Four Film Favorites: Classic Horse Films (Black Beauty / The Story of Seabiscuit / National Velvet / International Velvet)
by Bryan Forbes, Caroline Thompson, Clarence Brown, David Butler
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Actor: Christopher Plummer, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Sean Bean, Tatum O'NealDirector: Bryan Forbes, Caroline Thompson, Clarence Brown, David Butler
Brand: MGM
Writer: Bryan Forbes
Writer: Caroline Thompson
Writer: Anna Sewell
Writer: Enid Bagnold
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 439 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 117417
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- National Velvet International Velvet Black Beauty The Story of Seabiscuit Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN Rating: PG Age: 085391174172 UPC: 085391174172 Manufacturer No: 117417
Movie Reviews of Four Film Favorites: Classic Horse Films (Black Beauty / The Story of Seabiscuit / National Velvet / International Velvet)
Movie Review: A Fabulous Foursome
Summary: 5 Stars
My sister had given me Black Beauty on VHS and I must have watched that half a dozen times. It begins with Black Beauty in his final home, then shifts back to his birth and gentling. It was cute to see how oats helped him deal with the bit and girth. It does take place in England, as opposed to the NBC mini-series that took place in Maryland. In Black Beuaty, there is a voice for him, but not for the other horses. When he is sold to Squire Gordon he meets Ginger and Merrylegs, and is paired with Ginger to drive the carriage. When the squire's wife takes ill, Beauty and Ginger are sold, and so begins the many owners he has to deal with until in the end the grown-up Joe Green (the young lad who nearly killed him) gives him his last home. The Story of Seabiscuit stars Barry Fitzgerald, whom I take to be a real Irishman and Shirley Temple, who is not Irish. The subject is a small-sized, non-inspiring colt named Seabiscuit who catches Uncle Shawn's eye and, over initial objections, convinces his boss to keep him and let him train him for the racetrack. After a very unpromising start, the colt begins to win, and win, and win, and, in a match race against Sir Barton, shows the bigger horse his heels. A rags-to-riches story that ended with Shawn having the last laugh on the two who had written the little fellow off. National Velvet has been around for so long if you haven't seen it, you just don't watch horse movies. I loved the pairing of Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, and the exciting running of the Grand National. International Velvet was such a superb sequel in my opinion I was put out by the lack of recognition it received. Christopher Plummer, Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree, was so good as "Uncle" John, and poor Velvet was at a loss in dealing with the rebelious Sharah until they discovered her love for horses. That scene where Velvet asks Sarah to go fetch the Pie, only to have Sarah realize that it is not the Pie, but her foal, and to have the two running toward each other, is beautiful. To watch an awkward young Sarah become an accomplished rider, under the guidance of Captain Johnson, played by the dashing Anthony Hopkins, and represent her country (she was born in England) in the Olympics was fascinating. To think the actress was able to learn to ride as she did over those jumps was quite an achievement. The ending, when Sarah makes her way over the mud to where Velvet and John were waiting, and introduce them to her fiancee Scott as "my parents," just made my heart soar.
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Summary of Four Film Favorites: Classic Horse Films (Black Beauty / The Story of Seabiscuit / National Velvet / International Velvet)
Black BeautyA wondrous new version of Anna Sewell's classic about a remarkable horse and the various owners whose lives he transforms. "The most imaginative and stirring picture since The black Stallion" (Washington Times) Year: 1994 Director: Caroline Thompson Starring: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Jim Carter
The Story of Seabiscuit
A woman falls for a jockey, but she will only marry him if he gives up horse racing.
National Velvet
Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie star at age twelve after starring in this classic about a girl and her jockey pal (Mickey Rooney) who transform an unruly horse into a champion.
International Velvet
A charming sequel to the hit National Valvet follows our young heroine and her trusty steed overseas.
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