The Horse Whisperer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Redford
Stewart Shaw
Curt Pate
Jessalyn Gilsig
George Sack
Stephen Pearlman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After her fourteen year old daughter suffers a serious horse riding accident, a high-powered magazine editor goes to Montana to bring the horse to a legendary 'horse whisperer,' a person with a unique gift of being able to cure troubled horses. Romance blossoms between the sophisticated mother and the gentle horseman, leading to wonderful and tragic consequences.
Director
Robert Redford
Cast
Stewart Shaw
Curt Pate
Jessalyn Gilsig
George Sack
Stephen Pearlman
Austin Schwarz
Jeanette Nolan
Kathy Baldwin Keenan
Dianne Wiest
Steven Brian Conard
Sunny Chae
Timothy Metzger
Sam Neill
Marie Engle
Joelle Carter
Kristy Ann Servidio
Kate Bosworth
Steve Frye
Cherry Jones
Allison Moorer
Tammy Pate
Don Edwards
C.j. Byrnes
Ty Hillman
Kristin Scott Thomas
William Byrd
Robert Redford
Emanuel Ax
Scarlett Johansson
Anne Joyce
John Hogarty
Dustin Schwarz
Kelley Sweeney
Tara Sobeck
Mike Lalonde
Yo-yo Ma
Steven Husch
Chris Cooper
Crew
Julie Adair
Lawrence Amanuel
Robert M Andres
Erica Arvold
Joann Atwood
Sandina Bailo-lape
William Ballard
Bill Ballou
David E Baron
Dale Becker
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Gavin J. Behrman
Jessica Bellfort
Bill Bernstein
Ralph Bertelle
Stephanie Bertelle
Michael Bird
John Bissell
Steve Boeddeker
Sara Bolder
Beau Borders
Vebe Borge
Bill Bowling
Michael E Boyle
Mike Boyle
Shelley Peterson Boyle
Buck Brannaman
Julian Bratolyubov
Cyndi Brenner
Erik L Brown
Carrie Browstein
George Budd
Kristen Burbank
Ronald J. Burke
Beverly Burton
Janice A Caputo
Gil Carreras
Matt Cavaliero
Robert C Cawley
Debra Chase
Ellen Chenoweth
Lisa Chino
Gary Combs
Betty Ann Conard
Kyle Cooper
Jordan Corngold
Hank Corwin
Carolyn Crimley
Peter T Crosman
Theresa Curtin
James D'amico
Wendy Dallas
Bill Darrow
Freeman Davies
Jerry Deblau
Brian Dettor
Peter Donen
Timothy Donohue
Thomas J Dooley
Robert A Driskell
Tony Eckert
Don Edwards
Don Edwards
Edwin A Effrein
Dick Elder
Dan Engstrom
Kendall Errair
Jane Estocin
Peter Ettinger
Frank Eulner
Nicholas Evans
John Fahey
John Fahey
James Fanning
Diane Fay
Robert K. Feldmann
Ken Fischer
Steve Fisk
Cliff Fleming
Carole Fontana
Ellen Freund
Gail Gardner
Teri Garland
Cristina Garneret
Antonio Garrido
Mickey Gilbert
Mickey Gilbert
Aura Gilge
Mark Gillson
Michele Giordano
Sonia Gonzalez
Ron Goodman
W Steven Graham
Michael Green
Mark Hadland
Chandra Joy Hagopian
Audrey Hall
Cheri Hall
Sandy Hamilton
Tom Hardisty
Lee C Harman
Susan Moore Harmon
Thomas M Harrigan
Barbara Harris
Linn L Harter
Shane Hawkins
Josh Hedrick
Rusty Hendricks
Eric Henriquez
Mo Henry
Amy Herman
Lora Hirschberg
Tod Holcomb
Joel Holland
Marcia Holley
Beth Hooker
Beth Hooker
Wendy Hopkins
Scott A Howell
David C Hughes
Karen Hughes
Steele Hunter
Philip C Hurst
Jon Hutman
Richard Hymns
Bob Jaurequi
Tom Johnson
Thomas R Johnston
Donna Kail
Kenneth Karman
Andi Kasen
John A. Kelly
Brendan Kennedy
Ian Kincaid
Ray Kluga
Robin Knight
Amanda Koblin
Jerry Koch
Marion Kolsby
Sherman G Labby
Richard Lagravenese
Alecia Larue
Diana Latham
Mary Helen Leasman
Terry Leonard
Dennis Liddiard
Gary Liddiard
Elizabeth Linn
Jeanne Lipsey
Cris Lombardi
Byron Macdonald
Kelsi Macintyre
Tod A Maitland
Dawn Mancini
Patrick J Mangan
Adam Markey
Brian Markey
Patrick Markey
Elliot Marks
Pamela S Marshall
Greg Martin
Leslie Martino
Elaine Maser
Heather Matthews
Lori Mcclellen
Marilyn Mccoppen
Yvonne Mcdonald
Cliff Mclaughlin
Ralph Mendoza
Timothy Metivier
Carla Meyer
Jeffrey M Meyer
Shannon Mills
Monique Mitchell
Megan Monaghan
Daniel P Moore
Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer
Ric Morelli
A Lee Morris
Brenda L Morris
Leslie Morris
Kellie Morrison
Gary Muller
Cheryl Nardi
Tom Nead
Kathy Nelson
Thomas Newman
Hoyle Nix
Peter Norman
Tim Norman
Jesse Nye
Kathleen O'brien
Edward O'donnell
T. J. O'mara
E Larry Oatfield
Gail Owen
David Page
John Panaccio
Bunny Parker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Song
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1998 American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film.
Nominated for two 1998 awards, including Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson) and Most Promising Actress (Scarlett Johanssen) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Released in United States Spring May 15, 1998
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1998
Released in United States April 28, 1998
Released in United States August 1998
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.
Motion picture rights to Evans' novel were purchased for $3,000,000.
Natalie Portman was previously attached to play Grace.
Screenwriter Eric Roth reportedly received $1,000,000 to write the screenplay.
Richard LaGravenese received the 1998 Gotham Writer Award from the Independent Feature Project.
Began shooting April 7, 1997.
Completed shooting September 19, 1997.
Project was orginally set to start shooting in July 1996.
Wildwood Enterprises is Robert Redford's production company.
Released in United States Spring May 15, 1998
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1998
Released in United States April 28, 1998 (Shown in New York City (DGA Theater) as part of series "IFP's/Director's Take" April 28, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.)
