Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the...
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Rosenbaum, in Slate, on why McMurtry's "Choctaw Bingo" should be the new national anthem Video of James McMurtry Video of James Mcmurtry. "Poor Lost Soul" from...
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Lonesome Dove (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment...
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Lonesome Dove series (redirect from Augustus "Gus" McCrae)
Lonesome Dove series is a series of four Western fiction novels written by Larry McMurtry and the five television miniseries and television series based upon...
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The Last Picture Show (novel) (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show is a coming-of-age novel by Larry McMurtry published in 1966. Set in the small, fictional town of Thalia, Texas in the early 1950s...
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McLeod, Montana. Larry McMurtry observed that McGuane's nonfiction writing displays a markedly contrasting inner peace and natural spirituality. McGuane's...
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Terms of Endearment (novel) (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
1975 American novel written by Larry McMurtry. It was his sixth novel and was adapted into a popular 1983 film. McMurtry's first three novels had been about...
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Texasville (novel) (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Texasville is a 1987 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to his earlier The Last Picture Show and features several of the same characters...
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three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry and is the third installment in the Lonesome Dove series serving as...
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The Last Picture Show (category Films with screenplays by Larry McMurtry)
Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy...
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James McMurtry (born 1962), American musician John McMurtry, Canadian philosopher John McMurtry (1812–1890), American architect Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)...
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violent figure in the works of the prominent Western writers Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy. John Joel Glanton was born with his twin, Julian, in Edgefield...
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It is a two-part adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is chronologically the third book of the Lonesome Dove series, but...
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by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series. The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry. The...
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directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Based on the 1987 novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry, it is a sequel to The Last Picture Show (1971), and features Jeff Bridges...
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Streets of Laredo (novel) (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Streets of Laredo is a 1993 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the second book published in the Lonesome Dove series, but the fourth...
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Brokeback Mountain (category Films with screenplays by Larry McMurtry)
short story by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle...
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Duane's Depressed (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Duane's Depressed is a 1999 American novel by Larry McMurtry. McMurtry said it was one of his favorite works. It is the third in a series of novels about...
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solely on character. He has cited the Coen brothers, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry as influential to his writing. Sheridan has been married to actress...
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Oh What a Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890 (category Books by Larry McMurtry)
Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890 is a 2006 book by Larry McMurtry. He later wrote "I became interested in hundred-victim massacres in...
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Going to Be Strangers is a 1972 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It was his fifth novel. McMurtry later wrote it was not until the book was published...
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The Berrybender Narratives is a series of novels written by Larry McMurtry. It tells the story of an ill-fated hunting expedition lasting several years...
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Telegraph Days (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Telegraph Days is a 2006 American novel by Larry McMurtry. Kirkus wrote that "Though the novel ultimately covers a lot of territory, this isn’t a return...
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2002 American Western television miniseries. The script was written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and was about two fictitious families at the time of...
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Comanche Moon (category Novels by Larry McMurtry)
Comanche Moon (1997) is a Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the fourth and final book he published in the Lonesome Dove series. In...
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story of the same name by author Annie Proulx, the story was adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The film depicts the complex emotional and sexual...
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miniseries, written by John Wilder involving characters created in Larry McMurtry's Western novel Lonesome Dove which was broadcast by CBS and first aired...
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drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film Terms of Endearment...
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film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine...
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Roland Roy McMurtry OC OOnt KC (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative...
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