The Black Stallion, based on the Walter Farley tale, is the final movie of the summer matinee series.

Following a fiery shipwreck, ten-year-old Alec Ramsay and a black stallion survive on a deserted island. The Oscar–nominated cinematography, which chronicles the wordless development of trust between Alec Ramsay and The Black, is cinematic storytelling perfection. The musical score, also Oscar–nominated, accentuates the development of their relationship from tenuous fear and testing to the joyous abandonment into trust. Alec triumphantly riding The Black bareback, with thunderous tides rushing underfoot the stallion, is visually mesmerizing. After their rescue, the filming of Henry Dailey (Mickey Rooney), demonstrating jockeying technique astride a bale of hay, is motion picture mastery.

Director: Carroll Ballard

Stars: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Terri Garr

G, 118 min., 1979. Closed captions (CC) in English.