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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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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