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		List Price: $19.99		Label: Pbs (Direct) Salesrank: 9844 Released: January 11, 2005
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/23/2005

Seabiscuit (American Experience) Reviews:
An Outstanding Documentary
2009-05-21 - "Seabiscuit," the American Experience, PBS DVD Video, 60 minutes in length, is an extremely well-done and comprehensive story of the horse that became America's great celebrity during the Depression when horseracing was the number one spectator sport. Dubbed affectionately the Biscuit by her admirers, this documentary traces the rise of a broken-down gawky looking racehorse and her accident-prone, down and out jockey, John "Red" Pollard.
The people in the Depression needed come-from-behind losers to give them hope. Seabiscuit did not have an unbroken string of victories. She was an also-ran in several big races. It was only at the end of his career that the Biscuit on the third try won the Santa Anita Handicap in 1940. Her greatest triumph was winning a match race against the triple-crown winner, War Admiral.
The documentary has very good footage of the races and it brings back memories hearing Clem McCarthy, the legendary NBC racetrack announcer, calling the races. Radio was in its early days, and it became more of a media force because millions of people listened to the races over the airwaves.
The narrative is well-done, and the film hits the highlights in the careers of horse and jockey in a concise and absorbing fashion. It looks and feel authentic. Many docus plod along and are an effort to watch--not this one. It helps to bring the thirties to life: an era that needed heroes and found them in a ungainly horse and a unlucky jockey who evolved into winners and national heroes. This DVD will provide a complementary experience for viewers of the Toby Maguire flick.



Wonderful ! ! !
2008-10-12 - Ranks along with other PBS productions that I own: Huey Long, Coney Island, Empire of The Air, Mark Twain, Baseball, The West, New York, ...

The story of Seabiscuit
2008-02-27 - This documentary was wonderful to see after watching the recent motion picture.

It is in black and white and I think I saw it as a newsreel in the 1950's.

Inspiring!
2007-01-03 - We watched this quite a while after watching the Seabuscuit motion picture, and found it to be very interesting and inspiring. Such an amazing story!