Product Details

• Actors: Diane Lane, John Malkovich
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 20, 2011
• Run Time: 123 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (317 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004DK5CW4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #55 in Movies & TV > DVD > Kids & Family

Editorial Reviews

Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hearts of Champions, January 5, 2011

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William Jurgens (Fountain Hills, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secretariat (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Blu-ray)

This is a great film for everyone, especially if you lived at the time of SECRETARIAT. This was the first movie I have seen in about 2 years, and the first in a long time that I was excited about and truly wanted to see. In 1973, Secretariat touched everyone in this country. Just about everyone was talking about and rooting for this horse. But, in addition to telling the story of a champion Triple Crown winning horse, this film tells the story of just how implausible the events behind the champion were. While taking a few moments of dramatic license, it effectively tells the story of the background of this thoroughbred legend as was brilliantly laid out by William Nack, in SECRETARIAT, THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION. I have heard about and read reviews that this was more Penny's story than Secretariat's story, maybe so, but the truth is, without Penny, there would be no Secretariat. This is no different than SEABISCUIT, which was as much the story of the three individuals who brought immortality to that horse as well. In short, this is a must see film, and is thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable. For once you can see a movie and feel good about what you have seen; the story of a horse with a tremendous heart nurtured on by people with the heart to believe. HE IS MOVING LIKE A TREMENDOUS MACHINE,(from Chic Anderson's immortal call during the Belmont Stakes).

32 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eddie Sweat had the true connection to Secretariat, December 22, 2010

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ColoradoDVM - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secretariat (DVD)

I was unimpressed with this movie. The title character was more of a prop for the Penny Tweedy character. Penny Tweedy was Disneyized into something she was not; the reality is she was a woman of wealth who grew up in the horse industry, not a "simple housewife" who had a special bond with Secretariat. At the end of the movie, a beautiful black and white portrait of Eddie Sweat with Secretariat was shown. Theirs was the true story; Eddie's bond with this amazing animal was of the heart. A film honoring the Secretariat/Eddie story would have been powerful and inspirational, two things that this movie was not.

80 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Injustice to one of the greatest horses, January 17, 2011

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Ellen Zehnder (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secretariat (DVD)

The movie was good, but not great. For non-horse people; they'll think it's wonderful. For the horse person, who knows the story of Secretariat; they'll see all the flaws. For one, Penny Chenery was not present at the birth of Secretariat. For another, the movie makes you think she was thrown into the world of horses with Secretariat. Not the case, she was into it before that. Does anyone remember Riva Ridge, the horse she had the year before Secretariat? He won the Kentucky Derby and The Belmont in 1972. She loved Riva Ridge. Sham's owner was not the jerk that Disney made him out to be, and Lucien Laurin was not the colorful, outlandish person they made him out to be, either. And filming Secretariat's Triple Crown - Belmont win at Keeneland had no comparison to Belmont Park which is huge. And what was with the gospel song when he won it. I wanted to be swept away with emotion when he won that race. It was such a monumental victory that one needed to cry tears of joy. Instead I got a gospel song. Don't get me wrong; Keeneland is a beautiful racetrack, but it's not Belmont or even close. All in all, it was just good, unlike Seabiscuit that brought all the emotion and greatness of this horse to the screen so you could feel it.