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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Trailers, French, Scene Access
The mother of a severely traumatized young girl injured in ahorseback riding accident that kills her best friend seeks outthe help of a unique horse trainer in hopes of healing thegirl's equally injured horse. They travel together to montana toconvince horse trainer tom booker to help the horse.
Editor's Note
Robert Redford directs this compelling story of 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson), who is emotionally and physically scarred after suffering a terrible accident while riding her prized horse, Pilgrim. Desperate to help her daughter, Grace's mother, Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas), a high-powered magazine editor, launches an all-out campaign to find a horse whisperer, someone with a unique gift for curing troubled horses. She learns of Tom Booker (Redford), who works to rebuild all the lives shattered by the accident. Love blossoms between the horseman and the uprooted sophisticate, resulting in unexpected consequences. The film was based on the popular novel by Nicholas Evans.
Plot Summary
A terrible horseback riding accident has left 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson) emotionally and physically scarred for life, and has left her prized horse, Pilgrim, permanently spooked. Grace's mother, Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas)--a high-powered New York magazine editor--is unwilling to believe that Pilgrim is beyond help and is desperate to help her daughter recover from the trauma. Annie drives across the country to Montana, with daughter and horse in tow, in search of Tom Booker (Robert Redford) a horse whisperer with a special gift for communicating with troubled horses. With Tom's help, both Grace and Pilgrim begin to deal with the aftermath of the accident. Annie, meanwhile, begins to reevaluate the choices she has made in life as she becomes enamored with both Booker and life on a Montana ranch. Sam Neill plays Robert MacLean, the husband and father left behind in New York when mother and daughter make their trek. Directed by Redford (ORDINARY PEOPLE, QUIZ SHOW) and based on Nicholas Evans's popular novel of the same name, the film features sweeping Montana vistas, earnest performances, and impressive horseback riding and training sequences.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 2.35 | | Widescreen - 2.35 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Features:
| Scene Access | | Interactive Menus |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/2/2003 |
| Running Time: 169 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 15640 | | UPC: 00717951000859 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Extremely well acted..." 09/01/1998 p.42-3USA Today
"...The movie works as a thoroughly harmonious mix of performance, photography, scoring and emotional authenticity..." 05/15/1998 p.9E New York Times
"...Mr. Redford has found his own visually eloquent way to turn the potboiler into a panorama, with a deep-seated love of the Montana landscape against which his rapturously beautiful film unfolds..." 05/15/1998 p.E10 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Robert Redford has shown that he has a real feeling for the West...and there is a magnificence in his treatment here..." 05/15/1998 p.29 |
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