Black Beauty [Widescreen]
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Actor: Mark Lester, Patrick Mower, Peter Lee Lawrence, Ursula Glas, Walter SlezakBrand: LESTER,MARK
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Black Beauty [Widescreen]
DVD Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
About all that survives of Anna Sewell's original Black Beauty (Unabridged Classics) in this third film adaptation is its Victorian-England setting, the name of the equine hero, and that of his mother Duchess. Beauty is foaled on the Evans farm with Joe (Mark Lester), the farmer's young son, standing by, and is given to Joe to be his own; as the young stallion grows, it's Joe who takes the primary role in training him. But Evans is an independent farmer, not a tenant, and when he gets in trouble with the bank, there's no one to insure that he keeps his land or his stock; Beauty is sold for the debt along with everyone else. Joe swears to get him back one day, but the road to that goal is hard. Beauty falls into the hands of a young wastrel who is killed in a fall from his dogcart, is stolen by an Irish tinker who rides him in a stake race, then abandoned, picked up by horse traders, and taken to the Continent to be sold to a small circus. From there he goes on to become a cavalry horse in India (not very likely: Rudyard Kipling tells us that most of the horses in that service came from Australia) and a coal-merchant's drudge. Despite his changes in fortune, there's very little sense of engagement--I didn't feel a lot of sympathy for his situation--and nothing of the horsy friendships Sewell gives him (no Ginger or Merrylegs, for example). Even the owners who don't treat him right seem less malicious than merely uncaring. The sense of place is good--costumes and props do give an authentic picture of Victorian England--but if you want a film adaptation of the novel, you'll be much better off with the one that was made 23 years later Black Beauty. This one I can't recommend.
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Description of Black Beauty [Widescreen]
The adventures of a horse as he is passed through the hands of many masters prior to returning to his original young master and a happy retirement.Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 7-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
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