Loosely speaking, Dan “Buck” Brannaman is the real-life inspiration for “The Horse Whisperer,” the 1995 Nicholas Evans novel and subsequent feature film starring and directed by Robert Redford. But, ...

“Equine therapist” just doesn’t sound as good as “horse whisperer,” although that’s the term to describe Buck Brannaman’s specialty as a trainer of troubled horses. In fact, the subject of the lovely ...

The documentary Audience Award winner at this year’s Sundance festival, Buck follows itinerant horse trainer Buck Brannaman as he applies his uniquely humane and frankly astounding methods in four-day ...

Our therapeutic culture is lousy with stories of people struggling to spin childhood traumas into something positive, something that leaves the world a better place than the one that damaged them; but ...

Fargo Theatre Rated PG for thematic elements, mild language and an injury 89 minutes 2.5 out of 4 stars The heft of having Robert Redford in your documentary can't have hurt the filmmakers behind ...

The director spent two and a half years shooting it. Then she carefully crafted it into an hour and a half journey of one man's life. Brannaman is a world famous horse trainer, who travels nine months ...

It was author Nicholas Evans’ research into the ancient riding masters of Scotland and Ireland — horsemen rumored to utter hushed, mystical secrets into the ears of their four-legged charges — that ...

Buck Brannaman, the subject of Cindy Meehl’s engaging documentary profile “Buck,” has a warm presence and knows how to tame horses better than anyone else. That’s the simplest encapsulation of the ...

New documentary about Buck Brannaman could get an Oscar nomination. Jan. 23, 2012— -- Buck Brannaman is one of the most respected cowboys in the country, the inspiration for "The Horse Whisperer, ...