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s economist sunthe trtbijke thursday mv 2t 1998 p23 horse whisperer speaks volumes screen scene stuart green although hes had an extremely successful career in front of the camera its behind the camera that robert redford has been most impressive his ordinary people milagro beanfield war and quiz show are magnificent parts of a most impressive body of work for redford the director and while his latest directorial venture the horse whisperer is not the nearly flawless artistic accomplishment those films were its a moving and sweeping romance of epic proportion in addition to directing the film redford stars as ranch handhorse trainer tom booker opposite new york magazine editor annie maclean kristin scott thomas when her young daughter scarlett johansson and the girls horse are injured in a powerful and disturbingly filmed accident she decides it would be therapeutic for both to drive out to montana and see the fabled horse whisperer those with a gift for calming wild stallions at first relations between the two are strictly platonic but coinci dent with bookers taming of the horse is his unintentional wooing of maclean who soon finds herself torn between her devoted husband and the only life she knows and leaving all that behind for a life on a ranch the romantic image of which she sees as a welcome break from the hustle and bustle of city life its a decision that will affect the rest of her life and one she spends a lot of time grappling with now in his sixth decade redford is still oozing that earthy charm that has left women doeeyed and weakkneed both onscreen and off and while the seduction is believable and chemistry between him self and scott thomas genuine redfords desire to make his charac ter some sort of demigod is a little overbearing at times fortunately the film has other much stronger things going for it first there is the supporting cast which really brings the story and circumstances around the love affair together nicely johansson as the recently disabled and emotionally conflicted daughter is riveting dianne wiest and chris cooper as bookers extended family bring some perspective to life on the ranch and sam neill as macleans husband is the picture of devotion then there is the photography cinematographer robert richard son fills the frame with breathtakingly magnificent picture postcard images of the montana countryside combine all of this with a sim ple yet powerful story and you have a generally satisfying package that while not being redfords best effort as a director is still a charming and captivating film in its own right anniversary celebration exhibition selected community artists may 27- august 9 1998 artists talk and tour wednesday june 17 7 pm call 905 477 951 1 for tickets and information saturday may 30 sunday may 31 2 for 1 admission vl ff- the frederick horsman varley art gallery of markham 216 main street at carlton and main uniohvillc ontario l3r zhi telephone 905 477 951 1 summer dart ibagxjes yrm kids day camp for 614 years old camps are mon to fri i or 2 week camps for as little as 23500 a week special discounts are available for more than 1 camp andor 3 or more kids included free ball cap free tshirt busing to and from designated areas bicycle safety course basic bicycle tuning learning about the environment that surrounds us mountain bike training from beginner to expert arts and crafts beach volleyball and other sports note all equipment is supplied including the mountain bikes every child must bring hisher own helmet dry land ski and snowboarding conditioning camp location of camp extreme wmmw 905 6867669 lakeridge ski resort 790 chalk lake rd rr 4 oxbridge on l9p 1r4 volkswagen canada inc is pleased to congratulate greenbelt volkswagen on the occasion of their expanded and upgraded dealership facility we would like to invite all of their current clients and others who wish to experience the finest in customer treatment to visit them greenbelt volkswagen is now displaying the new passat beetle as well as the golf jetta and cabrio greenbelt volkswagen 7997 kennedy rd union ville markham 9054772421 kennedy rd and hwy 407