Black Beauty (1994 film)

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This article is about the 1994 film. For other uses, see Black Beauty (disambiguation).

Black Beauty
Directed by	Caroline Thompson
Produced by	Peter Macgregor-Scott Robert Shapiro
Written by	Novel: Anna Sewell Screenplay: Caroline Thompson
Starring	Sean Bean David Thewlis
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Editing by	Claire Simpson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	July 29, 1994
Running time	88 min.
Country	USA / UK
Language	English
IMDb profile

Black Beauty is a film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel, directed by Caroline Thompson. It was released in 1994 and stars Sean Bean and Alan Cumming.

1 Cast
2 Soundtrack
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Sean Bean	Farmer Grey!
David Thewlis	Jerry Barker
Jim Carter	John Manly
Peter Davison	Squire Gordon
Alun Armstrong	Reuben Smith
John McEnery	Mr. York
Eleanor Bron	Lady Wexmire
Peter Cook	Lord Wexmire
Adrian Ross Magenty	Lord George
Alan Cumming	Black Beauty (voice)
Lyndon Davies	Head Groom
Georgina Armstrong	Jessica Gordon
Gemma Paternoster	Molly Gordon
Anthony Walters	Alfred Gordon

[edit] Soundtrack

The film's score was written by Danny Elfman and was released on CD on Warner Bros.' Giant Records label.

[edit] Trivia

Black Beauty was Peter Cook's last film before his death in January 1995.
James Cosmo's scenes were cut from the film.
Black Beauty was played by a Quarter Horse gelding named Docs Keepin Time, who played the role of another famous fictional black horse - The Black in Adventures of the Black Stallion.
This movie was entirely shot in England.