The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, a boy who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion that he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses.
Plot
In 1946, Alec Ramsey is travelling by steamer off the coast of North Africa, where he sees a wild black stallion being forced onto the boat. Captivated, Alec sneaks to the horse's stall to feed him some sugar cubes, but he is caught by the horse's supposed owner, who tells him in Arabic to stay away from Shetan.
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| author | Melissa Mathison Walter Farley William D. Wittliff |
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| contentLocation | Drake |
| director | Carroll Ballard |
| editor | Robert Dalva |
| events | horse |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | alexander the great black cat black wi bucephalus card game deserted island fish force how to jockey north africa plan pocket knife retire seaweed stallion sugar cube win |
| musicBy | Carmine Coppola |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Fred Roos Tom Sternberg |
| productionCompany | American Zoetrope |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Fort Erie Race Track Sardinia |
| theme | children's |