After appearing in minor roles in Fall and Home Alone 3 in 1997, Scarlett Johansson garnered widespread attention for her performance in the 1998 film The Horse Whisperer, directed by Robert Redford. Scarlett Johansson received a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the film. In 1999, Scarlett Johansson appeared in both My Brother the Pig and the neo-noir Coen brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There.