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Release Date:
17 October 1979 (USA)
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Plot:
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that...
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Horse
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Training
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Loss Of Father
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Single Mother
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Barn
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 6 wins
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4 nominations
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(10 articles)
Desperately seeking Sendak
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 November 2009, 2:32 AM, PST)
Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009
(From Alternative Film Guide. 15 November 2009, 5:25 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 November 2009, 2:32 AM, PST)
Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009
(From Alternative Film Guide. 15 November 2009, 5:25 PM, PST)
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A beautiful film about solitude, interdependence, survival, and achievement.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kelly Reno | ... | Alec Ramsey |
 | Mickey Rooney | ... | Henry Dailey |
 | Teri Garr | ... | Alec's Mother |
| Clarence Muse | ... | Snoe |
 | Hoyt Axton | ... | Alec's Father |
| Michael Higgins | ... | Neville |
| Ed McNamara | ... | Jake |
| Doghmi Larbi | ... | Arab (as Dogmi Larbi) |
| John Burton | ... | Jockey #1 |
| John Buchanan | ... | Jockey #2 |
| Kristen Vigard | ... | Becky |
| Fausto Tozzi | ... | Rescue Captain |
| John Karlsen | ... | Archeologist (as John Karlson) |
| Leopoldo Trieste | ... | Priest |
| Frank Cousins | ... | African Chieftain |
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Runtime:
118 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
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USA:G (certificate #25828) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-8 |
Peru:PT |
Sweden:11 |
UK:U |
West Germany:6 |
Iceland:L
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There is a scene in which Alec opens the door of Henry Dailey's office and looks around at all the old memorabilia Henry acquired as a winning jockey. One of the photos is a shot of a younger Mickey Rooney atop the horse that looks to be the one featured in National Velvet (1944).
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Anachronisms: The horse statue on Alec's nightstand was one made by Breyer Animal Creations in the late 1970's shortly before the movie came out. The movie takes place in the 1940's.
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[first lines]
Alec Ramsey: Dad... you know what I saw? It's the most fantastic thing... come look!
Mr. Ramsey: [to the other poker players] My son.
Mr. Ramsey: Hey! Look, son, I'll tell you, I'm really busy, but... I'll tell you what I do need. I need some good luck.
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Alec Ramsey: Dad... you know what I saw? It's the most fantastic thing... come look!
Mr. Ramsey: [to the other poker players] My son.
Mr. Ramsey: Hey! Look, son, I'll tell you, I'm really busy, but... I'll tell you what I do need. I need some good luck.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Women of the House: Women in Film (#1.9)" (1995)
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The first thing that strikes you when you see "The Black Stallion" is its cinematography. However the vivid colours are only the doorway into the film. It is important to remember that the title is not "The Stallion" but "The Black Stallion". It is the title's first announcement of bold colour and the connotations of power in "Stallion" that introduce a richness of dichotomies. There is the black horse and the white boy (would the film really have been the same with the ubiquitous white horse?). There is the contrast between the horse's power and the boy's frailty. The scenes on the island and the scenes in the city. Indeed, the film's running time is almost split down the middle between this last contrast. There is also the contrast between the boy and the old man he befriends, and many others. But most importantly, there is the contrast between solitude and companionship. There are a lot of lonely characters in this film. Everyone from the horse to the boy, to the trainer to the boy's mother seem to be trying to struggle through life on their own. It is this quest to deal with loneliness that is the film's most profound achievement. It is not so much a condemnation of solitude as an analysis between its benefits compared to the benefits of companionship. Whether or not "The Black Stallion" answers these questions is something the viewer will have to decide for themselves. I believe the film asks more questions than it answers. Although some may find the film's ending a bit too predictable and sacharine tasting, the overall effect of the film's beauty and its questions concerning solitude and survival, erase any minor faults the movie may contain. Part "Androcles and the Lion" and part "National Velvet", "The Black Stallion" is more than a childrens' movie. It brings together the "blackness" (as in the black void of space) of loneliness with the stallion's individual power to show how all of us are alone in a fundamental way but that we also have an ability within us to not only survive but draw great things from it. We can fulfill through our particular skills and abilities the necessary requirement of helping each other without losing the strength we receive from our individual independence and uniqueness.