The Ruffian movie

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Early word is that it is beyond awful..

Please give me the word that follows awful

[saratoga guy]

With a character called, "Saratoga Guy" (no relation) it can't be all bad! (Credited above Dinny Phipps!)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499558/

[GenuineRisk]

I wondered if it was bad since I thought it was going to air earlier in the year- June is just after sweeps month. But I also thought it would air on ESPN, so the fact that they chose to run it on ABC itself is a big deal, I think (unless that was always the plan; I don't know).

I could see how it would be tough to make a strong movie out of this- there's no real dramatic arc to the story- she's perfect until her last race. No ups and downs within her career. Maybe if one tried to portray it as a sense of impending doom- nothing this brilliant could stay with us for long, or something, but otherwise I'm not sure how to make her story follow a dramatic structure. Where's the second act reversal?

That said, I'm still very much looking forward to it.

[blackthroatedwind]

I was told in April 2006 it was going to be aired during Belmont week on ABC.