Written by Lauran Paine and Craig StorperDirected by Kevin Costner Say the words “Kevin Costner” and “western” in the same sentence and most people immediately think of Dances With Wolves. However, there […]
The Western Frontier of the United States is a subject that has often been both romanticized as well as vilified. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that our treatment of the natives […]
For once, a network seemed to listen to criticism leveled at a series. The attempt to create a series based on characters and events in Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry resulted in […]
This series, based on the characters in the original Lonesome Dove book and mini-series, tells the story of Newt Call as he’s looking back on his life through a book he’s written. […]
Written by Vardis Fisher, Raymond W. Thorp, and Robert BunkerDirected by Sydney Pollack This is a film in the true classic style if only for the fact that it has an overture! […]
With my love of westerns such as Lonesome Dove and others that show the Western United States as it really was, rather than romanticizing it, I approached my first Edward Abbey novel, […]
Written by Kirk Ellis, William Mastrosimone, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Craig StorperDirected by Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Jeremy Podeswa. Timothy Van Patten, Michael W. Watkins, Simon Wincer When it comes to epic productions, one […]
Written by Larry McMurtry and Diana OssanaDirected by Joseph Sargent The original mini-series Lonesome Dove was so successful that CBS almost immediately wanted a sequel. Depending on who you listen to, author […]
Written by William GoldmanDirected by George Roy Hill Some movies survive the test of time, others don’t. Sometimes choices made in regard to a film seem right for the time, and later […]
Written by Larry McMurtry & William D WittliffDirected by Simon Wincer It was the book no one wanted. Peter Bogdonovich wanted to do a two-hour movie with Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, and […]
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