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January 24, 2011 by

SUNDANCE SELECTS TAKES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO CINDY MEEHL’S BUCK

Park City, UT (January 24, 2011) – Sundance Selects announced today from the Sundance Film Festival that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Cindy Meehl’s BUCK. The film, which is playing in the U.S. Documentary Competition section at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival premiered on Friday, January 21st.  The film centers around Buck Brannaman, a living legend in the horse world, and was produced by Julie Goldman.  Andrea Meditch served as a creative consultant on the film.  Read complete Sundance Selects announcement

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Variety Review – BUCK

January 24, 2011 by

Buck Brannaman in 'BUCK'Warmly engaging “Buck” is a portrait of Buck Brannaman, a trainer whose remarkable way with equines provided a model for “The Horse Whisperer” in both novel and movie forms. Subject is a very likable character whose teaching wisdoms are rooted in the Golden Rule: Having suffered a nightmarish childhood, he sees no reason why man or beast should be schooled in an abusive fashion. Sundance Selects pickup won the U.S. documentary audience award at the fest, and should do particularly well as a broadcast item after further fest play and limited theatrical exposure. Read complete Variety review…

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Film.com – “BUCK Quiet but Solid”

January 23, 2011 by

Buck is a well-intentioned, albeit somewhat broad, documentary about a real life “horse whisperer.” It should be noted that Buck Brannaman doesn’t whisper so much as he goes about his business in a quiet, sincere manner. The fact that he helped Robert Redford on the set of Horse Whisperer is just icing on the cake, bonus bona fides, merely reaffirming what our eyes and ears already tell us about Buck’s level of expertise.

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Buck: Sundance Review – The Hollywood Reporter

January 22, 2011 by

The Hollywood Reporter
6:54 PM PST 1/22/2011 by John DeFore

PARK CITY — A quietly captivating portrait of an unlikely character, “Buck” is as modest as its subject and wins viewers over just as easily. Holding strong appeal in the nonfiction arena, the pic could be a hit for distribs who manage to book it into Middle-American markets where few docs fear to tread.

Buck Brannaman, who inspired The Horse Whisperer, proves as impressively gifted in reality as any fictionalized version could be — and even, though his not-quite-handsome face would never compete with Robert Redford’s, possessed of an undeniable magnetism. A quiet man who almost seems to mind-meld with horses, he makes no secret of the belief that his training helps both horse and owner. Read complete article >

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In The Can: Buck

January 22, 2011 by

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New York Times – Warm Reception for BUCK

January 21, 2011 by

For Women, Sundance is Sunnier Than Hollywood

PARK CITY, Utah — Somewhere in the 600 or so miles between this mountain town, host to the Sundance Film Festival, and the movie factories of Hollywood, female filmmakers seem to vanish.

Of the top 100 movies at the 2010 box office, three were made by women: “The Last Song” (No. 51), “Nanny McPhee Returns” (96) and “Ramona and Beezus”(100.) Meanwhile, 27 of the 117 features playing at this year’s festival have female directors.

The Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga is here with her high-profile directing debut, a haunting portrait of self-discovery called “Higher Ground.” The newcomer Cindy Meehl has one of the festival’s most talked-about documentaries in “Buck,” about bonds between people and horses.  Read NY Times article…

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indieWIRE FIRST LOOK

January 19, 2011 by

Sundance Trailer and Poster

With so many movies going into Sundance without distribution, many of them docs, getting them seen by the right people is tough. Cindy Meehl’s Buck has the advantage of being the behind-the-scenes true story of the man behind Nick Evan’s novel and the film made from it by Sundance’s own Robert Redford, the producer-director-star of The Horse Whisperer (1998). Our exclusive first look at the poster and trailer is below.

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Official Selection 2011 Sundance Film Festival Laurels for BUCK

January 4, 2011 by

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2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition

December 1, 2010 by

BUCK is one of 16 films selected from 841 submissions in US Documentary Competition.

Buck (Director: Cindy Meehl) – In a story about the power of non-violence, master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect and trust to tame horses and inspire their human counterparts.  See announcement

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