{"id":598,"date":"2012-01-16T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2012-01-16T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:53:38","slug":"buck-brannamans-horse-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Buck Brannaman&#8217;s Horse Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZHerald.CO.NZ<br \/>\nTuesday, January 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Calder talks to the original horse whisperer who is now starring in his own movie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&amp;objectid=10778547#\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Buck Brannaman, wrangler of troubled horses - and people - is the subject of a brilliant doco. Photo \/ Supplied\" src=\"http:\/\/media.nzherald.co.nz\/webcontent\/image\/jpg\/20122\/SCCZEN_110112SPLHORSE01_220x147.JPG\" alt=\"Buck Brannaman, wrangler of troubled horses - and people - is the subject of a brilliant doco. Photo \/ Supplied\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Buck Brannaman, wrangler of troubled horses &#8211; and people &#8211; is the subject of a brilliant doco. Photo \/ Supplied<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the classic 1969 film <em>Midnight Cowboy<\/em>, Jon Voight, a naive would-be gigolo on the mean streets of New York, explains his odd outfit &#8211; Stetson and tasselled buckskin jacket &#8211; with the line &#8220;I ain&#8217;t a for-real cowboy. But I am one helluva stud!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Voight&#8217;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&#8217;t help thinking that this Buck (surname Brannaman), could have the signature line, &#8220;I ain&#8217;t a for-real movie star. But I am one helluva cowboy!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&amp;objectid=10778547\">Read complete story &gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NZHerald.CO.NZ 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 &#8211; and people &#8211; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-releases","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buckthefilm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}