Secretariat Movie

I know as well as anybody the new film about Big Red, despite Penny Chenery's involvement, isn't going to stick to the facts in order to entertain its audience. It has nothing to do with it being from Disney; any other filmmaker would have juiced up the film with foul language, bedroom scenes, or whatever they think would sell tickets.

Secretariat's life story is mostly unfilmable outside of a documentary format because his feats on the track, especially his Triple Crown feats, were so extraordinary. I would have preferred real Secretariat racing footage from CBS interwoven into the film.

I will still see it, despite its taking liberties with the facts.

Steve Haskin writes about the real Secretariat here and here.