Rent Black Beauty (1994)
3.3 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- From the screenwriter of 'Edward Scissorhands' and 'The Secret Garden' comes this stunning new version of Anna Sewell's beloved tale. Beginning in a lantern-lit stable on a country estate, Black Beauty's wondrous story is told through his own eyes. His journey will take him through happy times and sad, good owners and bad, trusted friends and hated enemies, disasters both natural and man-made. Over two decades Black Beauty will come to experience the best and worst of human nature, all the while seeking a safe place where he will be loved and treaded with kindness.
- Actors:
- Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Docs Keepin Time, Jim Carter, Peter Davison, Alun Armstrong, John McEnery, Eleanor Bron, Peter Cook, Adrian Ross Magenty, Lyndon Davies, Georgina Rawlings, Gemma Paternoster, Anthony Walters, Rosalind Ayres, Andrew Knott, Sean Baker, Bill Stewart, Bronco McLoughlin, Angus Barnett
- Directors:
- Caroline Thompson
- Producers:
- Peter MacGregor-Scott, Robert Shapiro
- Voiced By:
- Alan Cumming
- Writers:
- Anna Sewell, Caroline Thompson
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Drama
- Collections:
- Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Family Classics & YA
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/06/2014
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0, German Dolby Digital 2.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, German Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Black Beauty
Gathers strength as it goes - Black Beauty review by AER
This 1994 adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is very much a product of UK filmmaking in the 90s. The horse's narration (by Alan Cumming) is awkward to begin with but then the persuasive tone of the film develops and gets better as it proceeds. Support from Alun Armstrong, and David Thewlis (In particular) give the story extra depth and meaning. It's sad that all the kids in the film are a bunch of wooden planks. Why are kids in big-budget UK films always sooooo terrible? Worth the journey as the source material is so strong you'd be an idiot of a filmmaker to mess this up.
5.5. out of 10
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