Walt Disney Pictures has announced that their new movie Secretariat will open on October 8th. We were excited to learn about the upcoming film based on the story of the legendary Triple Crown winning race horse. They have chosen Diane Lane to play as Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery and John Malkovich as trainer Lucien Laurin.
Based on the remarkable true story, Disney’s Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.
The own inspiration of director Randall Wallace is apparent in the making of this special film.
“What I knew about Secretariat was it was Secretariat, himself, that first brought my attention to horse racing,” says Wallace. “His achievements transcended the sport. 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.
“And then,” Wallace adds, “it kicked into a whole other orbit when I discovered it was not only the story of the horse, but the woman who owned the horse.”
The director promises that the Secretariat film will be great fun, as well as moving and dramatic. Be sure to catch it in theaters this fall!
<b>Let your children play along as they watch the movie with their very own standing Breyer Secretariat model horse or with a running Breyer Secretariat model horse.
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