Loosely speaking, Dan “Buck” Brannaman is the real-life inspiration for “The Horse Whisperer,” the 1995 Nicholas Evans novel and subsequent feature film starring and directed by Robert Redford. But, ...

It was author Nicholas Evans’ research into the ancient riding masters of Scotland and Ireland — horsemen rumored to utter hushed, mystical secrets into the ears of their four-legged charges — that ...

Obviously, horse people don”t need to be sold on “Buck,” the fascinating new documentary about Buck Brannaman, the horse trainer who is already a household name at horse ranches across the country.

It’s not that people have horse problems; trainer Buck Brannaman says he specializes in helping horses with people problems. Brannaman spends nine months a year traveling around the country to teach ...

Brannaman was promoting the documentary “Buck,” which won a Sundance audience award this year. It details his shamanlike skills around horses and the people who ride them. The sun was falling across ...

Others had approached Buck Brannaman about doing a film on his life as a beaten rodeo kid who found his place in life as a horse trainer and philosopher. But Brannaman wasn't impressed by those ...

Cindy Meehl's documentary Buck tells the story of the horse trainer who overcame years of abuse to become the inspiration for the book and movie... 'Buck': A Horse Whisperer Wrangles His Dark Past Our ...

Buck Brannaman, the subject of Cindy Meehl’s engaging documentary profile “Buck,” has a warm presence and knows how to tame horses better than anyone else. That’s the simplest encapsulation of the ...

ASPEN – Often, those who are attracted in an extreme way to animals are those who have a difficult time with human company. Exhibit one is the Crazy Cat Lady type, the shut-in who, upon her death, is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Buck Brannaman sits in a luxe boutique hotel in downtown Denver wearing a straw, round-brimmed hat and a pale-yellow cowboy shirt. He’s telling a story about ...