The black stallion

DVD 1979

An adaptation of Walter Farley's classic children's novel, in which an American boy is rescued after a shipwreck off the coast of North Africa by a seemingly untamable wild horse. After surviving together, they develop a bond and begin training to race once they are rescued.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Black (Fictitious character from Farley) Fiction

Boys Fiction

Horse racing Training Fiction

Horses Fiction

Human-animal relationships Fiction

Shipwreck survival Fiction

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Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 765 Criterion collection ; 765 [DVD]

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ISBN:

9781681430164

Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: G
MPAA rating: G

Other Title:

container of (work): Black stallion (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Based on the novel by Walter Farley
Special features: Five short films by Carroll Ballard: Pigs; The perils of Priscilla; Rodeo; Seems like only yesterday; Crystallization; new conversations between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas; new interview with Deschanel; new piece featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark; trailer; essay by Michael Sragow
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
Producers, Fred Roos and Tom Sternberg ; music, Carmine Coppola ; editor, Robert Dalva ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; screenplay by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff
Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Mickey Rooney
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, captions in English

Contents:

Disc 1. The black stallion
Disc 2. Bonus disc

Control Number:

1213100

UPC:

715515151214

Other Authors:

Axton, Hoyt, actor
Ballard, Carroll, film director
Coppola, Carmine, 1910-1991, composer (expression)
Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- film producer
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Crugnola, Aurelio, 1928-2011, art director
Dalva, Robert, 1942-2023, editor of moving image work
Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- director of photography
Garr, Teri, 1944-2024, actor
Higgins, Michael, 1920-2008, actor
Larbi, Doghmi, 1930-1992, actor
Mathison, Melissa, screenwriter
McNamara, Ed, -1986, actor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor
Muse, Clarence, actor
Preston, Earl G., art director
Reno, Kelly, 1966- actor
Rooney, Mickey, actor
Roos, Fred, film producer
Rosenberg, Jeanne, screenwriter
Sternberg, Tom, film producer
United Artists Corporation, film distributor
Wittliff, William D., screenwriter
Zoetrope Studios, production company
motion picture adaptation of (work) : Farley, Walter, 1915-1989. Black stallion

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