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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.

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Other Authors: Ballard, Carroll (Film director), Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- (Film producer), Mathison, Melissa (Screenwriter), Rosenberg, Jeanne (Screenwriter), Wittliff, William D. (Screenwriter), Roos, Fred (Film producer), Sternberg, Tom (Film producer), Reno, Kelly, 1966- (Actor), Garr, Teri, 1952- (Actor), Muse, Clarence (Actor), Axton, Hoyt (Actor), Higgins, Michael, 1920-2008 (Actor), McNamara, Ed, -1986 (Actor), Larbi, Doghmi, 1930-1992 (Actor), Rooney, Mickey (Actor), Coppola, Carmine, 1910-1991 (composer (expression)), Crugnola, Aurelio, -2011 (Art director), Preston, Earl G. (Art director), Dalva, Robert, 1942- (Editor of moving image work), Deschanel, Caleb, 1944- (director of photography.), Farley, Walter, 1915-1989
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 765.
Subjects:
Black (Fictitious character : Farley) > Drama.
Human-animal relationships > Drama.
Boys > Drama.
Horses > Drama.
Shipwreck survival > Drama.
Horse racing > Training > Drama.
Farley, Walter, > 1915-1989 > Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Animal films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > United States.
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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.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Walter Farley.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979 by Zoetrope Studios.
Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Short films (five short films by Carroll Ballard): Pigs! (1965), The perils of Priscilla (1969), Rodeo (1969), Seems like only yesterday (1971), Crystallization (1974); Carroll Ballard and Scott Foundas (new conversations between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas); Caleb Deschanel (new interview with Deschanel); Mary Ellen Mark (featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark discussing her photographs from the set). Booklet includes an essay by film critic Michael Sragow.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: G.
Production Credits:Music by Carmine Coppola ; art directors, Aurelio Crugnola, Earl Preston ; editor, Robert Dalva ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.
ISBN:1681430169
9781681430164

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