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Disney Gets ‘The Horse Whisperer’: In a much-watched Hollywood bidding war, Disney’s Hollywood Pictures won a $3-million fight for the film rights to the book, acting on behalf of actor and filmmaker Robert Redford. The book is a first-time effort by British filmmaker Nicholas Evans. Rachel Pfeffer at Redford’s Wildwood Productions was said to be instrumental in obtaining the project. The deal was arranged by agents Bob Bookman, Matthew Snyder and Eileen Rapke at Creative Artists Agency, as well as London-based Nick Marston and Caradoc King at A.P. Watt Ltd.