Fiction
DVD
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
SERIES
Criterion collection #765
NOTES
Title from sell sheet
This remarkable adaptation of Walter Farley₂s classic children₂s novel by Carroll Ballard (Fly Away Home), in which an American boy is rescued after a shipwreck off the coast of North Africa by a seemingly untamable wild horse, is a cinematic tour de force. After surviving a shipwreck together, a young boy and a horse develop a bond, and begin training to race once they are rescued
Based on the novel by Walter Farley
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979
Special features: Five short films by Carroll Ballard: Pigs; The perils of Priscilla; Rodeo; Seems like only yesterday; Crystallization; new conversations between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas; new interview with Deschanel; new piece featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark; trailer; essay by Michael Sragow
Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr
Rating: G
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 2.0 surround