Redford To Begin Filming In Montana

“The Horse Whisperer,” a film starring and directed by Robert Redford, will begin filming in the Big Timber, Mont., area on Monday.

Shooting will continue in a variety of places in Park and Gallatin counties through August, a representative of Double Divide production company in Livingston said Wednesday.

In addition to Redford, the movie will star Sam Neill, Kristin Scott Thomas and Dianne Wiest. Redford is co-producing the movie with Patrick Markey.

Redford will play the lead, a “horse whisperer” who is able to calm disturbed horses. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans.

Two other movies will begin filming in Montana in June, one in Livingston and one in Glacier National Park.

“We’re having a good year so far,” said Lonie Stimac, director of the Montana Film Office in Helena.

The made-for-television movie, “Everything That Rises,” starring Dennis Quaid, will start filming June 12 and continues through July, Stimac said.

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