Release date: July 14th 2015
Order Link:Amazon
Film Info
SYNOPSIS
This remarkable adaptation of Walter Farley’s classic children’s novel by Carroll Ballard—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 create a film of consistent visual invention and purity, also featuring a winning supporting performance by Mickey Rooney as a retired jockey and a gorgeous score by Carmine Coppola.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
Order Link:Amazon
Film Info
- United States
- 1979
- 117 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #765
SYNOPSIS
This remarkable adaptation of Walter Farley’s classic children’s novel by Carroll Ballard—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 create a film of consistent visual invention and purity, also featuring a winning supporting performance by Mickey Rooney as a retired jockey and a gorgeous score by Carmine Coppola.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:
- New 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 2.0 surroundDTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- 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
New cover by Nicolas Delort
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