30- Friday, May 15, 1998 — North Shore News Redford films a tribute to country living - The Horse Whisperer && &* .. Starring Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas and Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Robert Redford. Opens today at Esplanade 6 Cinemas and the Park Theatre. Against the pristine backdrop of sno covered forest, the film opens with a gory and tragic accident scene ‘that leaves both a horse and his 13- year-old rider in _- Knowing that | ‘the heaith of her » recovering daugh- - _ teris ted to the . rehabilitation of her horse, Annie MacLcan (Kristin Scott Thomas) treks to Montana to force the services of rancher Tom Booker bert Redford). : m works wonders with traumatized horses, but. young Grace and her mother - “Asthie ‘also’ benefit from Tom's healing kind- Juue Crawrorp FILM REVIEWS Iture-clash love story that unfolds between a simple - anand a high-powered magazine editor is not so unlikely as it sounds; Tom and Annie operate at different levels of spiritu- ality but they have natural intuition in common. A primitive intu- ition about the. nature of horses enables Ton: to communicate “vith them, and it is a strong feeling, “wemen's intuition”, that ‘makes Annie drive thousands of miles to ask for Tom’s help. “The love story is believable due in part to the excellent per-. formances of Scott Thomas and Redford. Watch for a highly sen- sual and heart-wrenching dance scene between the two charac- :. One criticism, Robert: you don't need to be back-lit in every ?s ‘clear that despite your cragpy features women aged 20 to 60 will come to weep and swoon, And weep they will: bring your hankies because newcomer arlet Johansson can turn on the tears and sad scenes abound his film : Dianne Wiest, Sani Neill and Chris Cooper {Lone Star) are so very ood in their less challenging supporting roles. Perhaps the biggest star of The Horse Whisperer is the cine- m tography, which is breathtaking at every turn and is reminis- nt of Redford’s A River Runs Through It, another Montana epic. “The beauty of the.film mak its almost three-hour running time gallop by.” ‘The film remains faithful to ) Nicholas Evans’s novel right up end, which, for fear of giving away both the film and nes, | F'won’t comment on: But readers of the book will dd. As é. floor models onlysall eet 13 DAYS:ONLY ff: SAT °& SUN &* MON ne "10-5730 5 12-5 pm), 211-5 pm 7 pony Oak aban ine Maul ees = Koad - Photo Etiiott Marks Kristin Scott Thomas (left) and Scarlett Johansson star in Robert Redford’s new western The Horse Whisperer. The film opens today. The Horse Whisperer is an excellent film on several levels. It is a poignant love story, a tribute to a vanishing way of life in America and a social commentary on the lives of city-dwellers and country folk. If this is a battle of itfestyi “ies, then rural family life is the _ hands-down winner. The MacLean family from New York is - busy, cold and on the verge of destruction. The Montana Buokers live in a world where manners still count, kids say “ma'am” and “sir” and mind their elders, and people say what they mean. Makes you want to trade in your cell phone for a saddle, and Fide sumewhere where the sky is bigger and the grass is greeacr. San Francisco honors Robert Frank FILMMAKER Robert Frank, a Nova Scotia resident for -much of the year, received the prestigious Goldca Gate Persistence of Vision Award at this month’s San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival scheduled screenings of many of his works including the rarely-shown 1972 documentary of the Rolling Stones Exiles on Main Street tour. The Swiss-born Frank began his career as a photographer (The Americans) and started mak- ing films in the late fifties. 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