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Diane Lane Owns Secretariat
Cinema Blend News —
Diane Lane Owns Secretariat Diane Lane is doing a horse movie. Variety says shes been hired by Disney to star in Secretariat , a film about the well known, 1973 triple-crown winning racehorse. Directed by Randall Wallace from a script written by Mike Rich, Lane will play Secretariats owner Penny Chenery. The film will focus on the relationship between the horse and his owner. Chenery was a housewife who knew nothing about horses until she took over her fathers Virginia farm. Unless were talking about The Black Stallion , Ive never really bought into this whole ...
Diane Lane Is Off to the Races
Vulture —
Never Sell a Horse: Diane Lane will star in Secretariat as Penny Chenery, the owner of the 1973 Triple Crown–winning horse. Chenery was a housewife who inherited the horse from her father and was pressured to sell him as he started showing championship potential; she was adamantly against doing so and instead became “the First Lady of racing.” So the lesson here is one Vulture already passionately believes in: Never sell a horse. [Variety]
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... Are there any animal movies that aren’t sad? Now that I’m scarred from “Marley & Me,” it’s hard to get excited about Diane Lane being cast in “Secretariat” because I doubt I’ll see it. Variety reports the Disney film is about Penny Chenery’s (Lane) relationship with her 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse named Secretariat. Chenery was a typical housewife until her father fell ill and she was introduced to the world of horse racing. She took over his Virginia farm and was pressured to sell the establishment after his death. Between a dying loved one ...
Diane Lane books lead role in 'Secretariat'
The Screening Log —
Diane Lane will take over the lead in Randall Wallace's upcoming Disney horse flick "Secretariat," according to Variety.
The Oscar-nominated actress will slip into the role of Penny Chenery, an American racehorse owner whose thoroughbred Secretariat won the 1973 Tripe Crown.
Chenery first stepped into the world of horses and racing when she took over her father’s horse farm in Virginia. Following her horse’s extraordinary win, she later became known as the “first lady of racing.”
Mike Rich ("The Nativity Story") wrote the script. Wallace's directing credits include ...
