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Racetrack

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Employing his signature documentary style, Frederick Wiseman investigates life at a horse racing track. Eschewing voice-over and direct address, the film follows the jockeys, trainers, owners and myriad others involved in the life of New York's Belmont Park. Additional sequences at a horse farm offer insight into the complicated breeding processes used in the creation of thoroughbreds. Intertwined throughout: the quest of the horse Pleasant Colony to win the Triple Crown.

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Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Frederick Wiseman is an American institution and one of cinema's greatest documentarians, but this 1985 film about the activities at one of horse racing's Triple Crown venues, while often engrossing, stumbles as it nears the finish line. Rated: B Feb 22, 2025 Full Review Bill Hayden Gannett News Service After seeing the two-hour film, no one will ever again approach in the same way this widely celebrated yet brief time on the dirt track. Nov 16, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jay H The cool calculating style of Frederick Wiseman belies a series of images that can be appreciated as a panorama of still photos worthy of the greatest practitioners. You do not need to be a follower of horse racing to appreciate Racetrack. You only need to be curious about oddly specific corners of human endeavor. This takes the viewer to one of the oddest. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Employing his signature documentary style, Frederick Wiseman investigates life at a horse racing track. Eschewing voice-over and direct address, the film follows the jockeys, trainers, owners and myriad others involved in the life of New York's Belmont Park. Additional sequences at a horse farm offer insight into the complicated breeding processes used in the creation of thoroughbreds. Intertwined throughout: the quest of the horse Pleasant Colony to win the Triple Crown.
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Producer
Frederick Wiseman
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 51m