Ruffian - The Movie

[robfla]

Airs today @ 7 p.m. EST on ESPN2. I think it was originally going to be aired June 9.

Set your TiVo's

I'm guessing the ending will be very sad

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by robfla

Airs today @ 7 p.m. EST on ESPN2. I think it was originally going to be aired June 9.

Set your TiVo's

I'm guessing the ending will be very sad

No....that's a half an hour show they are most likely using as a tease for the movie on ABC.

[robfla]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

No....that's a half an hour show they are most likely using as a tease for the movie on ABC.

oops sorry.

thanks - yeah, now i see its only 1/2 hour. but from what i've heard of the movie, maybe the movie is better off only being 1/2 hour.

from tvguide: On the Set: `Ruffian'

[blackthroatedwind]

Did Sam Shepard actually just fantasize that she set or equalled track records every time she ran?

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by robfla

oops sorry.

thanks - yeah, now i see its only 1/2 hour. but from what i've heard of the movie, maybe the movie is better off only being 1/2 hour.

from tvguide: On the Set: `Ruffian'

Sounds liike a movie that should be on Lifetime. Maybe they can make a mope fest double header with "The Life and Times of Barbaro"

[Zippy Chippy]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

Sounds liike a movie that should be on Lifetime. Maybe they can make a mope fest double header with "The Life and Times of Barbaro"

God forbid that they ever make a positive movie, like a movie about Cigar or Secretariat . . .

[videogirl10]

i have been thinking about this ruffian movie a lot. i wasn't born when she was racing and love to watch video's of her race. for horse racing fans, i would say everyone knows what happened in her last race. but i think if we want to draw more people in to horse racing, this isn't a story to show. i feel that with all the hits horse racing has been taking with injuries.. it will just turn more people off.. people who experienced the race when it happened will once again remember the feelings they felt... my mom was turned off from racing for a long time... i work in the media and i can't see a significant reason to air this movie.. especially one that ends so horribly.

most people that watch horse racing occasionally don't remember that who won the race at all.. they just remember the one who was fatally injured..

i second that notion they make movies about secretariart.. man o'war.. cigar.. people that don't even know a thing about racing at least know one these three...

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by robfla

oops sorry.

but from what i've heard of the movie, maybe the movie is better off only being 1/2 hour.

from tvguide: On the Set: `Ruffian'

A half hour should be enough to show what is important.....her first 10 races. We don't need to see the 11th.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

A half hour should be enough to show what is important.....her first 10 races. We don't need to see the 11th.

i agree.
i'd imagine anyone watching would already know the outcome....i'd show leading up to the match, and that would be the end of the movie. but then, i don't go for that tear-jerker stuff anyway. of course, i don't care for horror movies either. neither one is my idea of entertainment.

I think this movie will be horrible for the industry and only serve to stir up the PETA people and similar groups. Those responsible for this better hope everyone comes home safely in the Belmont.