[2] The book was made into a film, also titled The Horse Whisperer, directed by and starring Robert Redford.

The novel starts in upstate New York where a teenage girl, Grace Maclean, and her friend, Judith, go riding on their horses, Pilgrim and Gulliver, on a snowy morning.

Grace's mother, Annie, is a workaholic magazine editor, and her father, Robert, is a lawyer.

Tom attempts a drastic intervention by forcing the horse to lie down and having Grace stand on him.

His skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures.

The film is mostly faithful to the book but does not include Grace's confrontation with the herd of Mustangs, or the death of Booker.

Instead, Annie drives away from the ranch with Pilgrim in the trailer while Booker watches from the top of a hill.