |
Margo Martindale | ... | Miss Ham | |
Nelsan Ellis | ... | Eddie Sweat | |
Otto Thorwarth | ... | Ronnie Turcotte | |
Fred Thompson | ... | Bull Hancock (as Fred Dalton Thompson) | |
James Cromwell | ... | Ogden Phipps | |
Scott Glenn | ... | Chris Chenery | |
Michael Harding | ... | E.V. Benjamin (as Mike Harding) | |
Richard Fullerton | ... | Robert Kleburg | |
Tim Ware | ... | John Galbreath | |
Nestor Serrano | ... | Pancho Martin | |
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Keith Austin | ... | Laffit Pincay |
Kevin Connolly | ... | Bill Nack |
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 twenty-five years. Written by Anonymous
Secretariat is not only the first film in many years where both old and young can share the same theater; it contains the elements that make you both laugh and cry as most good movies should. From peaceful mornings at sunrise we experience exhilarating horse racing that brings pensive waiting for results of a race already in the history books.
I agree with the Movieguide comments: "SECRETARIAT is a very uplifting, inspiring, exciting movie about a true story, the story of a determined woman who raises one of the most successful, dynamic racehorses of all time. SECRETARIAT is stirring and joyful, with many references to God, Jesus Christ and the Bible and a pro-capitalist message celebrating American values " Now, what's wrong with this picture? It is refreshingly entertaining.