Black Beauty

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Black Beauty

G

1971

1h 46m

Kids & Family

Drama

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Joe (Mark Lester) loves his horse Black Beauty, and he cares for him as he grows from a newborn foal into a strong young horse. But when times get tough for Joe's family, they are forced to sell the boy's beloved friend. From there, Black Beauty finds himself traveling from owner to owner. His journeys take him to a rich family's estate, a dangerous coal mine and even the battlefields of India. Throughout all of Black Beauty's trials and adventures, Joe seeks to bring him back home.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Presents its hero as a horse - nothing more - and the adventures befall her precisely because she doesn't have any conscious choice about how humans use her. This is faithful to the moral indignation of Anna Sewell...

Rated: 3/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Pleasant version of classic children's story headed by Oliver's Mark Lester.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 23, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 23, 2005

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wow this movie was great, I thought it was good movie, I need it on DVD, I thought it was a great movie, it starred Mark Lester (Oliver), Patrick Mower (Rodney in Emmerdale) and Uschi Glas, it was a great movie

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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bill t

Rather dark and grim telling of the novel (I've never read it, so I have no idea if this is true to the book) which features, yes, a horse, as it travels from owner to owner, it's life getting grimmer as time goes by. The ending is predictable but certainly not a weeper. Honestly, I'd think twice about showing this to kids as it shows sex, violence and bad language in a way that you wonder who this was made for. Rather odd. Splendidly acted though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Amazing movie if you really like animals i guess. kinda a weird animal bonding thing going on in this one

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Anna Sewell's novel was a great nap-time downer...as an adult the story of this horse has made it's way into my heart.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

A girl's horse drawn movie...that's all.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

It's hard to look at Mark Lester and not think Oliver Twist. Here he is only a bit part in a steady and watchable version of this Victorian story which has some credible performances, but there is nothing special about it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Gervaise

Uschi Glas

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Joe (Mark Lester) loves his horse Black Beauty, and he cares for him as he grows from a newborn foal into a strong young horse. But when times get tough for Joe's family, they are forced to sell the boy's beloved friend. From there, Black Beauty finds himself traveling from owner to owner. His journeys take him to a rich family's estate, a dangerous coal mine and even the battlefields of India. Throughout all of Black Beauty's trials and adventures, Joe seeks to bring him back home.

Director: James Hill
Producer: Peter L. Andrews, Malcolm Heyworth, Artur Brauner
Screenwriter: Wolf Mankowitz
Production Co: Tigon British Film Productions Ltd.
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 46m

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