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04-14-2008, 08:39 AM
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04-18-2008, 10:18 AM
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ROTTEN TOMATOES:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/first_saturday_in_may/ Reviews coming in for FSIM and mostly positive... Rotten Tomatoes a great film review 'meter' resource if you've never seen it..
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04-18-2008, 10:20 AM
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Going to the 7:00 p.m. show at Cinema Village tonight!
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04-18-2008, 12:45 PM
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04-19-2008, 08:07 AM
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I saw it at the Lagoon in the trendy Uptown area of Minneapolis last night. It was very good.
I'm curious though. What did you guys think of them deciding not to show Barbaro's injury? I will say I got a little emotional during that part of the movie anyway. I kinda forgot how hard that hit me a couple of years ago, and the movie brought those emotions back. Dale Romans and his family (and his cousin) were fun to watch. The New York trainier was fun to watch too, but who was he? I've still never heard of him. I saw for a nano-second that he was wearing a Contessa Racing jacket, so did he work under him with Achilles of Troy, or?
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04-19-2008, 09:13 AM
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I caught the late show at the Maple Art Theatre last night and the movie was great.
I thought they handled the Barbaro story very well. The main plot of the movie was the Derby trail and the Derby itself. It would have been dishonest to ignore the breakdown, but at the same time they had to be careful that their Derby documentary didn't morph into a Barbaro movie. They acknowledged it, they showed the ongoing struggle, and they dealt with his death in tasteful manner in a way that stayed true to the film. But enough about the sad moments-- this movie was a lot of fun. It was full of exciting horse racing, colorful characters, Steve's walk-on cameo appearance, terrific performances by four-legged actors, and a great story about what it takes to run for the roses. I raise my julep glass to toast a job well done by the Hennegan brothers. Last edited by Zippy Chippy : 04-19-2008 at 09:25 AM.
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04-19-2008, 12:21 PM
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Not showing yet in the UK-but at leat i've seen it 3 times already.
Looks like it's playing to audiences that vary from completely sold out (New York) to virtually empty (Boston)- 3 people-2 friends of mine and 1 other person.
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04-19-2008, 12:03 PM
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The whole strength of the movie, for me, was showing how all these different people - trainer for royalty, ex-Olympian equestrian, trainer coming back from paralysis, small-time guy in New York, etc - they each get a horse with a chance in their barns. That's luck right there, and you can see that all of them know it and are pretty amazed they have been dealt a chance. They also know all the training skill in the world still has to combine with fate and luck to get to the Derby. And Barbaro showed that even winning the Derby doesn't take away being subject to the nightmares fate can dish out. I got emotional several places in the movie! <g> Whether you like these trainers or horses or not. Doesn't matter. Watching Frank Amonte, with his dreams of his own stable, talking about giving his children more than he had, giving his daughter riding lessons even though they were too expensive ... watching that all come to naught in a few missteps by A of Troy - you could see it in his face everything that meant to him, his future, his business, his family and his daughter's riding lessons, etc. Geesh, you had to feel for the guy!
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