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7.4/10 • 588

2010-08-20 • 2h 3m

Drama

The Impossible True Story

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.

Directors
Randall Wallace
Editors
John Wright

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Diane Lane

    Diane Lane

    Penny Chenery

  2. John Malkovich

    John Malkovich

    Lucien Laurin

  3. Scott Glenn

    Scott Glenn

    Chris Chenery

  4. Dylan Walsh

    Dylan Walsh

    Jack Tweedy

  5. Fred Thompson

    Fred Thompson

    Bull Hancock

  6. Margo Martindale

    Margo Martindale

    Miss Ham

  7. Nelsan Ellis

    Nelsan Ellis

    Eddie Sweat

  8. James Cromwell

    James Cromwell

    Ogden Phipps

  9. Otto Thorwarth

    Otto Thorwarth

    Ronnie Turcotte

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Andres Gomez

Nov 24, 2014

7/10

Quite decent story telling. Not too big pretensions and nice performance from a well chosen cast. The story is quite stereotypical but it is well done.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$60,300,000.00
Keywords
horseback ridinghorse race1970sbiographybased on true storyequestrianstallioneccentricitytriple crownyear 1973