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The Horse Whisperer

  • 19981998
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
41K
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POPULARITY
4,922
1,631
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
After six decades in show business, Robert Redford announced that 2018's 'The Old Man & the Gun' will be his last performance. The role is a familiar one for the screen legend: a con with conviction. Let's travel "Through the Lens" to explore how Redford developed this character and how this on-screen persona perfectly culminates in his cinematic swan song.
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Robert Redford: The Con With Conviction & the End of a Legendary Screen Persona
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DramaRomanceWestern
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
41K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,922
1,631
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Robert Redford
    • Writers
      • Nick Evans(novel)
      • Eric Roth(screenplay)
      • Richard LaGravenese(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Robert Redford
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • Sam Neill
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Redford
    • Writers
      • Nick Evans(novel)
      • Eric Roth(screenplay)
      • Richard LaGravenese(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Robert Redford
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • Sam Neill
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 294User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 19 nominations total

    Videos3

    Robert Redford: The Con With Conviction & the End of a Legendary Screen Persona
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    Robert Redford: The Con With Conviction & the End of a Legendary Screen Persona
    The Horse Whisperer: 15th Anniversary Edition
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    The Horse Whisperer: 15th Anniversary Edition
    The Horse Whisperer: 15th Anniversary Edition
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    The Horse Whisperer: 15th Anniversary Edition

    Photos49

    Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Robert Redford and Buck Brannaman in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Robert Redford and Buck Brannaman in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer (1998)
    The Horse Whisperer (1998)

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    Robert Redford
    Robert Redford
    • Tom Booker
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Annie MacLean
    Sam Neill
    Sam Neill
    • Robert MacLean
    Dianne Wiest
    Dianne Wiest
    • Diane Booker
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Grace MacLean
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Frank Booker
    Cherry Jones
    Cherry Jones
    • Liz Hammond
    Ty Hillman
    • Joe Booker
    Kate Bosworth
    Kate Bosworth
    • Judith
    • (as Catherine Bosworth)
    Austin Schwarz
    • Twin #1
    Dustin Schwarz
    • Twin #2
    Jeanette Nolan
    Jeanette Nolan
    • Grandma Ellen Booker
    Steve Frye
    • Hank
    Don Edwards
    • Smokey
    Jessalyn Gilsig
    Jessalyn Gilsig
    • Lucy, Annie's Assistant
    William 'Buddy' Byrd
    • Lester Petersen
    John Hogarty
    • Local Tracker
    Michel Lalonde
    • Park Ranger
    • (as Mike La Londe)
    • Director
      • Robert Redford
    • Writers
      • Nick Evans(novel)
      • Eric Roth(screenplay)
      • Richard LaGravenese(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This was the first movie directed by Robert Redford in which he appeared on-screen. However, he previously served as the narrator of A River Runs Through It (1992).
    • Goofs
      Robert arrives at the ranch in a rental car, but needs a ride back to the airport.
    • Quotes

      Tom Booker: There was a boy from the Blackfeet reservation, he used to do some work around here for a while. Sixteen, strong kid, good kid. He and I were really, really good friends. One day he went swimming and dove headfirst into the lake... and right into a rock. And it snapped his neck, paralyzed him. And after the accident I'd look in on him from time to time. But he wasn't there. It was like his mind, his spirit, whatever you want to call it, just disappeared. The only thing left was just anger. Just sort of as if the... the boy I once knew just went somewhere else.

      Grace: I know where he goes.

      Tom Booker: I know you do. Don't you disappear. You do whatever you have to do to hold on.

    • Alternate versions
      The film formats the early scenes at a 1.85: 1 aspect ratio, and the Montana scenes at a wider 2.35: 1 aspect ratio. The Blu-ray release keeps everything at a 2.35: 1 aspect ratio, because if one tried to reproduce both aspect ratios on a Blu-ray, the picture would get smaller during the Montana scenes instead of wider. The screen on an HDTV cannot expand.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Deep Impact/Woo/Clockwatchers/Little Men/Artemisia/In Our Own Hands (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Chopsticks
      Written by Liz Phair

    User reviews294

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    7/10
    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.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lời Thì Thầm Với Ngựa
    • Filming locations
      • Livingston, Montana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Wildwood Enterprises
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $75,383,563
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,685,488
      • May 17, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $186,883,563
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS

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