Tag: Carroll Ballard

Fly Away Home Script

Script by:Robert Rodat (Screenplay), Bill Lishman (Novel)
Directed by:Carroll Ballard
Year:1996
IMDb:tt0116329

Plot:Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...
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Never Cry Wolf Script

Directed by:Carroll Ballard
Year:1983
IMDb:tt0086005

Plot:This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult environment he studies the wolves, and realizes that the old beliefs about wolves and their supposed threat are almost totally false. Furthermore, he learns that humans represent a far greater threat to the land, and also to the wolves, a species which plays an important role in the ecosystem of the north.
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Black Stallion Script

Script by:William D. Wittliff (Screenplay), Walter Farley (Novel), Melissa Mathison (Screenplay), Jeanne Rosenberg (Screenplay)
Directed by:Carroll Ballard
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0078872

Plot:While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
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