Continuity mistake: When the horse is roped down on the floor, Robert Redford is shown carefully unlooping and removing the rope he'd put around its fetlock (just above its hoof). A few seconds later, the shot changes and the rope is back in place.
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Robert Redford
Starring: Robert Redford, Sam Neill, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dianne Wiest
After the horse is healed, Annie leaves Tom despite her deep feelings for him, while he is about to saddle up two horses for a last ride.
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Annie: I've never been on a cow farm before. It seems to me that the bulls have the best time. Just lying around the fields waiting for someone to come along and ask them to do their work.
Tom Booker: You get born a bull you have a 90% chance of being castrated. Served up as hamburger. So on balance, I reckon I'd choose bein' a cow.
Answer: "There's something I need to know." To this day I'm still not sure what she is referring to.