6.8
Hook
1991
“From the moment he first saw the stallion, he knew it would either destroy him, or carry him where no one had ever been before…”
The Black Stallion (1979)
October 13, 19791h 58mEN
7.0
320 votes
Overview
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
Director
Carroll BallardWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Budget
$2.7M
Revenue
$37.8M
Production Companies
United ArtistsAmerican Zoetrope
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User Reviews
Wuchak
5.0_**Aesthetically pleasing, but dramatically dull**_ A boy befriends a fiery Arabian stallion in the Mediterranean in 1946 and ends up hooking up with an ex-horse racing trainer (Mickey Rooney) back home in the northeast USA. Teri Garr plays the mother. "The Black Stallion" (1979) starts out like Tarzan’s origin, just substituting the horse for the apes, before switching to the typical sports formula (young underdog’s talent is recognized and trained by an over-the-hill mentor). Thankfully, this is not a Disney kiddie flick; the tone is artistic and mature with the same visual/audio wo…
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