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Secretariat

Year:

2010

Duration:

123 min

Genres:

Drama | Family | History | Sport

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Randall Wallace

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2010-10-08

Filming Locations: Churchill Downs - 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $12,694,770 (USA) (10 October 2010)

Gross: $59,699,513 (USA) (6 February 2011)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sean Michael Cunningham

Secretariat

Diane Lane

Penny Chenery

John Malkovich

Lucien Laurin

Dylan Walsh

Jack Tweedy

Margo Martindale

Miss Ham

Nelsan Ellis

Eddie Sweat

Otto Thorwarth

Ronnie Turcotte

Fred Dalton Thompson

Bull Hancock

James Cromwell

Ogden Phipps

Scott Glenn

Chris Chenery

Michael Harding

E.V. Benjamin

Richard Fullerton

Robert Kleburg

Tim Ware

John Galbreath

Nestor Serrano

Pancho Martin

Keith Austin

Laffit Pincay

Kevin Connolly

Bill Nack

Eric Lange

Andy Beyer

Drew Roy

Seth Hancock

Carissa Capobianco

Sarah Tweedy

AJ Michalka

Kate Tweedy

Jacob Rhodes

John Tweedy

Dylan Baker

Hollis Chenery

Graham McTavish

Earl Jansen

Tom Foley

Jimmy Gaffney

Grant Whitacre

Paul Feliciano

Forry Smith

Obnoxious Owner

Tom Clark

CBS Anchor

Ken Strunk

Dr. Manuel Gilman

H. Jazz Undy

Fan #1 (as Jazz Undy)

Michael Guthrie

Fan #2

Cullen Wallace

Che Wannabe

Mike Battaglia

Derby Official

Wynn Reichert

Pastor

Tony Renaud

Reporter #1

Jennifer Trier

Receptionist

Tim Layden

Reporter #2

William Nack

Reporter #3 (as Bill Nack)

Pam Pryor

Waitress (as Pamela Pryor)

Kate Ward

Belmont Guest

Andrew Wallace

Belmont Singer

Rusty Hendrickson

Burger Joint Cook

Michael Boyd

Golfer #1

Michael Mills

Golfer #2

Albert Duhon

Berated Stable Hand

Audrey P. Scott

6-Year-Old Penny (as Audrey Scott)

Slaid Parker

New York Taxi Driver

Joe Chrest

Sports Broadcaster

Jason Schwartz

Spectator

Reid Cherner

Hack Pack

Hank Goldberg

Hack Pack

Dick Jerardi

Hack Pack

John McClain

Hack Pack

Jay Privman

Hack Pack

Tricia Aguirre

Cheering fan (uncredited)

Matthew W. Allen

Horse Owner

Apollo Bacala

Churchill Upper (uncredited)

Billy W. Blackwell

Upperclass Secretariat Fan

Allen Boudreaux

Churchill Downs Fan (uncredited)

John Broussard

Extra (uncredited)

Perry A. Brown

Father of Little Girl with Camera (uncredited)

Sonny Burnette

Gentlemen's Club Member (uncredited)

Kat Carney

Upper Class Stand Fan (uncredited)

Grant Case

Kentucky National Guard (uncredited)

Penny Chenery

Preakness Spectator (uncredited)

Lonell R. Childred

Belmont Press Reporter

Bob C. Cooke

Race Fan - Belmont (uncredited)

Kari Cornwell

Upperclass Racing Fan

Russ Croley

Golfer

Lindsay Croucher

Hippie Fan (uncredited)

Bernard Curioso

Upper Saratoga (uncredited)

Sonya Delormier

Belmont Hippie (uncredited)

Michael Dempsey

National Guardsman (uncredited)

Tim Ditmore

Churchill Downs Press Member

Christina Gabrielle

Upper Race Fan (uncredited)

Lori Gabrielle

Horse Owner

Russell Haynes

Jockey (uncredited)

Bret Hopkins

Reporter at Belmont Park

Chad Hundley

Hippie Belmont Fan

Toni Karpinski

Mother of Girl with Camera (uncredited)

Sarah Lonsert

Fan (uncredited)

Stefania Marcone

Saratoga Fan (uncredited)

Lisette Markham

Churchill Downs Race Fan

Terri May

Jockey Assistant (uncredited)

John Mendell

Horse Trainer (uncredited)

Claude Miles

Upperclass Belmont Extra (uncredited)

Jeff Mitchell

Saratoga Spectator (uncredited)

Vin Morreale Jr.

Race Track Usher (uncredited)

Joe Mullins

Mayor (uncredited)

Keith Nicholson

Upper Class Fan

Lisa Nicholson

Upperclass Derby Fan

Cassidy Rae Owens

Belmont Extra (uncredited)

Kayla Perkins

Upperclass Belmont Fan (uncredited)

LaDonna Pettijohn

Upper Class Fan

David Pittinger

Horse Owner

Mark Rayner

School principal (uncredited)

Jim Robertson

Press Reporter

Jason Saint

Guy in Conversation (uncredited)

Rhonda Schaubert

Horse Owner

James Scogin

Upperclass Belmont Fan (uncredited)

Mike Scogin

Upperclass Belmont Fan (uncredited)

Natalia Sezer

Racetrack Fan (uncredited)

Tom Shafer

Nassau County Police (uncredited)

Chaz Smith

Race Official

Jeffrey Wayne Smith

Horse Owner

Logan Douglas Smith

Horse Owner

Roger D. Smith

Multifarious Stature

Sandy Gwen Smith

Horse Owner

Rhyan Sprague

Little Girl with Camera (uncredited)

T.C. Stallings

Upper Class Fan

Stephen Stanton

Triple Crown Race Announcer (uncredited)

Casey Tackett

Upperclass Belmont Fan (uncredited)

James Tackett

Upper Class Race Fan

Jerry L. Wallace

Churchill Downs Reporter

James White

Upscale Fan Churchill Downs blue suit jacket alfro gold glasses

Gianna Wolf

Horse Track Fan (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Five horses played the part of Secretariat. "Trolley Boy", the principle horse used was selected by Penny Chenery in a Secretariat look-alike contest in Kentucky, and even walked the Red Carpet at the film premiere in Hollywood. The five horses, four thoroughbreds and a quarter horse were made up with special makeup to replicate the three "white socks", facial stripe and star.

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Penny Chenery was on set for much of the filming. She was absent when she took an afternoon nap, but otherwise was there each morning and later in the day.

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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.

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Goofs

Before the Belmont Stakes race, when Secretariat is being led to the track, one of the people in the crowd takes his picture with a Kodak Instamatic camera which would make just one "click" when the picture is taken yet the sound is that of a single lens reflex (SLR) camera.

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At the Belmont race the crowd is looking to their left and not following the horses as they progress around the track.

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During the Kentucky Derby the crowd is heard singing "My Old Kentucky Home" as the riders are mounting. The song is only sung once the horses are on the track.

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Quotes

Lucien Laurin: He leans back against the starting gate like he's in a hammock in the Caribbean...

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Chris Chenery: It's not whether they think we won. It's whether we think we won.

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Lucien Laurin: He's slower than a fat man encased in concrete being drug backwards.

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