Weather Puts Filming Behind Schedule

Shooting on Robert Redford’s film, “The Horse Whisperer,” has fallen behind because of spring flooding and late afternoon thunderstorms that play havoc with the lighting on the set.

In June, water from the flooding Boulder River seeped into a ranch house constructed for the movie, says publicist Kathy Orloff.

More recently, late afternoon thunderstorms have caused problems because the light suddenly changed on several days, Orloff said.

When shooting begins in bright sunlight, a film sequence has to end in bright sunlight.

“We’ve been at the mercy of the weather,” Orloff said.

Redford is directing and starring in the movie, which he is co-producing with Patrick Markey. Redford and Markey previously worked together on the movie “A River Runs Through It,” filmed in Livingston in 1990.

Other stars in the film are Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill and Dianne Wiest.

Filming in Park County is expected to continue through the first week in September.