The Cup (2011)

Directors

Simon Wincer

Cast

Alice Parkinson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Burlinson, Bill Hunter, Kate Bell, Rodger Corser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Daniel MacPherson, Stephen Curry, Jodi Gordon, Shaun Micallef, Martin Sacks, Cory Peter Richardson, Andy Meritakis, Jared Daperis, Flynn Curry

The story

The Melbourne Cup is called The Race That Stops a Nation, but never in the history of Australia's 150-year-old Thoroughbred Classic has there been so dramatic a contest as the 2002 running. The Cup follows the world's finest horsemen as they plot their paths across the globe – from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia – and into the Winners Circle of the richest and most prestigious two-mile handicap. But the heart of this true story is a young Australian jockey, Damien Oliver, who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident just days before the great race.

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