Racing Movies

[jballscalls]

won't be out until later this year, but I did the announcing for this movie Lean on Pete. Based on a novel by Willy Vlautin about a young boy who gets a job a Portland Meadows and falls in love with an old claimer. Steve Buscemi plays the trainer and Chloe Sevigny plays the main jockey. I got to hang out with Buscemi the days I was there and he was really cool and was really curious to learn all the racetrack lingo and stuff. Taller than I thought as well.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5340300/

[kinznk]

On the Right Track 1981 Gary Coleman

[Spalding No!]

Champion - about steeplechase jockey Bob Champion and his mount Aldaniti, both of whom overcame serious health issues to win the 1981 Grand National

Casey's Shadow - Walter Matthau, loosely based on Randy Romero's family

The Killing - early Stanley Kubrick with Sterling Hayden, shot at Bay Meadows in SF

[Actor]

Originally Posted by Spalding No!

The Killing - early Stanley Kubrick with Sterling Hayden, shot at Bay Meadows in SF

Shot almost entirely on a sound stage in Hollywood. The Bay Meadows footage was partly stock footage (existing film that was bought) but mostly filmed by a cameraman Kubrick sent to Bay Meadows. Most of that was used in the titles.

Just before the start of one race the cameraman ran out onto the track in front of the starting gate and lay down facing the gate. Not realizing he was there the starter started the race. The horses did not trample him and he got his footage. Police threw him off the track but he had his camera and film with him.

[Actor]

Not horse racing but a great movie.

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[dilanesp]

Originally Posted by Actor

Shot almost entirely on a sound stage in Hollywood. The Bay Meadows footage was partly stock footage (existing film that was bought) but mostly filmed by a cameraman Kubrick sent to Bay Meadows. Most of that was used in the titles.

Just before the start of one race the cameraman ran out onto the track in front of the starting gate and lay down facing the gate. Not realizing he was there the starter started the race. The horses did not trample him and he got his footage. Police threw him off the track but he had his camera and film with him.

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[JustRalph]

The killing,

Another Elisha Cook masterpiece of acting

[Psychotic Parakeet]

The Black Stallion.

[Zaf]

The First Saturday In May. I really enjoyed this !

[reckless]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

The killing,

Another Elisha Cook masterpiece of acting

The Killing is my favorite horse racing of all time.

Topped by director Stanley Kubrick and starring Sterling Hayden... hall of famers, for sure... as were Vince Edwards, Jim Thompson, a fantastic pulp fiction writer, Jay C. Flippen, Kola Kwariani, who discovered, brought to the USA and trained the legendary pro wrestler Antonino Rocca, Colleen Gray, and many others.

Plus, of course, the great, aforementioned Elisha Cook. Just last week Elisha Cook did the near impossible... he basically stole the movie in the great film noir classic, The Big Sleep. Imagine that, stealing the movie from the great Bogey and Bacall, but he did.

[oughtoh]

There was a mini series called Bluegrass with Cheryl Ladd and Wayne Rogers. It was very good and was about breeding farms in Kentucky. It was on in 1988. It is on DVD,

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by reckless

The Killing is my favorite horse racing of all time.

Topped by director Stanley Kubrick and starring Sterling Hayden... hall of famers, for sure... as were Vince Edwards, Jim Thompson, a fantastic pulp fiction writer, Jay C. Flippen, Kola Kwariani, who discovered, brought to the USA and trained the legendary pro wrestler Antonino Rocca, Colleen Gray, and many others.

Plus, of course, the great, aforementioned Elisha Cook. Just last week Elisha Cook did the near impossible... he basically stole the movie in the great film noir classic, The Big Sleep. Imagine that, stealing the movie from the great Bogey and Bacall, but he did.

The Maltese Falcon where he plays the whipping boy thug for Sidney Greenstreet. Loved it.

A google image search for him is neat as heck. All the way through the 70's, including Star Trek, the twilight zone etc

Don't forget "Icepick" on Magnum PI

[Spalding No!]

Simpatico was decent from what I recall. Racing enthusiast and owner Albert Finney plays a supporting role. I think Swaps has a cameo.

[mountainman]

Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing

If you still have your old Horseplayer Magazines, I did an article on horseracing in the movies in July/August 2011 issue.

I put horseracing movies into three categories: those are never intended to be taken seriously (see the movie Stripes about a zebra who thinks he is a race horse, movies that purport to tell a true story (Secretariat, Seabiscuit), and puffed up, could be true stories about the track (Dreamer, Let it Ride, the Black Stallion).

I seriously panned Secretariat and the movie with Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning, Dreamer. In the end I also had to pan Let it Ride, although I will say that people who knew nothing about horseracing generally liked the movie. I liked Seabiscuit based on Lauren Hillenbrand's book, although I wasn't as taken with the Seabiscuit movie with Shirley Temple from the 40's.

On the other hand, the "tootsie-frootsie ice cream" scene from the Marx Brothers, A Day at the Races may have been the single best scene for anyone who has ever been touted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqypaqLEfM8

Nice. Hey.. do you know if HP still sells old editions??? I did six or seven pieces for them and could use some copies.

[mountainman]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

The Maltese Falcon where he plays the whipping boy thug for Sidney Greenstreet. Loved it.

A google image search for him is neat as heck. All the way through the 70's, including Star Trek, the twilight zone etc

Don't forget "Icepick" on Magnum PI

Widely held that Vince Edwards was the biggest degenerate in the history of man. I mean this as high praise.