The Black Stallion
A wild horse saves a young boy’s life after a terrifying shipwreck and the two become unlikely friends in Carroll Ballard’s cinematic tour de force, adapted from Walter Farley’s classic children’s novel. From the crystalline shores of a deserted island to the green grass and dusty roads of 1940s suburban America, Ballard and director of photography Caleb Deschanel create a film of consistent visual invention and purity, one that also features a winning supporting performance by Mickey Rooney as a retired jockey and a gorgeous score by Carmine Coppola.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Five short films by director Carroll Ballard, with new introductions by the filmmaker: Pigs! (1965), The Perils of Priscilla (1969), Rodeo (1969), Seems Like Only Yesterday (1971), and Crystallization (1974)
- New conversation between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas
- New interview with Deschanel
- New piece featuring Mary Ellen Mark discussing her photographs from the film’s set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow
New cover by Nicolas Delort
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Five short films by director Carroll Ballard, with new introductions by the filmmaker: Pigs! (1965), The Perils of Priscilla (1969), Rodeo (1969), Seems Like Only Yesterday (1971), and Crystallization (1974)
- New conversation between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas
- New interview with Deschanel
- New piece featuring Mary Ellen Mark discussing her photographs from the film’s set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow
New cover by Nicolas Delort
Cast
- Kelly Reno
- Alec Ramsay
- Mickey Rooney
- Henry Dailey
- Teri Garr
- Alec's mother
- Hoyt Axton
- Alec's father
- Clarence Muse
- Snoe
- Michael Higgins
- Neville
- Ed McNamara
- Jake
- Dogmi Larbi
- Arab
- Cass-Olé
- The Black
Credits
- Director
- Carroll Ballard
- Executive producer
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Produced by
- Fred Roos
- Produced by
- Tom Sternberg
- Based on the novel by
- Walter Farley
- Screenplay
- Melissa Mathison
- Screenplay
- Jeanne Rosenberg
- Screenplay
- William D. Wittliff
- Director of photography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Editor
- Robert Dalva
- Music
- Carmine Coppola
- Supervising sound editor
- Alan Splet
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