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If you are a fan of the Black Stallion books, horses, and/or beautiful film-making, this movie will be sure to delight. Francis Ford Coppola lovingly transforms this wonderful book into a movie that is a feast for the eyes. The film-making and cinematography are spectacular. My kids (3 and 7) adore this movie, as do I.
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It is just as breathtaking on my widescreen as it was in the theatre. A recommended keepsake.
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This is a classic! Your kids will love this, I know I did! Also, please read the book by Walter Farley. Enjoy!
-Megan
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I first had the pleasure to view this movie when it was first released in 1979. I loved it! There was an undenible magic between Alec and The Black. The story was moving and the cinematography was oustanding! I will not summarize the story because other reviews have done good job. I bought the DVD for my 10 year old daughter. We watched the movie together on Christmas eve. It was the first time that she had seen it and she was cativated. She loved it! She raved on and on about how the movie was so good that she felt like she was reading a book. She prefers to read rather that watch TV. She loved the silence of the movie. She said that she was glad that the movie wasn't filled with to much dialogue.
Many of the movies targeted at young children and preteens are more concerned with ticket sales and sales of movie soundtracks and/or sales of toys associated with the movie than producing quality work.
This is a great family movie and we both highly recommmend it.
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As a student at USC (and alum of CNTV), I saw this pre-release and was mesmerized. Both Ballard and Deschanel (and Mathiessen) excelled at capturing all the beauty and action inherent in the story. And as a long-time fan of the series (I started reading it when I was 6--yes "The Black Stallion", not "Little Black Pony"--I was glad the producers followed the book. I would have wished Alec was portrayed by someone slightly older (he's a teenager in the book),but Kelly Reno did fine. All in all, I agree with all the superlative reviews the original film received. However...
The transfer to DVD is atrocious. Yes, the 'widescreen format' is NOT truly widescreen but a stretched anamorfic which is very noticeable. But more egregious...WHERE IS THE COLOR CORRECTION!!? We all know that vegetable dyes are not the glorious 3-stripe Technicolor now in China, and so subject to fading almost immediately upon release print. However, that's why 'Da Vinci's' were invented, and Photoshop for the rest of us. How sickening is it to see a BLACK stallion, now the same faded shade of muddy pink-brown as the sky, water, and air. Most of the island scenes are covered by a haze of pink-brown because the colors have faded. The Black is now a chestnut or bay. Where is the solid black against gold sand and turquoise water I remember!? MGM or whoever did this transfer should be ashamed and buried in that sand up to their neck for being so blind--or ignorant of the simple fact that the story is not called the BLACK Stallion for nothing!
So I warn all who are tempted to buy this DVD, YES the production was wonderful and worth every praise, BUT unless someone does something to fix this, your eyes will be too teared up in sadness and outrage at the mutilation of beautiful cinema to watch it.
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