The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer is a 1998 American Western drama film directed by and starring Robert Redford, based on the 1995 novel The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans. Redford plays the title role, a talented trainer with a remarkable gift for understanding horses, who is hired to help an injured teenager (played by Scarlett Johansson) and her horse back to health following a tragic accident.
Plot
In Lake Luzerne, New York, teenager Grace MacLean and her best friend Judith go out early one winter's morning to ride their horses, Pilgrim and Gulliver. As they ride up an icy slope, Gulliver slips and hits Pilgrim. Both horses fall, dragging the girls onto a road and get hit by a tractor-trailer. Judith and Gulliver are killed, while Grace and Pilgrim are both severely injured.
More details
| author | Eric Roth Nicholas Evans Richard LaGravenese |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Lake Luzerne Montana New York |
| director | Robert Redford |
| editor | Freeman Davies Hank Corwin Tom Rolf |
| events | horse |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | animal euthanasia best friend drive horse whisperer injured kill magazine editor married morning new york state put down rid traumatize |
| musicBy | Thomas Newman |
| producer | Patrick Markey Robert Redford |
| productionCompany | Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Connecticut |