Seabiscuit (2003) Tobey Maguire Jeff Bridges Chris Cooper Elizabeth Banks William H. Macy Ed Lauter

It s the Depression, and everyone needs to hold onto a dream to get them through the bad times. Car maker Charles Howard (Bridges) is no different, he who is trying to rebuild his life after the tragic death of his only child and the resulting end of his first marriage. With second wife Marcela (Banks) at his side, Charles wants to get into horse racing and ends up with a team of underdogs who are also chasing their own dream. The first is trainer Tom Smith (Cooper), who has a natural instinct to spot the capabilities of horses. The second is the horse Tom chooses for Charles, Seabiscuit, an unconventional choice as despite his pedigreed lineage. But Tom can see something in Seabiscuit s nature to make him a winner, if only Seabiscuit can be retrained from his inbred losing ways. And third is the jockey they decide to hire, Johnny Red Pollard (Maguire), so nicknamed because of his hair color.