'Buck' On Now in Australian Cinemas

Growing up, all Buck Brannaman wanted was to be a cowboy. But in the process, he became the horse whisperer.

The Montana-born and Idaho-raised cowboy was the inspiration for Robert Redford's character in the 1998 hit film The Horse Whisperer, based on Nicholas Evans's best-selling novel of the same name. 

Buck worked on the script for a year with Redford, before helping with the production of the film, which tracks the relationship of a young girl and her troubled horse.

"You know I enjoyed (meeting) Bob (Redford) and we got to be friends, we spent a lot of time together, so we got to know each other pretty good," he said on his recent visit to Australia.

"He is a good guy. I wasn't all star-struck by the deal. He puts his britches on the same way every day, same as I do."

While Buck was the behind-the-scenes star of The Horse Whisperer, he is the bona fide star of the documentary Buck, which tells the life story of the softly spoken 50-year-old.

Buck is currently showing in cinemas across Australia.

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