The Horse Whisperer (1998)

Regisseur:

Robert Redford

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

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

Premierendatum:

15. Mai 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

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:

Male Female Relationship | Rural | Reflection | Sentimental | Amputation

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A Bit Melodramatic, But Beautiful To See

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Pferdeflüsterer, Der (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a disturbing accident scene.

Länge:

170 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #36000) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | 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

Drehorte:

Baker, California, USA

Firma:

Touchstone Pictures

Dies und das:

Lucas Black turned down a part in this movie as they wanted him to change his accent.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: In some scenes, the horse Tom is trying to help has just a little white star on its forehead, in others it has a white blaze which covers most of the face.

Dialogzitate:

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

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Spin City: The Pig Whisperer (#4.18)" (2000)

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.