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The Black Stallion
Director:
Carroll Ballard
(Dir)
Release Date:
1979
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 18 Oct 1979; Los Angeles opening: 14 Dec 1979
Duration (in mins):
119
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Cast:
Kelly Reno
(Alec Ramsey)
Mickey Rooney
(Henry Dailey)
Teri Garr
(Alec's mother)
Clarence Muse
(Snoe)
Hoyt Axton
(Alec's father)
Summary:
Production Company:
Omni Zoetrope
Distribution Company:
United Artists Corp.
(Transamerica Corp.)
Director:
Carroll Ballard
(Dir)
Producer:
Fred Roos
(Prod)
Tom Sternberg
(Prod)
Writer:
Melissa Mathison
(Scr)
Jeanne Rosenberg
(Scr)
William D. Wittliff
(Scr)
Photography:
Caleb Deschanel
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Aurelio Crugnola
(Art dir)
Earl Preston
(Art dir)
Film Editor:
Robert Dalva
(Ed)
Music:
Carmine Coppola
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
G
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the novel
The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley (New York, 1941).
Authors:
Walter Farley
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
United Artists Corporation
29/1/1980
dd/mm/yyyy
PA57931
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Genre:
Adventure
Note:
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
22 Oct 1979
p. 6, 11.
Los Angeles Times
9 Dec 1979
p. 46.
New York Times
13 Oct 1979
p. 12.
Variety
17 Oct 1979
p. 10, 38.
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