The black stallion

Title:

The black stallion

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Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Francis Ford Coppola presents ; screenplay by Melissa Mathison & Jeanne Rosenberg and William D. Wittliff ; produced by Fred Roos and Tom Sternberg ; directed by Carroll Ballard ; from Omni Zoetrope Studios ; executive producer, Francis Coppola.

Uniform Title:

Black stallion (Motion picture)

Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Publication Information:

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.

ISBN:

9781681430164

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 765

General Note:

Based on the novel by Walter Farley.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979 by Zoetrope Studios.

Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Short films (five short films by Carroll Ballard): Pigs! (1965), The perils of Priscilla (1969), Rodeo (1969), Seems like only yesterday (1971), Crystallization (1974); Carroll Ballard and Scott Foundas (new conversations between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas); Caleb Deschanel (new interview with Deschanel); Mary Ellen Mark (featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark discussing her photographs from the set). Booklet includes an essay by film critic Michael Sragow.

Abstract:

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.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: G.

Personal Subject:

Black (Fictitious character from Farley)-Drama.

Subject Term:

Human-animal relationships -- Drama.

Boys -- Drama.

Horses -- Drama.

Shipwreck survival -- Drama.

Horse racing -- Training -- Drama.

Genre:

Action and adventure films.