#the horse whisperer

[thecinematichorse]

As we all know, many horse films produced by Hollywood are poorly done and riddled with inaccuracies in terms of how horses should be properly ridden and handled. Evidently Redford was determined to not let this happen with The Horse Whisperer because he recruited two of the best trainers in the horse business, Buck Brannaman and Rex Peterson, to help with the film. Buck, who lives near Sheridan, Wyo., ranks as one of the very best equine clinicians today and could certainly be called a horse whisperer. In fact, author Nicholas Evans spent a great deal of time with Buck while researching horse behavior and horse handling for the book. Evans, who lives in England, also visited with Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance.

More on the Horses

In THW, four horses are used for the role of Pilgrim, Grace’s horse who becomes so dangerous after the accident. Rex Peterson owns the three horses – High Tower, Cash, and Maverick- who play the traumatized Pilgrim who rears, strikes, and bites at anyone approaching him. One of Buck Brannaman’s horses, a registered Thoroughbred gelding named Kentucky Pet, is the “gentle” Pilgrim.

Rex Peterson provided three of what he refers to as “fighting” horses. On cue, such a horse rears, charges, paws, or bites … whatever the scene calls for. Rex’s No. 1 fighting horse is the 14-year-old gelding High Tower. A race-bred Quarter Horse, High Tower is not registered because he was a catch colt, the result of a teaser stallion getting loose one night and breeding an expensive mare. Rex bought High Tower years ago and has used him as a ranch and movie horse and for dressage, open jumping, driving, team penning, and roping wild bulls. “It’s easier to tell what we haven’t done with him,” Rex grinned. For this movie, High Tower’s greatest attribute is the ability to instantly “fight” on cue and instantly shut off on cue. He can be likened to a police K-9 dog who charges after a bad guy on cue but stops dead in his tracks when so ordered. Rex said teaching a horse to fight is easy. “It’s teaching him to stop when you tell him that’s the hard part.” High Tower excels at this, and Rex said, “I’m not afraid to let him get right in your face because he’ll quit when I tell him.” With that said, Rex gave me a personal demonstration. I stood next to him, and High Tower was about 10 feet away when Rex cued him to charge. Even though I trusted Rex, I instinctively jumped back when this 1,200-pound horse suddenly thundered toward us. But right on cue, High Tower stopped inches away from where I had been standing. Because High Tower is so honest and responds instantly to cues, he was the horse Rex always used when Redford was between them. In other words, when Pilgrim was charging Redford, Rex stood behind Redford, off camera, cueing the horse. Rex trusted High Tower to stop before freight-training the star. What’s really amazing is how quickly High Tower turns off his “anger.” After charging, attacking, or doing a biting scene, he stands calmly and quietly as if he’d been munching hay. Rex’s No.2 and 3 horses are not that way. Says Rex: “It takes about 30 minutes for the No.2 horse (Cash) to turn it off and forget it. The No. 3 horse (Maverick) … well, a fight scene is no game with him. We have to be ultra-careful with him.” Both Cash and Maverick have racing Quarter Horse bloodlines. Mike Boyle, Rex’s brother-in-law, was the head wrangler for the movie. He told me that shooting in the stall, in Connecticut where Pilgrim was confined after the accident, was extremely difficult. First of all, the horse playing Pilgrim bad to be very disinterested because he didn’t like people, he had no human friends, and he was in bad condition. He’s all to himself and doesn’t want anything to do with people or other horses. He stands off in a corner until feed is thrown into the stall. Then he has to come up like a wild horse.” Shooting a fight scene in that stall was complicated because the stall was so tight and because the horse had to express just the right attitude, then charge. Added Mike, ” It took days to get it, then we had to reshoot due to some lighting problems. So we brought the ‘detention stall’ to Montana to set up and do it all over again. We finally got a great fighting scene.”

Another equine star not mentioned yet is Buck Brannaman ‘s Rambo, who plays the role of Rimrock, Tom Booker’s No. 1 horse. Rambo, registered with the AQHA as Rambo Roman, is by True Roman, a descendant of Fair Truckle (TB). Buck has owned the 10-year-old Rambo for 5 years. Buck first saw the bay when he was brought to one of Buck’s clinics as a 3-year-old for starting under saddle. Buck’s wife, Mary, describes Rambo as being extremely sensitive to the rider, operating off featherlight cues. But Mary added that Rambo seems to adjust to other riders less skilled than Buck. That includes most of the rest of us.

#the horse whisperer #behind the scenes

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#sam neill #the horse whisperer

[alexlacquemanne]

2023 in 12 movies (1 per months)

January

The Horse Whisperer (1998) directed by Robert Redford with Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Neil, Chris Cooper and Cherry Jones

[First Time]

February

L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) directed by Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso, Julien Bertheau and Jacques Hilling

[First Time]

March

The Fabelmans (2022) directed by Steven Spielberg with Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Keeley Karsten, Julia Butters and Judd Hirsch

[First Time]

April

The Third Man (1949) directed by Carol Reed with Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard and Bernard Lee

[First Time]

May

The World, The Flesh and the Devil (1959) directed by Ranald MacDougall with Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer

[First Time]

June

La ciociara (1960) directed by Vittorio De Sica with Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi and Pupella Maggio

[First Time]

July

Oppenheimer (2023) directed by Christopher Nolan with Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett and Casey Affleck

[First Time]

August

Heat (1995) directed by Michael Mann with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Dennis Haysbert, Donald Breedan and Ashley Judd

[First Time]

September

Catch Me If You Can (2002) directed by Steven Spielberg with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, James Brolin and Brian Howe

[First Time]

October

Le Grand Bain (2018) directed by Gilles Lellouche with Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Philippe Katerine, Félix Moati, Alban Ivanov, Balasingham Thamilchelvan, Virginie Efira et Leïla Bekhti

[First Time]

November

Fools Rush In (1997) directed by Andy Tennant with Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomás Milián, Siobhan Fallon et John Bennett Perry

[First Time]

December

The Great Race (1965) directed by Blake Edwards with Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn et Ross Martin

[First Time]

Honourable Mentions :

Airplane! (1980)

Duel (1972)

Les Sentiments (2003)

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Scoop (2006)

Mon crime (2023)

To Have and Have Not (1944)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

臥虎藏龍 (2000)

The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Le Dernier Voyage (2020)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

L'ingorgo (1979)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Adieu Gary (2008)

Conflict (1945)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

La Nuit américaine (1973)

Sorcerer (1977)

La Guerre des polices (1979)

Life of Pi (2012)

The Big Short (2015)

Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)

Excalibur (1981)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Le Procès Goldman (2023)

Enter the Dragon (1973)

Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)

Chaplin (1992)

La Vie de ch��teau (1966)

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Au-delà des grilles (1949)

Second Tour (2023)

Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962)

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

JFK (1991)

Le Fugitif (1993)

Chef (2014)

Quai des Orfèvres (1947)

Appointment with Death (1988)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

River of No Return (1954)

L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941)

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Die Glasbläserin (2016)

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Les Mystères de Paris (1962)

#2023 films #my top 12 #cinema #cinematography #the horse whisperer #l'horloger de saint paul #the fabelmans #the third man #the world the flesh and the devil #la ciociara #oppenheimer #heat #catch me if you can #le grand bain #fools rush in #the great race #films #movies of 2023 #bye 2023

[juneandnick]

"Knowing is the easy part. Saying it out loud is the hard part."

From Tom to Annie in The Horse Whisperer

"I did not love her because it was right. I just loved her."

From Tom to Annie in The Horse Whisperer

#the horse whisperer #kristin scott thomas #robert redford #parenthesis #quote

[probablyhuntersmom]

Revisited some scenes from The Horse Whisperer and. Annie and Grace's first raw vulnerable conversation, which is when the emotions really start to flow in the movie, whammed into me like a truck not only coz I'm wading through my own grief but it's also how much I'd love a Camila (or Darius, or the Clawthornes) and Hunter moment like this. Scary accuracy with the "best friend" thing

#the horse whisperer #annie maclean #grace maclean #camila noceda #toh hunter

[konomitsune]

#sims 4 #challenge sims 4 #sims 4 horses #legacy challenge #the horse whisperer #challenge français sims 4 #ts4 #ts4 legacy #ts4 challenge

[90smovies]

#The Horse Whisperer #Robert Redford #Kristin Scott Thomas #Nick Evans #Eric Roth #Richard LaGravenese #90s

[scarredhag]

The Horse Whisperer (1998) dir. Robert Redford

#film #movie #drama #western #the horse whisperer #robert redford

[cinemaquiles]

DEZ SUGESTÕES DE FILMES COM HISTÓRIAS ENVOLVENDO CAVALOS

#horses #movies with horses #the horse whisperer #robert redford #war horse #steven spielberg #tom hiddleston #arabian horse #wild hearts cant be broken #seabiscuit #tobey maguire #hidalgo #viggo mortensen #omar sharif #casa dos maus espiritos #spirit #spirit movie #dreamer #dreamer movie #national velvet #the silver brumby #the black stallion #black horse

[samkuchingdraws]

Dreams of Montana 3048 x 2480 SketchBook

Okay, so not exactly Montana, but it is at the very least inspired by the landscapes there.

I came across a video recently for CCR's song 'Have You Seen The Rain?' and, yeah, I clicked in because Jack Quaid's in it. The location where they filmed it seemed really beautiful, so I looked it up and found out that it is in Montana.

This brought me back to 'The Horse Whisperer', one of my few conscious media experiences of the place, and one where I had some fond memories off, mostly because of the setting of the film and the music. That got me to watching a few clips of it again on YouTube -- and I might just rewatch it again one of these days. Here are two scenes which also features two of my favourite tracks from the OST.

From there, inspirations for this painting started pouring in. And so, this painting was born.

I've never been to Montana, but having seen that music video and watched more clips of 'The Horse Whisperer', I would definitely like to visit it someday.

#digital art #digital painting #digital landscape art #landscape art #landscape painting #landscape #montana #inspired by montana #artblr #artist on tumblr #the horse whisperer #nature art #inspired by nature #Youtube

[twosides--samecoin]

decribe your oc with a movie oops its a moodboard instead

@anonymouscosmos thank you for the tag I went gremlin mode

tagging anyone who would like to be tagged it's LATE :'D

this is however the stuff the fic doesn't exist without

#kill bill #shogun assassin #cowboy bebop #princess mononoke #the fighter #all dogs go to heaven #balto #morocco #swing time #the congress #akira #brazil #synecdoche new york #eternal sunshine of the spotless mind #goodfellas #rocky #the horse whisperer

[gone2soon-rip]

NICHOLAS EVANS (1950-Died August 9th 2022,at 72.Heart attack).British journalist and novelist,best known for his 1995 drama The Horse Whisperer.about a girl and her horse trying to recover from a traumatizing event with the help of a rural horse trainer,which was adapted into the 1998 film of the same name,starring Robert Redford and Dame Kristen Scott Thomas.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Evans

#Nicholas Evans #British Novelists #British journalists #Novelists #The Horse Whisperer #Notable Deaths in 2022 #Notable Deaths in August 2022

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#sam neill #the horse whisperer

[mstmitchell]

The little horse dancing took me out honestly

#jakenmondar #the horse whisperer

[quill-pen]

"Why are you a thing?!"

~ Me to the romance subplot of 'The Horse Whisperer'

#ANNIE. #YOU'RE MARRIED. ANNIE. #TO A GREAT GUY. ANNIE. #STOP IT. ANNIE. #TOM. #SHE'S MARRIED. TOM. #YOU'RE TOO GOOD A GUY TO DO THIS. TOM. #STOP IT. TOM. #the horse whisperer #ugh #this thing i turning into a real slog to get through

[saturnvs]

under the starry skies, where eagles have flown

#was in a spirit mood but not feeling too creative so i just painted a screencap :D i love krita i'm having fun exploring it #spirit stallion of the cimarron #spirit #horses #horse art #fanart #illustration #my art #the moooon on the mountains #the whisper through the treees :')) #wahh spirit soundtrack ... oh hans zimmer #this movie truly Sits in my heart #it's an integral part of me