Black Beauty

UPC: 085391440024

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Excellent For Children]

Summary: The fourth screen adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic novel is, in some ways, the most faithful and accomplished. Screenwriter and director Caroline Thompson recounts the life of Black Beauty, an aging, handsome stallion living in Victorian England. The film is narrated by Alan Cumming as the voice of Black Beauty, who spends a happy childhood on a rambling country estate before being ravaged by illness and surviving a horrible stable fire. However, the worst is yet to come as Black Beauty's new owners subject him to life as a horse for rent and, later, as a taxi puller in working-class London, before he can retire in peace. The original novel was written to draw attention to the cruel treatment of animals in 1877 England, and the issue's continued relevance today adds poignancy and gravity to this affecting tale. The film is episodic, as was the book, and the topic is handled with sensitivity and care. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Features: Interactive menus
Theatrical trailer
Scene access
Languages & subtitles: English & Fran?ais

Black Beauty

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 11/30/1999

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 88 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --STANDARD
0. Scene Selections
1. Moonlit Credits. [1:42]
2. The story of my life. [1:45]
3. Baby Steps. [1:51]
4. Young and free. [2:39]
5. Training...and becoming one. [2:57]
6. New name, new home. [3:02]
7. Merrylegs leads a merry chase. [3:11]
8. Courting Ginger. [2:31]
9. To John's Rescue. [3:29]
10. Stricken ill. [4:41]
11. Recuperation. [3:31]
12. Burning Barn. [5:11]
13. "Goodbye, my Beauty." [1:40]
14. Last dance. [1:56]
15. Joe's promise. [1:52]
16. Bearing rein: Pain for fashion. [6:03]
17. Subject to milady's whims. [:58]
18. Reuben's drunken ride. [5:36]
19. Raced before her time. [2:13]
20. Horse for rent. [:39]
21. Old friend at the fair. [2:14]
22. Jerry Barker. [1:10]
23. Hope for Black Jack. [6:24]
24. Sunday in the country. [3:37]
25. Bittersweet reunion. [2:14]
26. "Goodbye, my sweet one." [:44]
27. Cruel to each other. [3:28]
28. Farewell kiss. [1:54]
29. Beast of burden. [1:03]
30. "You're safe now." [2:38]
31. Together always. [1:30]
32. End Credits. [3:23]
Side #2 -- WIDESCREEN
0. Scene Selections
1. Moonlit Credits. [1:42]
2. The story of my life. [1:45]
3. Baby steps. [1:51]
4. Young and free. [2:39]
5. Training...and becoming one. [2:57]
6. New name, new home. [3:02]
7. Merrylegs leads a merry chase. [3:11]
8. Courting Ginger. [2:31]
9. To John's rescue. [3:29]
10. Stricken ill. [4:41]
11. Recuperation. [3:31]
12. Burning barn. [5:11]
13. "Goodvye, my Beauty." [1:40]
14. Last dance. [1:56]
15. Joe's promise. [1:52]
16. Bearing rein: pain for fashion. [6:03]
17. Subject to milady's whims. [:58]
18. Reuben's drunken ride. [5:36]
19. Raced before her time. [2:13]
20. Horse for rent. [:39]
21. Old friend at the fair. [2:14]
22. Jerry Barker. [1:10]
23. Hope for Black Jack. [6:23]
24. Sunday in the country. [3:37]
25. Bittersweet reunion. [2:14]
26. "Goodbye, my sweet one." [:44]
27. Cruel to each other. [3:28]
28. Farewell kiss. [1:54]
29. Beast of burden. [1:03]
30. "You're safe now." [2:38]
31. Together always. [1:30]
32. End Credits [3:25]

Cast and Crew: Matthew Scurfield  Actor 
John Quarmby  Actor 
Conrad Asquith  Actor 
Anthony Walters  Actor 
Graham Valentine  Actor 
Angus Barnett  Actor 
Niall O'Brien  Actor 
Bill Stewart  Actor 
Adrian Ross-Magenty  Actor 
Robert Demeger  Actor 
Peter Penry-Jones  Actor 
Dick Brannick  Actor 
David Ryall  Actor 
Bronco McLoughlin  Actor 
Mary Selway  Actor 
Rosalind Ayres  Actor 
Lyndon Davies  Actor 
Danny Elfman  Composer (Music Score) 
Peter Macgregor-Scott  Producer 
Robert Shapiro  Producer 
Caroline Thompson  Director 
Caroline Thompson  Screenwriter 
Sean Bean  Actor 
David Thewlis  Actor 
Jim Carter  Actor 
Peter Davison  Actor 
Alun Armstrong  Actor 
John McEnery  Actor 
Eleanor Bron  Actor 
Peter Cook  Actor 
Andrew Knott  Actor 
Alan Cumming  Actor 

Country: UK,USA