THE BLACK STALLION (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1979
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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.;
• Cast: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Burton, John Buchanan, Kristen Vigard, Fausto Tozzi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Frank Cousins, Donald Hodson, Marne Maitland, Tom Dahlgren, Cass-Olé, Junior, Star, Fae-Jur, Olympic, Rex, Daniel Henning, Carroll Ballard, Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff, Walter Farley, Walter Murch, Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg, Caleb Deschanel, Robert Dalva, Carmine Coppola, Alan Splet, Aurelio Crugnola, Earl G. Preston
• Director: Carroll Ballard
• Runtime: 1:57
• Company: United Artists Corporation, Zoetrope Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie