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Larry McMurtry
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Larry McMurtry books catalog at Amazon.com
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Larry McMurtry credits at Internet Movie Database
Larry McMurtry entry at Wikipedia
Larry McMurtry papers at SW Texas State University
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Larry McMurtry won a shared Oscar® for "Brokeback Mountain" [2005] and was nominated for "The Last Picture Show" [1972] He also won |
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"Telegraph Days: A Novel" [#29 2006]
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.75 S&S UNABR audio CD [6/2006] for $25.17 |
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"Loop Group: A Novel" [#28 2004]
S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2004] for $16.50 Recorded Books audio CD [12/2004] for $23.09 |
 | "Still Wild: Short Fiction of The American West, 1950 to Present" [2000] Edited by Larry McMurtry
S&S 8x5¼ pb [6/2001] for $14.00 S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used twenty stories by Max Apple, Rick Bass, Jon Billman, Robert Boswell, Raymond Carver, Louise Erdrich, Richard Ford, William H. Gass, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, William Hauptman, Dave Hickey, Jack Kerouac ("The Mexican Girl"), Tom McGuane, Diana Ossana, Mark Jude Poirier, Annie Proulx (the haunting "Brokeback Mountain"), Leslie Marmon Silko, Wallace Stegner & Dao Strom |
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"Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen: Reflections On Sixty & Beyond" [1999] Touchstone 7¾x5½ pb [8/2001] for $10.20 S&S hardcover 8¾x5¾ [11/99] out of print/used |
 | "Some Can Whistle" [1991] sequel to "All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers" [1972] Scribner pb [10/2002] for $11.20 S&S hardcover [9/91] out of print/used |
 | "Anything For Billy: A Novel" [1988]
The legend of Billy Bone – McMurtry's fictional take on Billy The Kid – as told by a dime novelist and failed train robber from Philadelphia. S&S 8x5¼ pb [11/2001] for $11.70 S&S 9x6 hardcover [1/88] out of print/used |
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"All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers" [1972] prequel to "Some Can Whistle" [1991] Scribner 8x5¼ pb [9/2002] for $11.20 Pocket pb [8/92] out of print/used Touchstone 8.4x5½ pb [5/89] for $14.99 S&S hardcover [3/72] out of print/used |
The Berrybender Narratives
The Thalia Trilogy
 | "The Last Picture Show: A Novel" [Dial 1966]
Between WWII and the Korean War, high-schoolers Duane & Sonny and their pals in a failing Texas town learn lessons about life and love and themselves, symbolized by falling attendance at the local movie house. S&S 8x5¼ pb [1/99] for $10.01 Amereon 9x5¾ hardcover [6/66] for $23.95 BooksOnTape audio [1/84] out of print/used |
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"The Last Picture Show" feature film [Columbia Pictures Oct 1971]
Co-written & directed by Peter Bogdanovich; co-written by Larry McMurtry, based on his novel; starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms & Randy Quaid; won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor [BJ] & Actress [CL], Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Script, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor [JB] & Actress [EB]; won BAFTA for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [BJ] & Actress [CL], BAFTA noms for Best Film, Best Direction & Best Supporting Actress [EB]; nominated for DGA & WGA awards; listed on the National Film Registry in 1998 Sony 'Director's Cut' widescreen b&w DVD [11/99] for $14.99 Sony 'Director's Cut' widescreen b&w VHS [11/99] out of stock/used Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Texasville: A Novel" [1987] Thirty years after the events in "Last Picture Show", after the oil-boom has died, Jacey returns and stirs things up with Duane. S&S 8x5¼ pb [1/99] for $11.48 S&S hardcover [4/87] out of print/many used |
 | "Texasville" feature film [Nelson Ent. Sept 1990]
Written & directed by Peter Bogdanovich; starring Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Annie Potts, Cloris Leachman & Randy Quaid M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [9/2002] for $12.99 M.G.M. color VHS [1/99] out of stock/used Nelson Ent. color VHS [2/92] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Duane's Depressed" [1999]
Turning 62, Duane hands his oil-business over to his son and has too much time to think about the past. Pocket mass pb [9/99] for $7.99 S&S 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2003] for $14.00 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [1/99] out of print/used |
"When The Light Goes" [Feb 2007]
The 'Lonesome Dove' Saga
'Lonesome Dove' archive at Southwest Texas State University
"Lonesome Dove" posters at AllPosters [dot] com
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miniseries video collection: "Lonesome Dove", "Streets of Laredo" & "Dead Man's Walk" [2001]
Artisan/Fox color DVD [10/2001] 6 disks for $42.49 Hallmark color VHS [10/2001] for $26.98 |
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"Dead Man's Walk" [1995] {prequel to 'Lonesome Dove'} Pocket pb [6/96] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $10.50 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [9/95] out of print/used Smithmark hardcover [8/00] out of print/used S&S UNABR audio [10/95] out of stock/used |
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tv miniseries [DePasse/RHI May 1996]
Directed by Yves Simoneau; starring David Arquette, Jonny Lee Miller, F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Brian Dennehy, Edward James Olmos, Eric Schweig & Harry Dean Stanton Hallmark color VHS [8/98] for $14.98 Hallmark color DVD [10/2001] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb |
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"Comanche Moon" [1997] {fits between "Dead Man's Walk" and "Lonesome Dove"} Pocket pb [6/98] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $11.20 EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $16.15 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/97] out of print/used S&S UNABR audio [11/97] out of stock/used |
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TV miniseries [C.B.S./Paramount/Sony aired Jan 2008]
Co-produced by Val Kilmer, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana & others; directed by Simon Wincer; script co-written by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, from his novel; starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Banks & Wes Studi; filmed near Santa Fe, NM in May 2006 Sony widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 2 disks for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official C.B.S. movie site |
 | "Lonesome Dove" [1985] won the Pulitzer Prize (1986) Pocket pb [1/91] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $11.20 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2000] for $21.00 Phoenix UNABR audio Vol. 1 [2/2002] for $37.10 Phoenix UNABR audio Vol. 2 [3/2002] for $37.10 |
 | tv miniseries [Motown/RHI Feb 1989]
Directed by Simon Wincer; starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, Anjelica Huston & D.B. Sweeney; nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, won for Best Directing & six minor Emmies Lions Gate color DVD [4/2002] 2 disks for $9.99 Artisan/Fox color DVD [2/2000] out of prodn/used Hallmark color VHS [7/98] out of prodn/many used Sonic Images soundtrack CD [10/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" brown poster available at AllPosters.com 11"x17" tan poster available at AllPosters.com |
"Lonesome Dove: The Making Of An Epic" [1991 tv documentary]
video not available; credits from IMDb
 | "Streets of Laredo" [1993]
Pocket pb [11/95] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [10/2000] for $10.50 S&S hardcover [8/93] out of print/used S&S Audio [11/95] for $31.50 |
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tv miniseries [DePasse/RHI Nov 1995]
Directed by Joseph Sargent; starring James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Ned Beatty, Randy Quaid & Wes Studi Hallmark color VHS [8/98] for $14.98 Artisan color DVD [4/2001] for $22.48 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Return To Lonesome Dove" tv miniseries [RHI Nov 1993]
Directed by Mike Robe; script by John Wilder; starring Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder, Louis Gossett jr, Oliver Reed & Reese Witherspoon Hallmark color VHS [8/98] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb |
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"Lonesome Dove: Tales of The Plains" [Hallmark TV 21-episode series 1994]
Platinum Disc color DVD [6/2004] 5 disks for $27.99 Artisan color VHS [4/2001] out of prodn/used 1994 series credits from IMDb "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" [Hallmark 22-episode TV series 1995-96]
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Non-Fiction by Larry McMurtry
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"Books: A Memoir" [2008]
 S&S 9¼x6¾ hardcover [7/2008] for $16.32 |
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"Film Flam: Essays On Hollywood" [1988] {reprinted from "American Film"} Touchstone 8x5.4 pb [9/2001] for $9.60 Touchstone hardcover [8/88] out of stock/used |
Other Works by Larry McMurtry
"Memphis" [1992 TV movie]
"The Johnson County War" [2002 TV mini-series]
"Brokeback Mountain"
[Focus Features/Paramount Sept 2005]
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This may not be yer 'classic' Western, but it has cowboys and horses and a love story, and it was nominated for 8 Oscars – and made its production costs back in the first week of release.
In 1963, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy meet while herding sheep in the mountains of Wyoming. Their decades-long bond is profound and passionate and poignant and ultimately tragic.
Directed by Ang Lee; co-produced & script by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, based on the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx; starring Heath Ledger [1979-2008], Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid,
Michelle Williams & Anne Hathaway; won Oscars for Best Director, Best Script Adaptation & Best Original Music Score, also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (HL), Best Supporting Actor (JG), Best Supporting Actress (MW) & Best Cinematography; won 4 BAFTA Awards (plus 5 noms); won C.S.A., D.G.A., P.G.A. & W.G.A. Awards, 2 Independent Spirit Awards, and a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
Focus Features Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [1/2007] 2 disks for $14.99 Universal widescreen color DVD [4/2006] for $9.99 Focus Features soundtrack CD [11/2005] 17 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $2.99 {sic} 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $12.99 |
Books About Larry McMurtry
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"Larry McMurtry and The West: An Ambivalent Relationship" [1995] by Mark Busby UNTx Press 5x7 hardcover [5/95] for $22.50 |
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