The Horse Whisperer is a 1998 American drama film directed by and starring Robert Redford, based on the 1995 novel of the same name 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 and her horse back to health following a tragic accident. 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... colliding with a truck. Judith and Gulliver are killed, while Grace and Pilgrim are both severely injured. Grace, left with a partially amputated right leg, is bitter and withdrawn after the accident. Meanwhile, Pilgrim is traumatized and uncontrollable to the extent that it is suggested he be put down. Grace's mother, Annie , a strong-minded but workaholic magazine editor, refuses to allow Pilgrim to be put down, sensing that somehow Grace's recovery is linked with Pilgrim's.
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| Release date: | May 15, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Robert Redford |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 170 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Redford, Patrick Markey |
| Editor: | Freeman A. Davies, Tom Rolf, Hank Corwin |
| Music by: | Thomas Newman, Gwil Owen |
| Cinematography: | Robert Richardson |
| Screenplay by: | Eric Roth, Richard LaGravenese |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Genre: | Western |