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The Horse Whisperer [Region 2] | ![The Horse Whisperer [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51835P8N0RL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Robert Redford
Actors: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson
Category: DVD
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Rating:  200 reviews
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), French (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Croatian (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 170 Minutes
EAN: 7321951345440
ASIN: B00004VYQL
Theatrical Release Date: May 15, 1998
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For director Robert Redford the trick was directing himself. The Oscar-winning director (Ordinary People, Quiz Show) says that he is one kind of actor (in the moment) and a different kind of director (more controlling). Whatever the problems, Redford has worked it out beautifully in this leisurely paced adaptation of Nicholas Evans's bestseller. When the prized horse of New York magazine editor's (Kristen Scott Thomas) daughter suffers a horrible accident, she tracks down Tom Booker (Redford), a Montana horse healer who is known for working magic. Soon East Coast brashness meets Old West simplicity as the reluctant Annie takes her even more reluctant daughter (Scarlett Johansson) to Marlboro country. Booker's influence goes beyond the horse through healing the heart of daughter and mother. The 2-hour and 44-minute film is a beautiful travelogue of scene and sky (with a giant assist from Oliver Stone's usual cinematographer, Robert Richardson). Never complicated, the movie's rewards may be hidden in its length and Redford's tendency to introduce us to a way of life instead of focusing on a story. The major deviation from the end of Evans's novel is a welcomed change. --Doug Thomas
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 deceived in florida February 15, 2010
Helen Lyle
I am totally unhappy with my purchase due to the fact I did not know what a region 2 dvd meant. Nobody I know as a matter of fact knew either. This should not be allowed to be sold in the U.S. It was a used dvd, on top of that, and I can send it back but it will probably cost me as much to send it back as it did to purchase the movie. It should be clearly stated what region 1,2 ect. means. I would not have ordered it if I had known it can only be played on European dvd's. I am disappointed and feel mislead.
Classic Redford February 12, 2010
J. E. Lamar (Newport News, VA USA)
I had the VHS version of this video but the tape became corrupted due to use, so I purchased the DVD version. Both my wife and I liked the story and the pace at which it developed the relationships between the characters. I especially liked the maturity depicted by the children raised on the ranch and Robert Redford's ranch family. The story is about an injured horse and young rider with the efforts to restore both to wholeness. Of course, there is a romantic element in that the mother of the injured child, who is married, and Redford develop a desire for each other.
The performance by Redford is classic.
My only complaint with the ordered DVD was that it did not mention it was Widescreen only, as did other DVDs in the list, so I had hoped it was both Widescreen and Full Screen, as I have a very old TV.
 The Horse Whisperer January 5, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
A girl and her horse are hit by a truck and seriously injured. In order to help her recuperate, her mother takes her to the ranch of a horse whsiperer, where his mystical powers help heal the horse and girl, while the mother falls for the horse whisperer. Great movie the whole family enjoyed it. Would highly recommend it to anyone who wants a good story about finding your true self.
Like Redford himself the movie has aged well! June 15, 2009
Judith Johnson (Albany, NY)
I had the pleasure of viewing this movie projected on the big screen when it was first released, however, I was disappointed in the ending which diverges from the 1995 book by Nicholas Evans. It has taken me a while to understand why director Robert Redford ended on a moral high note and I believe he was trying to convey the lessons he had learned from mistakes he made in his personal life.
Panned for its length, the leisurely pace of The Horse Whisperer is a visual valentine to the breadth of our great country, from snowy New England meadows to majestic thunderstorms in snow capped mountain ranges. The movie has aged like a fine wine and I have to periodically uncant it to savor Redford's grace notes (as it were)-the way Tom Booker (Redford) secures a missed button on Annie's (Kirstin Scott Thomas) dress; the rural radio stations coming over the air during the journey west; the look on Grace's (Scarlett Johansson) face when she realizes she can drive; that one slow waltz between Annie and Tom which conveys more raw emotion than most sex scenes.
What's not to like here? No director has managed to elict a finer performance from Johansson; Kirstin Scott Thomas is at the peak of her beauty; Chris Cooper, Diane Weist and Sam Neill are all pitch perfect, heck even the little Booker boys are great. Although the plot centers around a kind, wise and patient animal trainer who nurses a girl and her stallion back to health, the healer is only human and I believe he fell for Annie from the first time he laid eyes on her which adds the poignancy of this memorable movie. Beware, the Horse Whisperer can make a girl yearn to live in Montana, and just remember, Tom Booker isn't there!
 A Bit Melodramatic, But Beautiful To See May 23, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
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 outdoorsman, 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.
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.
I sure hope someone makes a sharp Blu-Ray disc of this film. It would be truly awesome to view.
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