The Black Stallion -Blu-ray-

Product Description Bonded by a shipwreck with an Arabian horse, a 1940s boy goes on to race it with a spry trainer. Additional Features DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Five short films by Carroll Ballard, with introductions by the director: Pigs! (1965), The Perils of Priscilla (1969), Rodeo (1969), Seems Like Only Yesterday (1971), and Crystallization (1974) New conversation between Ballard and film critic Scott Foundas New interview with Deschanel New piece featuring photographer Mary Ellen Mark discussing her images from the film’s set Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow Review This remarkable adaptation of Walter Farley’s classic children’s 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. From the crystalline shores of a deserted island in the Arabian Sea to the green grass and dusty roads of 1930s suburban New York, Ballard and director of photography Caleb Deschanel (The Right Stuff) create a film of consistent visual invention and purity, also featuring a winning supporting performance by Mickey Rooney (National Velvet) as a retired jockey and a gorgeous score by Carmine Coppola (The Godfather Part II).