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Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Hoyt Axton, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse

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Matt CN

Thanks for reacting gents! This is a childhood favorite of mine! A little background, this move almost never got released. The film studio watched it and basically said, “You made an artistic move for kids! Kids won’t watch it because it’s too artsy, and adults won’t watch it because it’s for kids.” But Coppola put pressure on releasing it and it came out. Also love that they filmed on location - in different locations. This was Kelly Reno’s (Alec) first acting job. They needed a kid who could ride - he grew up on a ranch, but turns out he had acting chops.

Stephanie Bedworth

This was a very popular childrens' series back in the day by a man named Walter Farley. They did this and then they also adapted the second book, The Black Stallion Returns. In the early 2000's. they did the third book, Son of the Black Stallion. I never saw that one. I also think there was a short lived tv series in the 90's.

Stephanie Bedworth

Oh, Jed, the dog in The Thing, was a wolf/malamute hybrid.

Youtalkingtome

Reno was great. You could definitely tell he can ride.

dys

I grew up on these books, I think I read the whole series. I wasn't even that big of a horse kid but I was really into all the adventure and mystery aspects. I don't think I ever saw the third movie or the TV series either.

dys

I only saw this movie after I'd read the first couple books, and as a kid I remember liking it but couldn't help comparing it to the books I loved, so I really don't think I appreciated how masterful a film this is when I was 10 or so.

Jonathan

I haven’t seen this movie in years. I watched the series that was on in the 80s with Mickey Rooney returning with all the other characters recast. There was a Disney remake in the early 2000s that did not do well.

JustALilTired

I always mix this up with National Velvet from 1944 and having watched your reaction I’m realizing I don’t think I’ve ever seen this one. It was fun to see Mickey Rooney in this role though, he plays a similar role as a former jockey in National Velvet opposite a very young Elizabeth Taylor as the kid who owns a wild horse and wants to train it to race. I think the picture of young Mickey Rooney on a horse in this movie is actually from National Velvet.

Stephanie Bedworth

They did have a lot of adventures. One of my favorites was The Black Stallion Revolts. Do you remember that one? Where they're in a plane crash and Alec has amnesia for most of the book.

Stephanie Bedworth

Finally finished the reaction. There were four horses in total for the role. Cass Ole, was the main one and you saw him the most. His owners didn't want him doing the running or swimming scenes so they got three other horses for those. Cass Ole was a show horse before this (He was a side saddle and english pleasure champion on the arabian horse circuit) and he was found and then specifically trained for this movie. He would also be in the sequel.

dys

That's one of the ones I have the most concrete memory of, actually. I did look it up and I must not have read the last few books because apparently they get *weird* and I have no memory of those.

Youtalkingtome

I had no idea this became a series. I wonder how that would have worked

Youtalkingtome

That makes a ton of sense that they would have more than one horse

Jonathan

It’s set after the movie. Mickey Rooney and a teenage Alec travel the world racing The Black in professional horse racing around the world and each week a new problem arises

BrummaGen

Catching up on this a bit late… I loved the book on which this is based - read and re-read it during the 70s as a horse-loving child! I have seen the film once, on TV, but don't remember it very clearly compared to my memories of the book, so am interested to rewatch it. Now I've rewatched - I'd forgotten how beautifully it was filmed. My favourite part of the book was always the portion when they are alone on the island together, and I'd say the same of the film too. In both the book and the film, I love the lack of dialogue, the prominence of other sounds besides words, and the visual storytelling. Re your wondering about whether the original owners would ever try to claim the Black - as I recall this is explored in later books (and perhaps in the sequel films which I've not seen).