The Black Stallion (film)
 The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsay who is shipwrecked on a desert island together with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses.The film is adapted by Melissa Mathison Jeanne Rosenberg and William D. Wittliff. It is directed by Carroll Ballard.