Cinematic background from The Black Stallion 1979 - While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

The Black Stallion

1979

Adventure, Family, Sport

Directors:
Carroll Ballard
Writers:
Walter Farley, William D. Wittliff, Walter Murch, Jeanne Rosenberg, Melissa Mathison
Official poster of The Black Stallion 1979 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man walking across a train track next to train tracks; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man smoking a pipe in a dark room; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man with a beard and a hat on a horse; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man in a suit and hat standing in the rain at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man with a beard and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man in a hat is leaning against a wall; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man standing in the middle of a street at night; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man in a suit and tie is looking at a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man standing in the rain next to an antique car; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man smoking a pipe while holding a deck of playing cards; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A young girl holding a pair of clothes hangers in front of a black background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An old man with a beard and a hat and a white horse; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man in a suit and hat hugging another man in a suit and hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man with a hat and glasses is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman with long blonde hair wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman sitting on a couch holding a spoon in her mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – The sun is setting over the ocean with a large rock in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A group of people wearing hats and holding papers; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man sitting at a table in front of a window; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman and a girl in a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person with a flower in her hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A car parked in front of a lit up theater; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person wearing a hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man wearing a hat in the rain; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man running down a tree - lined street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man and a young boy sitting on the ground; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man holding a pipe in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A beautiful woman with a flower in her hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – View of the front page of a newspaper; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man wearing a red and white polka dot tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman with long blonde curly hair wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man wearing a hat standing in the dark; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man in the rain pointing to the sky; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man and a boy are talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man is standing on a rock in the water; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman in a hat and gloves smiling; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person and a horse walking on the beach at sunset; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A group of men standing next to an antique car; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – Three people walking on the beach near a boat on the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man wearing a hat standing next to a fence; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man in a hat is holding a pair of scissors in his hand; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A young boy walking down a dirt road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man holding a child in his arms; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – View of a bus window in the rain; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An older man wearing a hat and a vest; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man standing next to a horse in the dark; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A young boy sitting in a chair looking up; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – Two people walking on the beach near the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A view of a body of water and a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person riding a horse on a beach near the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man and a woman wearing hats in the rain; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man wearing a cowboy hat in the rain; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man riding a horse on the beach; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An old building is in the middle of a street; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A living room filled with furniture and pictures on the wall; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A boat is in the water near the shore of a beach; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A couple of men standing next to each other in the rain; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A group of people sitting in a crowd wearing hats and gloves; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – Three people in a boat on a beach with a dog on the shore; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – An old man wearing a hat in the rain; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A group of men standing next to a horse in the rain; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man standing in the middle of the night; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – Two people hugging in a kitchen with a window in the background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A black and white photo of a man in a suit and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A group of people sitting on top of a metal fence; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman is reading a newspaper in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A young boy with brown hair and freckles; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A yellow fire hydrant sitting on the side of a road; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person in a field with a barn in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man in a hat and glasses looking at a glass of milk in front of him; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person with their arms outstretched in front of a sunset; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A person standing on the side of a road next to a car; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A woman in a hat is sitting in a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A man is looking out of the window of an airplane at night; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – The sun is setting over the ocean with a rock in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Black Stallion” (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard – A young boy looking at a snake on the ground; Close Up shot, High angle