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''Seabiscuit'' charts the collision of four entities - three human, one horse - in the creation of a legend. During the Great Depression, John "Red" Pollard, the child of a Canadian family, is left in the care of a race horse trainer. Although Red learns the ropes of being a jockey, he earns additional income in underground boxing matches. While this brings in some extra money for Red, it also results in a severe head injury during a fight that leaves him blind in one eye, an injury that could very likely end his jockey career.
Meanwhile, Charles Howard, an office clerk for a bicycle company, is handed a new life by fate. After a happenstance involving a broken-down car, Howard finds automobiles fascinating, learning as much as he can about being a mechanic. Applying his new skills and no small amount of talent, Howard becomes an expert in cars in general, earning a living first modifying cars and then selling them, rapidly rising to be one of the alrgest and most successful car dealers in California. His charmed life is visited by fate again, however, when his son dies in a car accident. Howard is unable to cope, sinking into depression to the point that his wife leaves him and life as he knows it comes apart.
Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meets Marcela, whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith. Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
Meanwhile, Charles Howard, an office clerk for a bicycle company, is handed a new life by fate. After a happenstance involving a broken-down car, Howard finds automobiles fascinating, learning as much as he can about being a mechanic. Applying his new skills and no small amount of talent, Howard becomes an expert in cars in general, earning a living first modifying cars and then selling them, rapidly rising to be one of the alrgest and most successful car dealers in California. His charmed life is visited by fate again, however, when his son dies in a car accident. Howard is unable to cope, sinking into depression to the point that his wife leaves him and life as he knows it comes apart.
Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meets Marcela, whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith. Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
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''Seabiscuit'' charts the collision of four entities - three human, one horse - in the creation of a legend. During the Great Depression, TheGreatDepression, John "Red" Pollard, Pollard (Creator/TobeyMaguire), the child of a Canadian family, is left in the care of a race horse trainer. Although Red learns the ropes of being a jockey, he earns additional income in underground boxing matches. While this brings in some extra money for Red, it also results in a severe head injury during a fight that leaves him blind in one eye, an injury that could very likely end his jockey career.
Meanwhile, CharlesHoward, Howard (Creator/JeffBridges), an office clerk for a bicycle company, is handed a new life by fate. After a happenstance involving a broken-down car, Howard finds automobiles fascinating, learning as much as he can about being a mechanic. Applying his new skills and no small amount of talent, Howard becomes an expert in cars in general, earning a living first modifying cars and then selling them, rapidly rising to be one of the alrgest and most successful car dealers in California. His charmed life is visited by fate again, however, when his son dies in a car accident. Howard is unable to cope, sinking into depression to the point that his wife leaves him and life as he knows it comes apart.
Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meetsMarcela, Marcela (Creator/ElizabethBanks), whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith.Smith (Creator/ChrisCooper). Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
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* EndOfAnAge: The Wild West being fenced off and cattle herding falling out of favor due to the rapid transport of the steam engine is what forces Tom Smith to give up his idyllic cowboy lifestyle to become a horse trainer, eventually leading him to Charles C. Howard and Seabiscuit.
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* EndOfAnAge: The Wild West TheWildWest being fenced off and cattle herding falling out of favor due to the rapid transport of the steam engine is what forces Tom Smith to give up his idyllic cowboy lifestyle to become a horse trainer, eventually leading him to Charles C. Howard and Seabiscuit.Seabiscuit.
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** War Admiral is described as being 18 hands high, while Seabiscuit himself is described as being "barely fifteen hands". In reality, Seabiscuit was 15.2 and War Admiral only an inch taller at 15.3. The most notable physical differences between them in real life (War Admiral was almost a hundred pounds lighter but had legs several inches longer than Seabiscuit's, and was overall a more refined horse) would have been difficult to portray in film.
** A subverted example of "Expecting Someone Shorter": [[http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/07/25/Limp-Seabiscuit-hobbles-onscreen/13331059156002/ One reviewer]] called Creator/TobeyMaguire, who played Red Pollard, "the world's tallest jockey". Maguire is normal height at 5'8" (173 cm), which ''is'' exceptionally tall for a jockey (and [[RealityEnsues why Red was forced into an eating disorder to keep weight off]]). The subversion: the real-life Pollard was 5'7".
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** War Admiral is described as being 18 hands high, while Seabiscuit himself is described as being "barely fifteen hands". In reality, Seabiscuit was 15.2 and War Admiral only an inch taller at 15.3. The most notable physical differences between them in real life (War Admiral was almost a hundred pounds lighter but had legs several inches longer than Seabiscuit's, and was overall a more refined horse) would have been difficult to portray in film.
** A subverted example of "Expecting Someone Shorter": [[http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/07/25/Limp-Seabiscuit-hobbles-onscreen/13331059156002/ One reviewer]] called Creator/TobeyMaguire, who played Red Pollard, "the world's tallest jockey". Maguire is normal height at 5'8" (173 cm), which ''is'' exceptionally tall for a jockey (and [[RealityEnsues why Red was forced into an eating disorder to keep weight off]]). The subversion: the real-life Pollard was 5'7".
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* WhamLine: There's a quiet, brutal gutpunch to the way the description of Seabiscuit's disastrous early career finally concludes.
--> ''When they finally did race him, he did just what they'd trained him to do. He lost.''
--> ''When they finally did race him, he did just what they'd trained him to do. He lost.''
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Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meets Marcela, whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith. Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause, cause but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
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''Seabiscuit'' charts the collision of four entities - three human, one horse - in the creation of a legend. During the Great Depression, John "Red" Pollard, the child of a Canadian family, is left in the care of a race horse trainer. Although Red learns the ropes of being a jockey, he earns additional income in underground boxing matches. While this brings in some extra money for Red, it also results in a severe head injury during a fight that leaves him blind in one eye, an injury that could very likely end his jockey career.
Meanwhile, Charles Howard, an office clerk for a bicycle company, is handed a new life by fate. After a happenstance involving a broken-down car, Howard finds automobiles fascinating, learning as much as he can about being a mechanic. Applying his new skills and no small amount of talent, Howard becomes an expert in cars in general, earning a living first modifying cars and then selling them, rapidly rising to be one of the alrgest and most successful car dealers in California. His charmed life is visited by fate again, however, when his son dies in a car accident. Howard is unable to cope, sinking into depression to the point that his wife leaves him and life as he knows it comes apart.
Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meets Marcela, whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith. Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause, but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
Following a fight between Red and other stablehands, Smith hires Red as Seabiscuit's jockey, figuring their matching attitudes and tempers would complement one another. While there are some teething troubles, Smith is ultimately proven correct, and Seabiscuit quickly becomes a favored underdog for the millions suffering in the Depression.
Smith finally contrives a match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, the top race horse in the country, but Red breaks a leg during training and is told he will never be able to jockey again. Red recommends an old friend, George Woolf, as a replacement. With Red's coaching and insights in how to handle Seabiscuit, they defeat the favored War Admiral, but Seabiscuit suffers injury at Santa Anita some time later. Red helps Seabiscuit through his recovery and, using a brace he built for his own injured leg, Red rides Seabiscuit in the final race at Santa Anita against Woolf on another horse. When Red and Seabiscuit fall to the back of the pack, Woolf reins in his own horse to pull even with Seabiscuit, using the same technique he'd used in the War Admiral race to get Seabiscuit fired up enough to pull ahead and win his final race.
While there are separations between the film and the events that inspired it, the broad strokes of the film are generally accurate. Some modifications were made for the sake of drama or to create AnAesop, but the film is largely on point, particularly for a historical heartwarmer.
Meanwhile, Charles Howard, an office clerk for a bicycle company, is handed a new life by fate. After a happenstance involving a broken-down car, Howard finds automobiles fascinating, learning as much as he can about being a mechanic. Applying his new skills and no small amount of talent, Howard becomes an expert in cars in general, earning a living first modifying cars and then selling them, rapidly rising to be one of the alrgest and most successful car dealers in California. His charmed life is visited by fate again, however, when his son dies in a car accident. Howard is unable to cope, sinking into depression to the point that his wife leaves him and life as he knows it comes apart.
Since he can only obtain a divorce in Mexico, Howard travels across the border where he meets Marcela, whom he ultimately marries. Seeking a new focus for his life, he finds horses and, using his existing fortune, acquires a stable and horses, hiring itinerant horse trainer Tom Smith. Smith, in turn, convinces Howard to buy Seabiscuit, a troubled horse past trainers have labeled a lost cause, but whose lineage suggests that, in the right hands, he could become something great.
Following a fight between Red and other stablehands, Smith hires Red as Seabiscuit's jockey, figuring their matching attitudes and tempers would complement one another. While there are some teething troubles, Smith is ultimately proven correct, and Seabiscuit quickly becomes a favored underdog for the millions suffering in the Depression.
Smith finally contrives a match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, the top race horse in the country, but Red breaks a leg during training and is told he will never be able to jockey again. Red recommends an old friend, George Woolf, as a replacement. With Red's coaching and insights in how to handle Seabiscuit, they defeat the favored War Admiral, but Seabiscuit suffers injury at Santa Anita some time later. Red helps Seabiscuit through his recovery and, using a brace he built for his own injured leg, Red rides Seabiscuit in the final race at Santa Anita against Woolf on another horse. When Red and Seabiscuit fall to the back of the pack, Woolf reins in his own horse to pull even with Seabiscuit, using the same technique he'd used in the War Admiral race to get Seabiscuit fired up enough to pull ahead and win his final race.
While there are separations between the film and the events that inspired it, the broad strokes of the film are generally accurate. Some modifications were made for the sake of drama or to create AnAesop, but the film is largely on point, particularly for a historical heartwarmer.
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* WeightWoe: Very much not PlayedForLaughs, as Red and the other jockeys have eating disorders forced on them by their employers to keep them at the ideal weight for riding. Part of the reason Red warms to Howard is that Howard lets him eat.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red blows Seabiscuit's first race by losing focus after another jockey cuts him off, he stubbornly and angrily defends his position by constantly asking, "What was I supposed to do?!" Howard goes quiet, then gently asks him, "Son, what are you so mad about?" Red is then forced to confront his repressed rage at being abandoned by his parents, and he's much happier for it for the rest of the movie.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red blows Seabiscuit's first race by losing focus after another jockey cuts him off, he stubbornly and angrily defends his position by constantly asking, "What was I supposed to do?!" Howard goes quiet, then gently asks him, "Son, what are you so mad about?" at?" Red is then forced to confront his repressed rage at being abandoned by his parents, and he's much happier for it for the rest of the movie.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount: Interviews with some of the crew reveal that they actually toned down the bad behavior of the real Seabiscuit, which is well documented, out of fear the audience would think they made it up for the movie and/or [[RuleOfFunny for laughs]].
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* RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount: RealityIsUnrealistic[=/=]MoodyMount: Interviews with some of the crew reveal that they actually toned down the bad behavior of the real Seabiscuit, Seabiscuit's bad behavior, which is well documented, out of fear the audience would think they made it up for the movie and/or [[RuleOfFunny for laughs]].
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Refreshingly averted. The film takes artistic liberties here and there, especially to make the characters look more sympathetic (see RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount above), but for the most part it stays true to life. If anything, they ''downplayed'' some of the fantastic events of the real story!
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Refreshingly averted. The film takes artistic liberties here and there, especially to make the characters look more sympathetic (see RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount RealityIsUnrealistic[=/=]MoodyMount above), but for the most part it stays true to life. If anything, they ''downplayed'' some of the fantastic events of the real story!
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* ArcWords: Take a shot every time Howard, or someone in his presence, uses the words "The future!" More subtly: _"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a little."_
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* ArcWords: Take a shot every time Howard, or someone in his presence, uses the words "The future!" More subtly: _"You ''"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a little."_"''
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Also fitting in with "Adapted Out" is the real-life background of Red Pollard. The film depicts him as having grown up in an affluent family that lost its fortune in the Great Depression, forcing him to leave to seek his fortune in racing. The real-life Pollards lost their fortune in 1915, long before the Depression, when their brickyard in Edmonton was destroyed in a flood.
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: Seabiscuit and his trainers (from the rough and roughed Western horse racing style) versus War Admiral and his trainers (from the clean and pristine Eastern horse racing tradition).
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* FieryRedhead: Red can be brash and impulsive. At the start of the movie, he has clear rage issues that eventually subside. Doesn't make him any less fiery, however.
* MayDecemberRomance: Marcela falls for Charles, who is around twenty years her senior.
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* AdaptedOut: Many aspects of the true story were removed to better focus the film's story arc. Among the things that were changed: Charles Howard had multiple children, Howard maintained a stable full of racehorses and jockeys, Red fell in love with, and married, the nurse who cared for him after he broke his leg.
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* AdaptedOut: Many aspects of the true story were removed to better focus the film's story arc. Among the things that were changed: Charles Howard had multiple children, Howard maintained a stable full of racehorses and jockeys, Red fell in love with, and married, the nurse who cared for him after he broke his leg. Red, prior to breaking his leg, also suffered another serious fall where his chest was crushed and had to spend many months convalescing.
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* AdaptedOut: Many aspects of the true story were removed to better focus the film's story arc. Among the things that were changed: Charles Howard had multiple children, Howard maintained a stable full of racehorses and jockeys, Red fell in love with, and married, the nurse who cared for him after he broke his leg.
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* LikeASonToMe: Charles comes to love Red like a son and continues to support him even in the wake of a serious injury. Eventually, Charles becomes more preoccupied with keeping Red safe than winning races.
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* BigEater: Red has a hearty appetite and enjoys heaping helpings once he realizes that Howard actually wants him to eat.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Red Pollard and Seabiscuit. Two used and abused misfits who angry at the world for how it mistreated them, now out to show the world what they can accomplish.
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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Played up in the film, though certainly true by traditional horseracing standards. Charles C. Howard even uses this to get good press.
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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Played up in the film, though certainly true by traditional horseracing standards. Charles C. Howard even uses this to get good press.
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* SlobsVersesSnobs: Seabiscuit and his trainers (from the rough and roughed Western horse racing style) verses War Admiral and his trainers (from the clean and pristine Eastern horse racing tradition).
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* MeaningfulEcho: "You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a bit." First said by Tom Smith to Charles Howard to explain why he saved the live of a race horse with a bum leg just because he can't race anymore, later said by Charles to Tom to explain [[spoiler:why they should give Red another chance, even though he lied to them about having a bum eye]].
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* MeaningfulEcho: "You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a bit." First said by Tom Smith to Charles Howard to explain why he saved the live of a race horse with a bum leg just because he can't race anymore, later said by Charles to Tom to explain [[spoiler:why they should give Red another chance, even though he lied to them about having a bum being completely blind in his right eye]].
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: While not evil per se, the film likes to show how the popularity of bicycles and automobiles just cannot match the enrichment that working with horses bring to people's lives. For instance, Howard's investment in automotive manufacturing leads to his downfall when the Stock Market crashes, and leads to the death of his son when the kid goes out driving in a truck, whereas investing in horse racing with Seabiscuit gives him the will to live again.
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* NewTechnologyIsEvil: While not evil per se, ''per se'', the film likes to show how the popularity of bicycles and automobiles just cannot match the enrichment that working with horses bring to people's lives. For instance, Howard's investment in automotive manufacturing leads to his downfall when the Stock Market crashes, and leads to the death of his son when the kid goes out driving in a truck, whereas investing in horse racing with Seabiscuit gives him the will to live again.
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* WeightWoe: Very much not PlayedForLaughs, as Red and the other jockeys have eating disorders forced on them by their employers to keep them at the ideal weight for riding. Part of the reason Red warms to Howard is that Howard lets him eat.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red blows Seabiscuit's first race because he took the bait of a jokey who cut him off, he stubbornly and angrily defends his position by constantly asking, "What was I supposed to do?!" Howard goes quiet, then gently asks him, "Son, what are you so mad about?" Red is then forced to confront his repressed rage at being abandoned by his parents, and he's much happier for it for the rest of the movie.
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*** It is also urban legend that Biscuit was held back to give other horses ego trips. A racehorse trainer (especially one as good as Jim Fitzsimmons) would never sabotage one owner's horse to benefit another, that's how you lose clients ''and'' your reputation. Biscuit lost races and trained poorly because he was sour and refused to cooperate.
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* ArcWords: Take a shot every time Howard, or someone in his presence, uses the words "The future!"
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red blows Seabiscuit's first race because he took the bait of a jokey who cut him off, he stubbornly and angrily defends his position by constantly asking, "What was I supposed to do?!" Howard goes quiet, then gently asks him, "Son, what are you so mad about?" Red is then forced to confront his repressed rage at being abandoned by his parents, and he's much happier for it for the rest of the movie.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Red Pollard and Seabiscuit. Two used and abused misfits who angry at the world for how it mistreated them, now out to show the world what they can accomplish.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Red blows Seabiscuit's first race because he took the bait of a jokey who cut him off, he stubbornly and angrily defends his position by constantly asking, "What was I supposed to do?!" Howard goes quiet, then gently asks him, "Son, what are you so mad about?" Red is then forced to confront his repressed rage at being abandoned by his parents, and he's much happier for it for the rest of the movie.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Red Pollard and Seabiscuit. Two used and abused misfits who angry at the world for how it mistreated them, now out to show the world what they can accomplish.
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* EndOfAnAge: The Wild West being fenced off and cattle herding falling out of favor due to the rapid transport of the steam engine is what forces Tom Smith to give up his idyllic cowboy lifestyle to become a horse trainer, eventually leading him to Charles C. Howard and Seabiscuit.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Bet War Admiral's trainer wishes he'd taken their offer for a match race back when they were still green, rather than waiting till Seabiscuit had become a nation-wide phenomenon with enough victories under his hooves to break the Admiral completely.
* TheGreatDepression: The Stock Market crashing is what sets off the plot.
* ItsAllMyFault: Implied for Charles regarding his son's death. In the film, Charles pressures his young son to drive down to the lake to go fishing instead of staying home reading. His son initially declines, but eventually does so to make him happy, then ends up in a fatal accident. Charles cannot be thinking anything but this as he cradles his son's lifeless body.
* MeaningfulEcho: "You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a bit." First said by Tom Smith to Charles Howard to explain why he saved the live of a race horse with a bum leg just because he can't race anymore, later said by Charles to Tom to explain [[spoiler:why they should give Red another chance, even though he lied to them about having a bum eye]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Bet War Admiral's trainer wishes he'd taken their offer for a match race back when they were still green, rather than waiting till Seabiscuit had become a nation-wide phenomenon with enough victories under his hooves to break the Admiral completely.
* TheGreatDepression: The Stock Market crashing is what sets off the plot.
* ItsAllMyFault: Implied for Charles regarding his son's death. In the film, Charles pressures his young son to drive down to the lake to go fishing instead of staying home reading. His son initially declines, but eventually does so to make him happy, then ends up in a fatal accident. Charles cannot be thinking anything but this as he cradles his son's lifeless body.
* MeaningfulEcho: "You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it got banged up a bit." First said by Tom Smith to Charles Howard to explain why he saved the live of a race horse with a bum leg just because he can't race anymore, later said by Charles to Tom to explain [[spoiler:why they should give Red another chance, even though he lied to them about having a bum eye]].
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Charles Howard's son dies in a truck crash. It's the final straw that breaks the back of his already strained first marriage, sets him into a deep depression, and causes him to give up bicycles and automobiles in favor of horses again.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Charles Howard's son dies in a truck crash. It's the final straw that breaks the back of his already strained first marriage, sets him into a deep depression, and causes him to give up bicycles and automobiles in favor of horses again.
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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Played up in the film, though certainly true by traditional horseracing standards. Charles C. Howard even uses this to get good press.
-->'''Howard''' (''laughing''): I don't know what's worse! A horse that's too small, a jokey that's too tall, a trainer that's too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference!
-->'''Howard''' (''laughing''): I don't know what's worse! A horse that's too small, a jokey that's too tall, a trainer that's too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference!
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* SlobsVersesSnobs: Seabiscuit and his trainers (from the rough and roughed Western horse racing style) verses War Admiral and his trainers (from the clean and pristine Eastern horse racing tradition).
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Refreshingly averted. The film takes artistic liberties here and there, especially to make the characters look more sympathetic (see RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount above), but for the most part it stays true to life. If anything, they ''downplayed'' some of the fantastic events of the real story!
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Refreshingly averted. The film takes artistic liberties here and there, especially to make the characters look more sympathetic (see RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount above), but for the most part it stays true to life. If anything, they ''downplayed'' some of the fantastic events of the real story!
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* ParentalAbandonment: Red's career starts when his parents, who are broke and unable to support all their children, abandon him to a small-time horse trainer. The reality was less harsh, as Red stayed in touch with his parents and helped them financially once riding Seabiscuit began to pay off.
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* TheDayTheMusicLied: During the historic match race against War Admiral, Seabiscuit jumps out to an early lead. [[spoiler:After a while, though, he begins to slow, accompanied by mournful music, allowing War Admiral to catch up. But Seabiscuit slowing was a BatmanGambit on the part of his jockey, George Woolf, and (injured) regular jockey, Red Pollard, who knew that the horse would push himself harder if the other horse was matching his speed. It worked, and Seabiscuit won.]] This was, as Laura Hillenbrand's book described, TruthInTelevision (well, except for the music).
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* TheDayTheMusicLied: During the historic match race against War Admiral, Seabiscuit jumps out to an early lead. [[spoiler:After a while, though, he begins to slow, accompanied by mournful music, allowing War Admiral to catch up. But Seabiscuit slowing was a BatmanGambit on the part of his jockey, George Woolf, and (injured) regular jockey, Red Pollard, who knew that the horse would push himself harder if the other horse was matching his speed. It worked, and Seabiscuit won.]] This was, as Laura Hillenbrand's book described, TruthInTelevision (well, except for the music).
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*** Though physically this is ArtisticLicense on the part of the filmmakers. In reality, and in Hildebrandt's book, War Admiral was a short solid bay--in other words not unlike his closely-bred cousin Seabiscuit, but with a lighter frame.
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*** Though physically this is ArtisticLicense on the part of the filmmakers. In reality, and in Hildebrandt's Laura Hillenbrand's original book, War Admiral was a short solid bay--in other words not unlike his closely-bred cousin Seabiscuit, but with a lighter frame.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount: Interviews with some of the crew reveal that they actually toned down the bad behavior of the real Seabiscuit, which is well documented, out of fear the audience would think they made it up for the movie.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic / MoodyMount: Interviews with some of the crew reveal that they actually toned down the bad behavior of the real Seabiscuit, which is well documented, out of fear the audience would think they made it up for the movie.movie and/or [[RuleOfFunny for laughs]].
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* CastTheExpert: George "the Iceman" Woolf is played by Gary Stevens, a real-life Kentucky Derby-winning jockey.
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***Though physically this is ArtisticLicense on the part of the filmmakers. In reality, and in Hildebrandt's book, War Admiral was a short solid bay--in other words not unlike his closely-bred cousin Seabiscuit, but with a lighter frame.
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!!Provides examples of:
* CastTheExpert: George "the Iceman" Woolf is played by Gary Stevens, a real-life Kentucky Derby-winning jockey.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** Seabiscuit was the David to War Admiral's Goliath.
** Not just to War Admiral. Seabiscuit was never expected to amount to anything, he was even forced to lose to build the confidence of other horses.
* MoodWhiplash: Red is growing up in an affluent household while elsewhere, Charles C. Howard celebrates his rags-to-riches success with friends. Then [[spoiler: the Stock Market Crashes]].
* TeamDad: Charles C. Howard has bits of this, especially to Red Pollard, as does Tom Smith. Howard also has bits of TeamMom as well.
* TeamMom: Charles Howard and Marcela both play this part.
* TheDayTheMusicLied: During the historic match race against War Admiral, Seabiscuit jumps out to an early lead. [[spoiler:After a while, though, he begins to slow, accompanied by mournful music, allowing War Admiral to catch up. But Seabiscuit slowing was a BatmanGambit on the part of his jockey, George Woolf, and (injured) regular jockey, Red Pollard, who knew that the horse would push himself harder if the other horse was matching his speed. It worked, and Seabiscuit won.]] This was, as Laura Hillenbrand's book described, TruthInTelevision (well, except for the music).
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!!Provides examples of:
* CastTheExpert: George "the Iceman" Woolf is played by Gary Stevens, a real-life Kentucky Derby-winning jockey.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** Seabiscuit was the David to War Admiral's Goliath.
** Not just to War Admiral. Seabiscuit was never expected to amount to anything, he was even forced to lose to build the confidence of other horses.
* MoodWhiplash: Red is growing up in an affluent household while elsewhere, Charles C. Howard celebrates his rags-to-riches success with friends. Then [[spoiler: the Stock Market Crashes]].
* TeamDad: Charles C. Howard has bits of this, especially to Red Pollard, as does Tom Smith. Howard also has bits of TeamMom as well.
* TeamMom: Charles Howard and Marcela both play this part.
* TheDayTheMusicLied: During the historic match race against War Admiral, Seabiscuit jumps out to an early lead. [[spoiler:After a while, though, he begins to slow, accompanied by mournful music, allowing War Admiral to catch up. But Seabiscuit slowing was a BatmanGambit on the part of his jockey, George Woolf, and (injured) regular jockey, Red Pollard, who knew that the horse would push himself harder if the other horse was matching his speed. It worked, and Seabiscuit won.]] This was, as Laura Hillenbrand's book described, TruthInTelevision (well, except for the music).
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