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Tuesday, January 17
Peter Calder talks to the original horse whisperer who is now starring in his own movie.
Buck Brannaman, wrangler of troubled horses – and people – is the subject of a brilliant doco. Photo / Supplied
In the classic 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, Jon Voight, a naive would-be gigolo on the mean streets of New York, explains his odd outfit – Stetson and tasselled buckskin jacket – with the line “I ain’t a for-real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud!”
Voight’s character is called Joe Buck and another Buck is the star of the first truly great documentary film to hit cinemas in 2012. And you can’t help thinking that this Buck (surname Brannaman), could have the signature line, “I ain’t a for-real movie star. But I am one helluva cowboy!”