During the summer of '66, a former rodeo champion and cattle auctioneer from Oklahoma bonds tightly with his young grandson from suburban Pennsylvania while teaching him a few tricks from his previous trades. Directed and co-written by Bradley Hawkins, and starring Gorman Ruggiero, and (then) 9-yr-old, Lukas Barnett, in his film debut, Calf Rope captures the intense love that grandparents often share with their grandchildren and the legacy that lives on long after they have gone.