The Black Stallion
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The Black Stallion is a classic 1979 family adventure film about a boy’s deep bond with a wild Arabian horse after a shipwreck, widely praised for its visual storytelling and emotional impact.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
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| The Black Stallion (novel) | 0 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American film
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adventure film → family film → film → |
| animalProtagonist | Arabian stallion → |
| award |
Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing
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Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor → |
| awardRecipient |
Mickey Rooney
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Robert Dalva → |
| basedOn |
The Black Stallion
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Black Stallion (novel)
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| basedOnAuthor | Walter Farley → |
| castMember |
Clarence Muse
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Kelly Reno → Mickey Rooney → Teri Garr → |
| cinematographyBy | Caleb Deschanel → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely praised by critics for its cinematography and emotional impact → |
| director | Carroll Ballard → |
| distributedBy | United Artists → |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in North America → |
| editedBy | Robert Dalva → |
| genre |
adventure
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drama → family → |
| hasSequel | The Black Stallion Returns → |
| mainCharacter |
Alec Ramsey
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Henry Dailey → The Black → |
| musicBy | Carmine Coppola → |
| notableFor |
emotional portrayal of the bond between a boy and a horse
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minimal dialogue and visual storytelling in its first half → |
| originalLanguage | English → |
| plotSummary | A boy forms a deep bond with a wild Arabian stallion after surviving a shipwreck and later trains the horse for racing. → |
| portrays |
Kelly Reno as Alec Ramsey
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Mickey Rooney →
surface form:
Mickey Rooney as Henry Dailey
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| producer |
Francis Ford Coppola
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Fred Roos → |
| productionCompany | Omni Zoetrope → |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1941 → |
| releaseDate | 1979-10-17 → |
| releaseYear | 1979 → |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 → |
| screenwriter |
Jeanne Rosenberg
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Melissa Mathison → William D. Wittliff → |
| sequelReleaseYear | 1983 → |
| setting |
Mediterranean Sea
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United States of America →
surface form:
United States
desert island → |
| targetAudience | family → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Black Stallion (novel)
subject surface form:
Mickey Rooney