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Larry  McMurtry

Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry books catalog at Amazon.com
Larry McMurtry audio catalog at Amazon.com
Larry McMurtry credits at Internet Movie Database
Larry McMurtry entry at Wikipedia

Larry McMurtry papers at SW Texas State University


Oscar statuette is a trademark of A.M.P.A.S.    Larry McMurtry won a shared Oscar® for "Brokeback Mountain" [2005]
and was nominated for "The Last Picture Show" [1972]

He also won
two B.A.F.T.A. Awards (1973 & 2006)
W.G.A. Award in 2006 and a nomination in 1972

Telegraph Days   "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
Loop Group   "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   "Still Wild: Short Fiction of The American West, 1950 to Present" [2000]
Edited by Larry McMurtry

S&S 8x5¼ pb [6/2001] for $11.20
S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used
Larry McMurtry's Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen   "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   "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
McMurtry's Anything For Billy   "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
Film Flam Essays On Hollywood   "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
All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers   "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

Sin Killer   Book 1: "Sin Killer" [2002]
Pocket pb [4/2003] for $7.99
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] for $17.50
S&S UNABR audio [5/2002] for $24.50
S&S UNABR audio CD [5/2002] for $27.97
Wandering Hill   Book 2: "The Wandering Hill" [2003]
Pocket Star pb [11/2003] for $7.99
S&S 9½x6.6 hardcover [5/2003] for $18.20
S&S UNABR audio cassette [5/2003] for $27.97
S&S UNABR audio CD [5/2003] for $27.97
Sorrow's River   Book 3: "By Sorrow's River" [2003]
Pocket pb [5/2004] for $7.19
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $18.20
Audioworks UNABR audio [11/2003] for $27.97
Audioworks UNABR audio CD [11/2003] for $27.97
Folly & Glory   Book 4: "Folly and Glory" [2004]
S&S 8½x5½ pb [8/2005] for $10.78
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $15.75
S&S UNABR audio CD [5/2004] for $25.17
S&S UNABR audio [5/2004] for $22.05



The  Thalia  Trilogy

Last Picture Show novel   "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
Last Picture Show movie   "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

Texasville novel   "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 movie   "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
Duane's Depressed novel   "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



The  'Lonesome Dove'  Saga

'Lonesome Dove' archive at Southwest Texas State University
"Lonesome Dove" posters at AllPosters [dot] com

video collection   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

Dead Man's Walk book   "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
Dead Man's Walk video   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

Comanche Moon   "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
Comanche Moon miniseries   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 IMDbofficial C.B.S. movie site

Lonesome Dove book   "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
Lonesome Dove poster   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
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 book   "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
Streets of Laredo video   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 video   "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

Tales of The Plains / Outlaw Years   "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]
Platinum Disc color DVD [10/2004] 5 disks for $27.99
1995-96 series credits from IMDb



Books  About  Larry  McMurtry

Larry McMurtry bio by Busby   "Larry McMurtry and The West: An Ambivalent Relationship" [1995]
by Mark Busby

UNTx Press 5x7 hardcover [5/95] for $22.50

Online sales in association with   The Old West catalog at Amazon.com

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