The Black Stallion

  • Family
  • Adventure
10/13/1979
118
G

From the moment he first saw the stallion, he knew it would either destroy him, or carry him where no one had ever been before…

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

Revenue:
$37,799,643
Budget:
$2,700,000

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  • Wuchak

    Aesthetically pleasing, but dramatically dull

    A boy befriends a fiery Arabian stallion in the Mediterranean in 1946 and ends up hooking up with an ex-horse racing trainer (Mickey Rooney) back home in the northeast USA. Teri Garr plays the mother.

    "The Black Stallion" (1979) starts out like Tarzans origin, just substituting the horse for the apes, before switching to the typical sports formula (young underdogs talent is recognized and trained by an over-the-hill mentor). Thankfully, this is not a Disney kiddie flick; the tone is artistic and mature with the same visual/audio wonder of The Secret Garden (1993), both movies produced by Francis Ford Coppola.

    While its as aesthetically awesome as The Secret Garden, its not as d...

    September 10, 2021

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