With his knife, Alec manages to free the stallion once again and the stallion runs away. He finds the stallion caught in his restraints with the ropes stuck between the rocks. In the water, he swims toward the stallion and manages to grab hold of the ropes of the stallion's restraints just as the ship explodes, rendering him unconscious.Īlec wakes on the shore of a deserted island and starts to explore. He narrowly misses being pulled into the propeller which is still turning. Alec himself is thrown overboard by the waves. The stallions owner then finds Alec and attempts to steal his life jacket, only to be tackled by Mr. In the chaos, Alec grabs his knife and makes his way to the black stallion and manages to free him.

Ramsey tells Alec to stay put next to the stallion's stable as he rushes to help the lifeboat crew. The ship is engulfed in flames and is sinking. Ramsey, and the other passengers make their way to the deck. Later that night, Alec is thrown out of his bunk during a storm. Later in his bunk, Alec's father shows Alec his winnings from a card game and gives him a pocket knife and a small statue of Bucephalus, and tells the story of how Alexander the Great became Bucephalus's master. After shoving the boy away, he gluttonously helps himself to the sugar. Captivated by the horse, Alec later sneaks to the horse to feed him some sugar cubes, but he is caught by the horse's supposed owner, who tells him in Arabic to stay away from Shetan. In the summer of 1946, Alec Ramsey is travelling by steamer off the coast of North Africa, where he sees a wild black stallion being forced into a makeshift stable and heavily restrained by ropes leading to his halter. In 2002, The Black Stallion was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. The film features music by Carmine Coppola, the father of Hollywood producer Francis Ford Coppola, who is credited as executive producer.

It was directed by Carroll Ballard and stars Kelly Reno in his film debut, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins and Mickey Rooney with the Arabian horse Cass Ole playing the eponymous Black Stallion. The film is adapted by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, and William D. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, a boy who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion that he befriends. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley.

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley