Robert Redford Seeks Montana Film Site

The Livingston area is on Robert Redford’s short list for the background of his next movie, the manager of the Montana Film Office says.

“They want to film in an area of the state where there is a small town and mountains,” Loni Stimac said. “They are looking at a number of different places in the state and other Western states.

“Livingston fits that description, but it’s far too early to really get too excited about anything.”

Redford filmed part of “A River Runs Through It” in Park and Livingston counties in 1991. Last summer he purchased the movie rights to the recent best-selling novel, “The Horse Whisperer,” which, like Norman McLean’s book, is set in Montana.

“The Horse Whisperer” deals with a Montana wrangler who trains unruly horses with a combination of patience and advice whispered into their ears. The technique becomes the last resort for an East Coast mother and daughter who own a horse that has become impossible to manage after an accident. xxxx