Mead Public Library (Sheboygan)

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

The black stallion / 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.

Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Publisher, Date:

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

Description:

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

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

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.

Audience

MPAA rating: G.

Series:

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 765.

Cast

Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Dogmi Larbi, Mickey Rooney.

Notes:

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.

Music by Carmine Coppola ; art directors, Aurelio Crugnola, Earl Preston ; editor, Robert Dalva ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.

DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.

In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Subjects:

Farley, Walter, 1915-1989 -- Film adaptations.

Black (Fictitious character : Farley) -- Drama.

Human-animal relationships -- Drama.

Boys -- Drama.

Horses -- Drama.

Shipwreck survival -- Drama.

Horse racing -- Training -- Drama.

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