Cedar Creek Productions | BUCK the Film in the Press
City Pulse | Lansing MI
James Sanford
December 28, 2011
8. “Buck” — This has been a terrific year for documentaries, and director Cindy Meehl’s look at real-life “horse whisperer” Buck Brannaman is one of the very finest.
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According to the respected film industry website IndieWire, Buck — Cindy Meehl’s acclaimed documentary portrait of real-life “Horse Whisperer” Buck Brannaman — played a major role this past year in revising conventional wisdom about the box-office prospects of nonfiction cinema. How did it do that? Simple: It got a significant number of folks to get out of their houses and go to movie theaters. Read complete article >
by Joe Morgenstern
December 23, 2011
“Buck”: Few of us city dwellers ever get to meet the sort of American portrayed in Cindy Meehl’s documentary—a middle-age cowboy who gives horse-training clinics. Even in his own territory, though, Buck Brannaman is one of a kind, a man who has learned to give horses the love he lacked as a child. Read complete article and watch scene from film >
The best documentaries of 2011
Roger Ebert, December 25, 2011
Chicago Sun Times
One of the big documentary hits of the year. Buck Brannaman was the original “horse whisperer,” the character who Nicholas Evans based his novel on and Robert Redford used as the on-set consultant for his film. He has a way with horses, and Cindy Meehl’s documentary is moving as he shows them engaged in dances of understanding.
Buck was abused as a child, and that experience influenced his gentle approach to horse training. It involves empathy for the feelings of the horse. Buck understands how horses read humans, how they interpret gestures, and how they’re “so sensitive they can feel a fly land.” I was reminded of Temple Grandin, the autistic designer of cattle-handling chutes, whose secret was identifying the feelings of cattle with her own.
Exclusive interview with Cindy Meehl: “BUCK” – a film about horses and so much more. Tonight At The Movies on YouTube
PASTE Magazine
December 9, 2011
18. Cindy Meehl – Buck
Meehl allows the story of the real-life Horse Whisperer to take its cues, its themes, even its rhythms from the man himself, Buck Brannaman. It’s a touching reminder of the gentle wisdom that can emerge from chaos and suffering.
by Harper Barnes, special to the Beacon
December 12, 2011
“Being Elmo”
“The Interrupters”
“Tabloid”
“Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop”
“Buck”
Madman Entertainment NZ will release BUCK in New Zealand January 2012.
Check in with https://www.facebook.com/MadmanEntNZ for more info or their website: http://www.madman.co.nz/channel/view/8/in-cinemas
The film will be released in Australia February 16th with dates/cities announced in the next few weeks. Check Facebook calendar for screening dates or check in with our Australian distributor Madman Films for more information.
Mario’s movie reviews for December 16, 2011
“Easy and fascinating ride…” Hear complete review >
Buck Review starts at 2:30.