Sepecial Edition dvd !

OOOOOO I am very excited. I will fer sure be buying this :) This movie is simply....amazing.

Where did you get this info from?

Ok guys. If you're going to write info on here as if you know what you are talking about...

1) Get your facts straight. The first edition of the DVD released back in '97 has BOTH widesceen, and pan-and-scan formats on the same disc. However, a side by side comparison of both versions makes it appear that the film was shot in 35mm, thus you actually gain more picture by viewing the standard or "full screen" version. But you probably don't get the directors actual vision unless you view the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the widescreen version.

Also, the first widescreen TV's to be released on the consumer market were out before the first few DVD's released in the spring of 1997. Widescreen shot movies had nothing at all to do with widescreen TV's. The first widescreen movies were shot that way to give the viewer a reason to leave home and the TV, and get them into the theater. It gave them something different to look at. It was first a competitive tool, then later became part of the artform.

2) Name your source... And quit listing opinions and guesses as if they were concrete facts. If a special edition of this particular movie is coming soon, I want to know where I can look up that information, so that I may find release dates, etc.

3) Thank you for your support!

Coincidentally enough, I've been thinking about this very subject: re-release of "The Black Stallion" as an updated DVD. The 25th anniversary has already passed. Perhaps the studio will do something special for the 30th anniversay in 2009. It sure is something to look forward to. I do have the movie on VHS tape but I'd probably better get the present DVD before it's unavailable if what was posted earlier is true.

But lucky gal that I am, I have my own beautiful Arabian horse to love, ride and take my breath away! ;D

It was this movie and the ensuing PR appearance of 'Cass Ole' at Arlingtion Racecourse in 1980 that gave me the impetus to seek out the Arab breed for my own horse. This black Arabian stallion was magnificent! He was gentle, friendly, coming to the fence to be touched and admired. He was quite the ham! I took 8mm film of him (this was before Video cameras) and it is one of my prized possessions...

Ditto on all counts, gsmishka. In addition, I'd like to see the equivalent of a Director's/Original Cut - on the 1997 release DVD, I could swear there are portions of scenes cut. In particular, during the shipwreck, isn't there a scene where Alec dives under the water to cut the rope and free THe Black from the rope pulling him into the propeller? I just watched this film again tonight and did NOT see it. I remember it vividly from my first viewing of the film in the theater in 1979, as well as on my VHS version of it. Another missing bit: the long search scene when the Black runs away - the DVD I have has a shortened version of the end of the scene, all the bit after Snoe tells Alec to go past a black barn and follow a "Morning Star." Am I hallucinating that there's a shot of Alec running past a signboard/advertisement for a "Morning Star" product?

At any rate, it seemed that nips and tucks had been taken out of the original in this less-than-stellar transfer. I'd love to see restoration of both visual and audio.

And while we're at it, just why is it that there has never been a release of the Black Stallion soundtrack on CD (I have it on vinyl from 1979)? That's some of the most beautiful soundtrack music written. Carmine Coppola made the perfect sound-meld with Ballard/Deschanel's vision, and left a haunting main theme for us all as well. Is FFC holding copyright tightly in his possession?

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