The First Saturday in May
Two minutes can last a lifetime.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 8, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Indieblitz Releasing
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | The Hennegan Brothers | |
| Screenwriting by | Mark Krewatch & The Hennegan Brothers | |
| Composition by | Brendan Ryan | |
| Produced by | The Hennegan Brothers |
Entertainment Reviews:
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It's got its share of characters, plenty of triumphs, and a Shakespearean tragedy at its core. When it comes to drama, that's a hard combination to beat.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The movie has more heart than art, but it's unfailingly genuine.
Seattle Times
Granted sweep and stature by the triumph of the legendary Derby winner Barbaro and the big shadow cast by his tragic destiny, pic successfully elaborates on the sorts of color pieces that traditionally precede the race on television.
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Variety
Rating: B --
It sure inspired me to make plans for Emerald Downs.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rating: 2/4 --
The horses' quest for the Kentucky Derby is supposed to be the big-picture idea, but there isn't a whole lot of horse footage--too much standing around in stalls waiting.
Chicago Tribune
Rating: 3/4 --
The filmmakers emphasize the disparate personalities of the trainers, who can taste victory with every stride of the beautiful animals with whom they work, groom and feed.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Rating: 2.5/5 --
As the filmmakers tell us at the beginning, 40,000 Thoroughbreds are born every year, but only 20 make it to the Kentucky Derby. Thus starts the movie's confusion about whether it is a documentary about the horses or their human competitors.
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Austin Chronicle
Product Description:
Though the Kentucky Derby only lasts two heart-pounding minutes, preparation for the annual event takes years. In this documentary, fraternal filmmakers the Hennegan brothers follow six trainers on their way to the 2006 event. The Hennegans traveled 150,000 miles and filmed 500 hours of footage in their quest to chronicle the road to this epic race in THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.
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