“BUCK” My rating: B+ (Opens wide on July 1) 88 minutes | MPAA rating: PG Heroes are hard to come by in this day and age. But I think we’ve got a new one. Buck Brannaman trains horses. He is, in fact, one of the men on whom the title character of “The Horse Whisperer” [...]
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“BUCK”: Tall in the Saddle
Posted in Documentaries, tagged Buck Brannaman, Cindy Meehl, horses, Robert Redford, The Horse Whisperer on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Buck Brannaman: Quiet dignity
Posted in Art house fare, Documentaries, tagged Buck Brannaman, Cindy Meehl, horse whisperer, horses on June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Cowboy culture is tough, rough and taciturn, right? Slow-talking guys in jeans and Stetsons. Yep. Nope. Thank you, Ma’am. Not a whole lot of touchy-feely. But here’s Buck Brannaman, quite possibly the most important cowboy in America, talking to the documentary camera about his abuse-filled childhood. About how his widowed father would go on drunken [...]