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Cornish Cowboy

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Cornish Cowboy
Directed byGareth Molan
Produced byHelen Nash
StarringDan Wilson
Monty Roberts
Production
company
Mister Shark
Distributed byAmazon.com
Release dates
  • 13 May 2015 (2015-05-13) (Cannes)
  • 12 April 2017 (2017-04-12)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cornish Cowboy is a 2015 short documentary film featuring Dan Wilson, a Cornish-based horse trainer, trained by Monty Roberts. Directed by Gareth Molan and produced by Helen Nash,[1] the film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3][4]

Plot

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Based at his ramshackle farm on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall,[5][6] England, Dan Wilson is a horse trainer,[7] commonly referred to as a 'horse whisperer'. Using his remarkable techniques, Dan breaks in and trains horses where other trainers have tried and failed.

Release

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The film premiered during the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and has also been nominated for an award at the 2016 Celtic Media Festival.[8] Amazon released the film in April 2017.[9] In March 2017 a longer version of the film was released titled The Horse Whisperer of Bodmin Moor on Horse and Country TV.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Bodmin Moor horse whisperer featured in movie". Cornish Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Cornish Cowboy - Cannes". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ "New Current intrerview - Director: Gareth Molan".
  4. ^ "Cannes Film Festival - Films".
  5. ^ "Bodmin Moor horse whisperer featured in short film". Archived from the original on 12 January 2017.
  6. ^ Dan Wilson; facebook
  7. ^ "Horse and Rider magazine - July 2015". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Celtic Media Festival nominations".
  9. ^ "Cornish Cowboy - Amazon". Amazon.
  10. ^ "The Horse Whisperer of Bodmin Moor".
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