The black stallion [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / 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.
Format:
[videorecording (Blu-ray)] /
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Pigs! Perils of Priscilla. Rodeo. Seems like only yesterday. Crystallization.
Notes:
Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Dogmi Larbi, Mickey Rooney. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Based on the novel by Walter Farley. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: Trailer ; 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.
Summary:
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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