Secretariat

2010
PG
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

31K

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Diane Lane, James Cromwell, John Malkovich, Fred Thompson, Scott Glenn, Kevin Connolly, Margo Martindale, Vin Morreale Jr., Penny Chenery, Jeffrey Wayne Smith, and Brennan James Callan in Secretariat (2010)

The life story of Penny Chenery, owner of the racehorse Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973.

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Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations

Videos17

Trailer 2:32

Secretariat - Trailer # 1

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Secretariat

Secretariat: Diner Deal

Photos88

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Trivia
Not only did Secretariat set the record for the fastest time at the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), each of his quarter-mile splits were faster than the preceding one, which means he was still accelerating at the end of the race. His split times were: 25 1/5, 24, 23 4/5, 23 2/5, and 23.

Goofs
In the film the announcer for the Belmont Stakes mentions the margin of victory being 31 lengths which was true, but in real life announcer Chic Anderson announced it as 25 lengths because he was unable to correctly estimate the distance between the horses due to the incredible lead Secretariat had.

Quotes
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.

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There are no opening credits past the title.

Connections
Featured in Richard Roeper & the Movies: Fall Preview 2010 (2010)

Soundtracks
Silent Night
Written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr
Performed by AJ Michalka

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10/10

Secretariat is my hero

I really enjoyed this movie and Secretariat is my hero because he is a horse just like me. I really like watching racing and he is my favourite racer. When I grow up I want to be a race horse just like him and I really think I'm on the right track.

Get it? Track, because horses run on tracks, and Secretariat is a horse and I am horse.

Do you get it? Do you get my joke about the track? Because Secretariat is a horse just like me and horses run on tracks? Do you get the joke?

Anyway how do you not be sad?