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Black Beauty is an animated cartoon made by Burbank Films Australia that was released in 1987. This story is based on the Story, Black Beauty, written by Anna Sewell. There was also a Black Beauty (1946 film), a Black Beauty (1921 film), a Black Beauty (1994 film), a Black Beauty (1978 film), and 4 more. == Plot == Bertie is in the crop field looking at the crows standing on an old scarecrow, he uses a slingshot to scare the crows away from the crop field. He then hears a whinny and runs to see what the noise was. He runs past the chickens and a pigsty. He then arrives into his father's house and tells him to come quickly as they're here. Squire Gordon is sitting down having a chat with the doctor when he is told by Bertie, his son, that the new horses are here. Outside, Bertie's sister, Polly, gets a wonderful exciting birthday surprise when Mr. Manley has a black horse with him. Squire Gordon, Molly and Bertie's father, wishes his daughter a happy birthday and hugs her. Mr. Manley said he is called "Blackie". But Doctor and Polly suggests a better name and renames him "Black Beauty" which Mr. Manley loves. In the barn, Filcher, a shirker who dislikes work and horses, is sleeping on some bags of hay whilst trying to avoid some hard work that Mr. Manley offers him to do which he hates. By the time Mr. Manley and Black Beauty arrive at Black Beauty's new horse barn, two horses, Merrylegs and Ginger catch sight of him. Suddenly, Filcher is woken up by Mr. Manley's voice and as he gets up, he trips on some corn on the cob and lands on a heap on the floor. Mr. Manley tells him to clean out that horse stall, but Filcher lied and said he was picking up some grain and doesn't want to waste anymore. As soon as Mr. Manley leaves, Flitcher picks up Mr. Manley's pocket watch and examines it. This makes Black Beauty, Merrylegs and Ginger very cross. As soon as Mr. Manley returns, Flitcher hides Mr. Manley's pocket watch behind his back and whistles innocently. But Mr. Manley hands Filcher a rake. Filcher throws the rake away but sees that Mr. Manley's looking for his watch which he forgotten in the barn. But Merrylegs bites Filcher's bottom which makes him angry. But Black Beauty finds Mr. Manley's pocket watch is hidden in Filcher's pocket and brings it out surprising Filcher. Mr. Manley retrieves it and leaves the barn. Filcher blows a raspberry tongue behind Mr. Manley's back, then accidentally treads on a rake hitting him bottom and landing his face in a muddy bucket. Filcher then gets very angry at Black Beauty and brings out his rake making Black Beauty rear up, frightening Filcher and getting his foot stuck in another muddy bucket. Hoping along, Filcher lands in a pigsty along with the other pigs, especially the one who adores him. Black Beauty and Merrylegs are all worried by Ginger's story about people who use whips for horse cruelty. But Merrylegs tells his story about when he was at a factory where he was made to pull carts around the dirty rotten place with choking smoke. But Ginger tries to tell them that all humans are cruel. But Merrylegs tells them Mr. Manley, Squire Gordon, Bertie and Holly are not cruel. They adore horses a lot. They then see the children playing catch outside the barn with their dog. Squire Gordon and Mr. Manley go out for an adventure with Black Beauty along the countryside on a nice day. In the distance, cumulonimbus clouds form a thunderstorm. The lightning struck the tree making it fall into the river. The strong river currents sweep away the rocks that holds the tree making it fall into the river. The large tree and the top part of the tree, struck by lightning fall down the waterfall. As Mr. Manley, Squire Gordon and Black Beauty arrive at the bridge, the river rises making it look dangerous for the bridge. A man warns them that a big storm is on the way. Black Beauty refuses to cross the bridge and rears up and whinnies as it's dangerous. Mr. Manley shakes his reins trying to make Black Beauty cross the bridge. At last, with two final shakes from Mr. Manley's reins, Black Beauty crosses the bridge safely. Underneath the bridge, the parts of the tree catch the wood, that holds the bridge, making it collapse. It is nighttime, Squire Gordon warns Mr. Manley that the storm is coming fast. As they're on their way, rain pours down making it difficult for Black Beauty to see in the rain. They come across the bridge again, which is in danger of collapsing because of the surging river. As they near the bridge again, Black Beauty rears up once again and whinnies. Squire Gordon tells Mr. Manley to use a whip, but Black Beauty doesn't like whips as it leads to cruelty. A man waves his lamp and yells out at sea to see who's there. The man warns Mr. Manley not to cross the bridge as its in danger of collapsing. Mr. Manley crosses the bridge, but the tree tears the supporters down making the bridge fall to pieces and Mr. Manley fall into the surging river. Squire Gordon rushes to help pull Mr. Manley up, but he can't reach. Mr. Manley tells Squire Gordon to fetch Black Beauty's reins to pull Mr. Manley up. Squire Gordon throws the reins down to Mr. Manley and he catches it, grabbing hold of it. Black Beauty and Squire Gordon start to pull Mr. Manley up from the river. Mr. Manley is pulled up in time to watch the remains of the wood float away in the surging river. Squire Gordon is relieved that Black Beauty saved John's life by pulling him up using his strength. The next day, Gordon is watching Black Beauty settle in a grassy field with his new friends, Ginger and Merrylegs and enjoys a ride in the countryside with the children at the back whilst Squire Gordon is with Black Beauty. When they reach the village fare, Gordon gives them each a penny. They go past a man who is busy looking at his metal jug. Next, they watch a man who throws a dagger at the apple, cutting it in half. After that, they come across a man with a lead on the bear in one hand and a ball in his other hand. The bear growls, frightening Bertie and Holly. The man tells them not to be afraid as the bear is quite gentle. But Bertie replies that he isn't afraid. He plays catch with the bear and catches it. Then, he is fed by his master which make Bertie and Holly applaud. Next, they watch a woman playing a tambourine whilst the goat bleats. The goat then eats the tambourine making the audience and the woman laugh. After that, Bertie and Polly come across a fortune teller. They both give their pennies to the fortune teller. Inside the fortune teller's caravan, a bird is in its cage keeping its eyes on the children, scaring them. A frog then eats the fly which was buzzing around. The fortune teller then begins telling the children their fortunes about what's happening. The fortune teller is in the middle of telling Bertie and Polly's fortunes, when Squire Gordon calls them, mean it's time go back home. The fortune teller warns them to beware of any dangers up ahead. The children then scamper off to their father. Meanwhile, in the barn, Filcher is asleep on the hay sacks, this time with a smoking pipe in his mouth. Mr. Manley yells at Filcher and he jumps and hides his pipe. As Filcher goes, Mr. Manley asks if he finished his work and Filcher replies that he has quite finished. As soon as Filcher leave the barn, Mr. Manley shuts the barn door up tight. In the night, Black Beauty, Merrylegs and Ginger are all asleep in their stables. Some mice are sharing a piece which they are having a nibble at. Soon, many mice began leaping up onto the hay sacks to look for more food around in the barn. They are unaware that there is a cat inside the barn who is hunting out for mice, which cats love. The mice are eating the food from the sacks when they are encountered by the cat. They run off with the cat going after them. But the cat knocks over Filcher's smoking pipe which lands behind the bags, setting them alight. At first, smoke is poured into the air. Then, the flames burst out. Black Beauty smells a burning smell and Merrylegs tells them it's coming from the bags. Soon, Raffles smells the smoke as well and starts to bark, alerting Squire Gordon. Mr. Manley then rings the bell to alert all of the people that the barn is on fire. The ringing wakes up Polly and Bertie making them run out of their rooms and out into the darkness. Polly is worried that Black Beauty is in danger and runs out to see. But Gordon catches her and tells her to stay clear. Mrs Hapes then takes Holly away from the burning barn. Mr. Manley arrives with a spade and breaks the barn window open to see what's going on and sees the horses rearing up as there fire is near them. Gordon then orders the men to fetch buckets of water to put the flames out. Filcher watches with a smirk as the men desperately try to put the flames out using water. Mr. Manley climbs into the burning barn to rescue the horses. Mr. Manley gets the wooden plank to calm Ginger down. Outside, the men are desperately throwing buckets of water trying to put the fire out, but it is no good. Filcher then notices a small fire on his hat and dunks his head in the trough to put it out. Polly manages to get away from Mrs Hapes and runs desperately for Black Beauty. But Gordon catches her in his arms. In the fiery barn, Black Beauty to uses his hooves to break the barn door down. The door is broken open and the horses are free from the fire. The crowd cheer as Mr. Manley comes out with the horses. Polly is glad that the horses are safe. Mr. Manley orders everyone to stand back as the barn roof collapses because of the fire. As soon as the fire cools, Filcher is called to see what caused the fire. Mr. Manley tells Filcher that he left his pipe in the stables making the hay burn. Filcher tries to make an excuse that Mr. Manley told a dreadful lie about leaving his pipe, but Gordon angrily banishes Filcher from working in the stables due to burning the barn roof down. As soon as Filcher runs away, Raffles bites his bottom making Filcher yelp in pain. He gets out a spiky stick and instead of bashing Raffles, he bashes his bottom again, making him yelp louder and run faster than before. Gordon is called by Bertie to come quickly and is very horrified to find his daughter had fainted. She is taken into bed by Mrs Hapes. Mr. Manley assures Beauty that Polly will be fine. The next morning, Polly is in bed as Mrs. Hapes tries to revive Polly by putting a wet cloth on her forehead. Bertie and Raffles were sad to find that Polly isn't waking up. That evening, Mr. Manley is having a cup of tea when Gordon knocks on the door. Gordon tells Mr. Manley that his daughter has a high fever. So Mr. Manley goes off to fetch the doctor by taking Black Beauty. The doctor finds Mr. Manley and is told that Polly has fallen ill and is asked to come as quickly as possible. With the doctor on the saddle, Black Beauty gallops off as fast as he could to get the doctor over to Polly. Bertie is told by his father to look after Black Beauty. So Bertie feeds Black Beauty some of his food, boards the plank up, and leaves Black Beauty uncovered when he has to see how Polly is doing. Soon, the storm comes again and the rain pours down leaving Black Beauty feeling cold without his blanket. The next morning, Bertie tells Mr. Manley that Black Beauty isn't getting up. Mr. Manley goes to see the problem, and then tells Bertie to cover him up with some warm blankets whilst Mr. Manley goes to make up some warm batch. As soon as Merrylegs and Ginger stare at each other in sadness, Bertie tells Mr. Manley that it's all his fault for leaving Black Beauty un tucked last night. But Mr. Manley tells Bertie that Beauty may be sick, but he's a young horse with a strong heart. Later in the night, Gordon goes over to see Mr. Manley sleeping with Beauty and Bertie. Gordon asks and Mr. Manley tells him he's very sick, but over the next few hours he'll start to pull through. Next morning, Polly wants to see Beauty but sees that he is still fast asleep. Bertie tells Polly that it's his own fault for making Beauty feel like this. Gordon tries to tell Polly to go back to bed for at least a few days as the doctor had said so. But Polly is mad at her brother and starts to accuse Bertie that she will never forgive him if Beauty dies. But Beauty opens his eyes and struggles to get up. The children are pleased to see Beauty's finally awake. So Gordon takes Beauty back to bed if she wants to get better quicker. But behind Beauty's stable, Filcher, to which Squire Gordon had banished from the farm, creeps to hear what Mr. Manley and Bertie are saying. As soon as Filcher hears that Beauty will get his strength and courage back, he smirks an evil smirk to kidnap Black Beauty. Later that night, Beauty is sleeping in his stable until he is woken up by Filcher who happened to be trespassing the farm in the middle of the night. Beauty tries to whinny for help, but Filcher pulls a bag over and kidnaps him. Next morning, Bertie and Holly are shocked to find that Beauty has been stolen. Mr. Manley tells the children that he and Squire will report this to the constable at the police station. They ask their father if they can come with them. "No children," he says. And tells Miss Polly that she's not well enough. The children wait at the farm for a little while with their dog, Raffles. Bertie than had an idea and tells Polly that Merrylegs and Raffles will go searching for Black Beauty. Later, they are in the woods searching for clues about Black Beauty. They soon follow Raffles which leads them to Filcher's old windmill home in the fields. Filcher goes inside with a drink of cider in his hand as he walks past Beauty with as he's blindfolded. They see Filcher taking a swig of cider from his jug and try and think of a way to get Black Beauty back without Filcher knowing or getting spotted by him. But Raffles wobbles the bench accidentally tipping over Bertie and Holly onto the ground. Filcher hears the noise and grabs the children by grabbing both of them. Raffles and Merrylegs both run off to alert Mr. Manley and Squire Gordon. With the children squirming and struggling, Filcher gets bitten on the hand by Miss Polly. Angrily, Filcher tells the children he'll threaten Black Beauty by beating him. When they finally give in, they are both locked in a cupboard as Filcher takes Black Beauty to the nasty pits. Meanwhile, Raffles and Merrylegs run back to the farm to find Squire Gordon and Mr. Manley back from telling the constable about Black Beauty being stolen by Filcher. Back at the old windmill, Polly and Bertie are being encountered by some nasty rats. But Bertie bravely gets out his bats and tells the rats to back away from them. Then they heard a barking noise. They look outside and they find that Raffles has brought Mr. Manley, Squire Gordon, Merrylegs and Ginger to the rescue. Molly signals the two men that they're up here. Raffles follows the two men to rescue the children who are trapped in the closet. The rats come closer, but Squire Gordon breaks down the door whilst Raffles and Mr. Manley try to scare the rats away. After the children are free, the children try to persuade their father that Raffles and Merrylegs know where Black Beauty is taken to. In the end, their father tells Bertie to lead the way. Later, Filcher and Black Beauty are entering the pits whilst Filcher is busy smoking his pipe. Black Beauty is worried, but Filcher tells him that he tried to fix him, but Beauty reared up because horses don't like big spiky things at each end, like the pitchfork which Filcher used to scare poor Beauty in the farm once. A few miles away, Raffles is trying to find out where the scent is and which way they went to. But they take the road where it leads them to the pits where Black Beauty's been taken to by the dreaded evil shirker, Filcher. At the pits, Filcher takes Black Beauty through the nasty pathway where it leads to Filcher's boss, Mr. Skinner. Filcher tells Mr. Skinner that he brought another horse. Skinner looks at the horse and proclaims he looks sickly. Then Filcher asks Mr. Skinner if likes his money. But Mr. Skinner tells him he can't have any money until he sees how hard Beauty can work. Later, Merrylegs, Mr. Manley, Squire Gordon, Ginger, Bertie and Holly all arrive at the pits in search of Black Beauty. Polly asks her father when they will find Black Beauty in this awful place. Mr. Skinner begins to put Black Beauty to work by making him pull a wagon filled with coal. Filcher watches with an evil smirk as Mr. Skinner dumps the coal into the wagon for Black Beauty to pull. But then, Filcher is then told by his boss to go and make him work and hands Filcher a whip. At first, Filcher gets himself all tied up and says weakly "Gee up, horsey." Skinner uses the whip and tells him how to use it properly. Skinner releases the brake on the wagon, making it go backwards towards the end of the track. But Skinner whips Beauty encouraging him to pull. The wagon stops and then goes backwards again. Then, Skinner is punched in the face by Mr. Manley which makes him go backwards knocking the brake on one of the wagon's wheels, making it stop completely. As soon as Mr. Manley is pulled over by Mr. Skinner and his whip, Bertie tries to help, but Squire Gordon holds him back. Filcher watches behind and cowers as the fight goes on. Mr. Manley kicks Skinner which sends him flying backwards, knocking the brake lever off to which it makes the wagon move again. Polly runs off to save Black Beauty, but Squire Gordon and Bertie run after her. As Filcher tries to sneak off, he is caught by Squire Gordon and is left on a hook. Bertie tries to loosen the wagon away from Beauty, but it is too stiff and won't budge. Skinner and Mr. Manley still carry on with the fight against good vs. evil. Skinner's whip grips the wooden piece which it falls down making the pot pour hot lava. Mr. Manley and Skinner both jump out of the way. Then Skinner finds himself on the track at the end. The wagon knocks him off sending him down to the ground, toward his death along with the wagon too. At last, the fight is over and Black Beauty is free. Mr. Manley takes Filcher and Squire Gordon tells him that the constable will deal with him. Back in the fields, everyone is happy as Beauty has been saved from the pits. Then Beauty gallops over to Polly to which she cuddles Beauty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Beauty (1987 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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