The black stallion
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| German title | The black stallion |
| Original title | The Black Stallion |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Carroll Ballard |
| script |
Melissa Mathison , Jeanne Rosenberg , William D. Wittliff |
| production |
Francis Ford Coppola , Fred Roos , Tom Sternberg |
| music | Carmine Coppola |
| camera | Caleb Deschanel |
| cut | Robert Dalva |
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The Black Stallion (Original title: The Black Stallion ) is an American feature film from 1979 with Kelly Reno in the lead role. It is based on the youth book Blitz, the black stallion by the American author Walter Farley .
action
Alec Ramsay, a twelve-year-old American, and a wild black Arabian stallion are the only survivors of a shipwreck. You are stranded on a lonely, barren island somewhere far off the Portuguese coast. During their struggle for survival on the inhospitable island, a deep friendship develops between humans and animals. After they are rescued, Alec takes the "black man", as he calls the horse, to the then New York suburb of Flushing , where he lives with his mother. Alec meets the former jockey Henry Dailey, who recognizes the potential of the two and begins to train them. The climax of the film is the race between the "black man" and the two fastest racehorses in the USA.
background
The film is based on the novel Blitz, the black stallion by Walter Farley , although there are some differences in the plot. In the book Alec travels alone by ship from India to New York, while in the film he is on the road with his father, who is then one of the victims of the shipwreck. On the whole, however, the film tries to remain as true to the work as possible and to capture the time in which the book was created and the story takes place with very atmospheric images (1940s).
The nearly 90-year-old Clarence Muse played his last role as horse owner Snoe.
Awards (selection)
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 in the categories of Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor (Mickey Rooney) and won the special award for sound editing. In 2002 the film was included in the National Film Registry .
Sequels
Two years after the first film appeared, the sequel The Black Stallion Returns was made in 1981 . The direction was taken over by Robert Dalva , who worked as a film editor on the first part. Kelly Reno was seen again in the lead role. In 2003, The Black Stallion ... how it all began was a kind of prequel. In addition, from 1990 to 1993 a television series called Black, the black flash was produced.
Web links
- The Black Stallion in the Internet Movie Database (English)