Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Bryan Martin | ... | MC Jockey's Presentation |
Stephen Curry | ... | Damien Oliver | |
Jodi Gordon | ... | Trish Oliver | |
Daniel MacPherson | ... | Jason Oliver | |
Alice Parkinson | ... | Jenny | |
Shaun Micallef | ... | Lee Freedman (as Shaun Micaleff) | |
Martin Sacks | ... | Neil Pinner | |
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Colleen Hewett | ... | Pat Oliver |
Andrew Curry | ... | Ray Oliver | |
Meredith Penman | ... | Young Pat Oliver | |
Brendan Gleeson | ... | Dermot Weld | |
Kate Bell | ... | Claire | |
Tom Burlinson | ... | Dave Phillips | |
Nick Simpson-Deeks | ... | Pat Smullen | |
Lewis Fitz-Gerald | ... | Sir Michael Smurfit |
Born into a legendary racing family, jockeys Damien Oliver and his brother, Jason, followed in their father's footsteps. Ray Oliver died tragically in a racing accident when the boys were young. But racing was in their blood, and Damien in particular inherited his father's gifts. His eye was on the greatest championship of them all, the prestigious Melbourne Cup. After years of training, he was ready. Damien would ride the powerful but temperamental Media Puzzle, under the watch of the great Irish trainer Dermot Weld. Some were not so sure about Media Puzzle's chances, but Weld was confident that the great jockey and spirited horse would make an unbeatable combination. As racing day approached, horses, jockeys, trainers, owners, fans and the media from around the globe descended on Melbourne. Weld's fiercest rival, Sheikh Mohammed, the Crown prince of Dubai, sent his best horses, anxious for a Melbourne Cup win. The news channels were filled with talk and speculation about Damien and ... Written by Anonymous
Top Movie and well deserved as well , This was just an exceptional movie and Brendan Gleeson once again superb he just keeps getting better and better . This was one roller-coaster of a movie and very much emotional and no it was not boring at all only someone that has very limited intelligence and that knows nothing whatsoever about horse racing would say it was a boring movie .
I am really glad i didn't pay any attention to the miss-guided and hopeless reviews that some peeps wrote here about this movie as they were so inaccurate and false its incredible .
Its been many years since i watched a real genuine top class movie like this one , THE Cup 2011 and all actors played their part fantastic and an excellent True story-line which we just don't see enuff of these days and no daft special effects and far fetched garbage this is just a pure good movie with excellent Actors and a fantastic end which made this movie very special indeed .
i give this 10/10 Rating and very much advise anyone to sit down and watch it even if your not a massive horse racing fan its still gonna be well worth watching you wont be sorry so forget the negative clueless peeps that failed to give this the positive Review it deserves and go watch it and you'll remember this for a long time to come because it could well be many more years before another movie comes along thats anywhere as good as this one was .