The movie tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with The Black, a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued, Alec begins training The Black to race against the fastest horses in the world.
20 October 1919, Wellington, New Zealand
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11 December 1947, Lakewood, Ohio, USA
14 October 1889, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1927, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
22 September 1933, Fresno, California, USA
19 June 1966, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
7 November 1940, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
25 March 1938, Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
1 May 1920, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
3 May 1917, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
15 May 1963, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1930, Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
29 October 1921, Rome, Lazio, Italy
23 September 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
20 January 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
July 31, 2015
It does what the middle section of Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' does too: It makes us kids again in the sense that everything we see feels rich, thrilling and most of all new.
May 11, 2007
Deepens into a far more powerful entertainment through matchless cinematography and talented supporting players.
February 09, 2006
A magnificently well-crafted movie.
December 11, 2007
Ballard's sumptuous images exist only to distract from his rather conventional failings of craftsmanship.
May 09, 2005
The director, Carroll Ballard, and the cinematographer, Caleb Deschanel, have captured so many lavishly beautiful images that the cumulative effect is one of repetition.
July 21, 2015
Children of all ages can appreciate its simple, dialogue-light storytelling, while adults will relish it as ... a breathtaking piece of filmmaking.
December 28, 2010
Breathtakingly beautiful, truly magical movie.
July 21, 2015
will naturally speak to children, but without excluding those adults who still remember what it was like to be a child and how to see the world through a child's eyes-as difficult an artistic feat as I can imagine
July 22, 2015
The first half of the picture, set on the desert island, is magnificent, lightly invoking the eerie stillness and spiritual ambience of Australian efforts like Walkabout and Picnic at Hanging Rock. The second part is far more conventional.
December 11, 2007
A simple film, sentimental but not mawkish, as enjoyable for adults as it is for children.
December 11, 2007
Carroll Ballard's feature debut is rich in adventure, suspense and mythical elements and marks the prize-winning short-subjects director as a major talent.
January 01, 2000
The film represents a studied, sophisticated approach to instinctual emotions: it's carefully, calculatingly naive, and amazingly it works.
