How many secretariat movies are there

Penny Chenery : More than three thousand years ago a man named Job complained to God about all his troubles and the Bible tells us that God answered. Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? He paused fiercely, rejoicing in his strength and charges into the fray. He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing, He does not shy away from the sword.

The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground. He cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds. Sign In. Play trailer Biography Drama Family. Director Randall Wallace. Top credits Director Randall Wallace. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Secretariat - Trailer 1. Clip Featurette Photos Top cast Edit. Michael Harding E.

Benjamin as E. Benjamin as Mike Harding. Randall Wallace. More like this. But she could read lineages. She flipped a coin with a millionaire and "lost" but won the mare she wanted — and she was there in the stable when the mare gave birth.

The groom said he'd never before seen a horse stand up on its legs that soon after birth. There was something about Secretariat. Bill, who was a regular visitor at Meadow Farm in Virginia throughout the horse's life, tried to get me to understand: The people around the horse felt it was blessed.

She had faith. So did he groom Eddie Sweat Nelsan Ellis , who was with Secretariat more than any other human being during the horse's life. And so did Lucien Laurin John Malkovich , the trainer who had been trying to retire when Penny hauled him away from his golf clubs. The movie focuses closely on the owner, the trainer and the groom. It has no time for foolishness. When the time for the coin flip comes with millionaire Ogden Phipps James Cromwell , we understand why Mrs.

Chenery wants the mare she does, and director Randall Wallace underlines that with admirable economy, using a closeup of Malkovich studying a breeding chart that works better than five minutes of dialogue.

Gene Siskel used to say his favorite movies were about what people actually do all day. That's what "Secretariat" is. It pays us the compliment of really caring about thoroughbred racing. In a low-key way, it conveys an enormous amount of information. And it creates characters who, because of spot-on casting, are vivid, human and complex. They became estranged because of her decisions, Nack says, but the movie only implies that rather than getting mired in a soap opera.

As a woman, Penny is closed out of racing's all-boy club. If a man neglected his family for a race horse, that might be common. But a woman is committing some sin against nature. And when she refused to sell, her whole family — husband, brother, everyone — put enormous pressure on her. They were sure her decision was taking money out of their pockets. How she raises money to keep the farm is ingenious lateral thinking, and best of all, it's accurate.

This whole movie feels authentic. Diane Lane, who is so good in so many kinds of roles, makes Penny a smart woman with great faith in her own judgment and the courage to bet the farm on it. Every hair in place, always smartly turned out, she labors in the trenches with Lucien and Eddie, negotiates unflinchingly with the Old Boys, eats the stomach-churning meals at the diners where the track crowd hangs out. She looked at the greatest racehorse in the world and knew she was right, when all about her were losing their heads and blaming it on her.

Of the actors, I especially enjoyed John Malkovich. He has a way of conveying his reasoning by shorthand and implication. He creates a portrait of horse trainer who's slow to tip his hand, which is correct. Sitting in a box or hanging over the rail, if the director asked them to cheer their favorite to the wire — well, these folks certainly knew how to do that.

And she was gracious to do that. Wallace placed Chenery in a box seat near where the cameras were focusing on Diane Lane, the acclaimed actress who portrays Chenery in the movie. It was in her mind. She does, however, remember the setting. I get pretty tense. And Lucien, of course, was a fireball. He evoked the race day, what the race means to Kentuckians, and of course, to my family and me.

He really set the mood. And even though we were all shivering on a cold day, we threw ourselves into the drama of it. But he also knows there is more to the art of a movie than timing explosions and moving soldiers before a camera.

I always make a point of speaking to the extras and treating them like actors — because of course, they are. I want them to know why we are making the movie. Wallace says the movie began with an original script by screenwriter Mike Rich, who brought the story to the story. He had done something that was outside what anybody would expect.

And that was what more connected me to him. I grew up in a romantic south, where we thought about things like courage and daring and gallantry. It was that kind of spirit we all saw in Secretariat. But Penny and Diane, well Diane has this kind of elegant strength. Modestly said. So the choice of a beautiful actress to portray Penny Chenery would be entirely appropriate.