Synopsis
The Black Stallion (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, is a family adventure film you can watch online on iFILM. Young Alec is crossing the ocean with his father when a shipwreck throws him onto a deserted island alongside the most dangerous horse on board — a wild Arabian stallion nobody else could get near.
What follows is nearly wordless. Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel shot the island sequences in long, unhurried takes, and the bond that forms between boy and horse builds without sentimentality — just patience, small gestures and time. When rescuers finally arrive, Alec refuses to leave without the stallion.
Back home in the States, retired trainer Henry Dailey, played by Mickey Rooney, recognizes something extraordinary in the horse. Their unlikely partnership leads straight to a match race against the country's top thoroughbreds. The film earned Rooney an Oscar nomination and is still one of the finest examples of what family cinema can be when it trusts its audience. Stream The Black Stallion online on iFILM.
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