Here’s a first look at the movie poster for The Cup, which Executive Producer Kirk D’Amico and his team at Myriad Pictures took to the American Film Market last month in Santa Monica. The poster and a synopsis ran at Collider.com.
Based on the determined looks etched across every face pictured on the poster, you would think there is not a single lighthearted moment in the film. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
This excellent report by Channel 9′s Gareth Hall sums up The Cup in just 90 seconds!
My livelihood is based on a simple concept: I ask questions, listen to answers, and then piece together my thoughts in a compelling manner. Which is why I am absolutely intrigued by the one question that I am continually asked about writing The Cup.
Let’s hope this video clip, which ran at the launch of The Cup at Flemington, answers this question once and for all.
Richard Stubbs gets Damien Oliver to open up about a wide range of topics in this excellent half hour interview. Many go right to the heart of The Cup – hurrying home to Perth from Melbourne after learning of his brother’s fall, deciding whether or not to return and ride in the Cup, and the unexpected bit of encouragement he received from his late brother that got him back in the saddle for the Cup Carnival.
ABC 774 Damien Oliver Discusses The Cup (28:19)
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Race caller Bryan Martin emcees the launch of The Cup in the Committee Room at Flemington Racecourse.
Damien Oliver has launched the new book The Cup, the remarkable story of the 2002 Melbourne Cup and his emotional win on Media Puzzle.
Struggling to hold back tears, Damien recapped the 2002 Cup and how he came to make one the toughest decisions he has faced – whether or not he would ride following the tragic death of his brother Jason in a track fall just days earlier.
Champion jockey Damien Oliver took centre stage at the launch of The Cup.
BY MATT STEWART / MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
August 7, 2009
Damien Oliver put himself in his late brother’s shoes in the days before the 2002 Melbourne Cup, prompting the decision that led to the most heartbreaking, heartwarming and famous gesture in racing history.
Oliver immediately flew to Perth after learning of older brother Jason’s death in a track fall at Belmont.
For a couple of guys who have to be up well before the crack of dawn, Jason Richardson and Daniel Harford definitely have a good time. I really enjoyed listening in before my interview, and the way they led into it – by playing Greg Miles’s call as Media Puzzle makes that stunning move at the top of the straight – was great radio.
1116 SEN On the Rise with Jason Richardson and Daniel Harford (11:18)
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BY ADRIAN DUNN / MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
July 31, 2009
Few, if any, sporting moments have captured the hearts of a country more comprehensively than Damien Oliver winning the 2002 Melbourne Cup on Irish stayer Media Puzzle.
A week after his brother Jason died after a barrier-trial accident, Oliver produced his greatest ride, one he would dedicate to his late brother.
It was a triumph of many kinds. For Irish genius Dermot Weld, it was his second Melbourne Cup in nine years.
For Media Puzzle, it was overcoming a broken pelvis that had threatened his existence, let alone an emerging career.
