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A Horse, Of Course

By JARED BINDER

Published on August 06, 2008 at 12:42am

To make a successful film, a director must cause the audience to suspend their disbelief. Fortunately for Hollywood many of us are only too willing to oblige. Hey, if we can buy Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, then by gum, we can accept him as Red Pollard--a hard-drinking, tough-as-nails horse jockey. If Seabiscuit made a believer out of you then go see it again at the plaza in Victory Park as part of Bank of America's Get Reel summer movie series. For more information visit victoryparktheatre.com.
Tue., Aug. 12, 2008


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