The Horse Whisperer (1998)

Director:

Robert Redford

Writers (WGA):

Nick Evans (novel)
Eric Roth (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 mayo 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Plot Keywords:

Extramarital Affair | Rural | Amputation | Sentimental | Teen Angst

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Bit Melodramatic, But Beautiful To See

Cast

Robert Redford	...	Tom Booker
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Annie MacLean
Sam Neill	...	Robert MacLean
Dianne Wiest	...	Diane Booker
Scarlett Johansson	...	Grace MacLean
Chris Cooper	...	Frank Booker
Cherry Jones	...	Liz Hammond
Ty Hillman	...	Joe Booker
Kate Bosworth	...	Judith (as Catherine Bosworth)
Austin Schwarz	...	Twin #1
Dustin Schwarz	...	Twin #2
Jeanette Nolan	...	Ellen Booker
Steve Frye	...	Hank
Don Edwards	...	Smokey
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Lucy, Annie's Assistant

También conocida como:

Señor de los caballos, El (Argentina) (Chile) [es]
Hombre que susurraba a los caballos, El (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a disturbing accident scene.

Duración:

170 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36000) | South Korea:12 | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Baker, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivialidades:

John Barry's original score for this film was rejected--it would ultimately become his concept album "The Beyondness Of Things".

Goofs:

Plot holes: Robert arrives at the ranch in a rental car, but needs a ride back to the airport.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Judith: [waves] Hello!
Grace: [waves] Hello!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Soundtrack:

A Soft Place to Fall

A Bit Melodramatic, But Beautiful To See

Here's a beautifully filmed "horse opera" about a New York teenage girl (Scarlett Johannsson, who is now a well-known actress but wasn't when this was made) and her horse, both of whom are badly injured in a mishap and are healed by a Montana horse expert, played by Robert Redford.

Redford also directed this film and being such an outdoors-man, you know this is going to show nature in a beautiful way....and it does. The Montana scenery is just awesome.

After a dramatic opening scene in which we see the horse and daughter hurt, the mother (Kristin Scott-Thonas) takes the girl and the horse out West to see if the horse can be salvaged. Unfortunately, the mother - who is married - falls for the horseman "Tom Booker" (Redford) and an adulterous relationship almost comes to fruition. That romance is the soap opera part of the film but it's nice to see everyone, including Redford's character, healed of emotional as well as physical wounds.

Some of the teen's bad attitudes are not fun to watch, but otherwise the people in here are very nice. Ranchers Redford and Chris Cooper and Cooper's sons are all nice people, especially of one Cooper's little kids. This film is a bit too much of a melodrama at times which makes it a long in spots, but it's a long movie to begin with (169 minutes). It's so beautifully filmed, however, that for that alone the movie is worth seeing.