The Black Stallion - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

A wild horse saves a young boy’s life after a terrifying shipwreck and the two become unlikely friends in Carroll Ballard’s cinematic tour de force, adapted from Walter Farley’s classic children’s novel. From the crystalline shores of a deserted island to the green grass and dusty roads of 1940s suburban America, Ballard and director of photography Caleb Deschanel create a film of consistent visual invention and purity, one that also features a winning supporting performance by Mickey Rooney as a retired jockey and a gorgeous score by Carmine Coppola.

• United States
• 117 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #765
• 1979

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Five short films by director Carroll Ballard, with new introductions by the filmmaker: 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 Mary Ellen Mark discussing her photographs from the film’s set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow

*New cover by Nicolas Delort