| Edition |
Criterion collection. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 765.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 2.0 surround. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Credits |
Producers, Fred Roos and Tom Sternberg ; music, Carmine Coppola ; editor, Robert Dalva ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; screenplay by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff. |
| Cast |
Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Mickey Rooney. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Walter Farley. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1979 by Zoetrope Studios. |
| Audience |
Rating: G. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Five short films by Carroll Ballard: Pigs; The perils of Priscilla; Rodeo; Seems like only yesterday; Crystallization; new conversations between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas; new interview with Deschanel; new piece featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark; trailer; essay by Michael Sragow. |
| Subject |
Farley, Walter, 1915-1989 -- Film adaptations.
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Black (Fictitious character : Farley) -- Drama.
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Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
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Boys -- Drama.
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Horses -- Drama.
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Horse racing -- Training -- Drama.
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Human-animal relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Animal films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ballard, Carroll, film director.
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Reno, Kelly, 1966- actor.
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Rooney, Mickey, actor.
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Garr, Teri, 1944- actor.
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Mathison, Melissa, author of screenplay.
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Rosenberg, Jeanne, author of screenplay.
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Wittliff, William D., author of screenplay.
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Roos, Fred, producer.
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Sternberg, Tom, producer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Farley, Walter, 1915-1989.
Black stallion.
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Zoetrope Studios.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
1681430169 |
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9781681430164 |
| Standard No. |
715515151214 |
| Music No. |
CC2504DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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