
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 […]
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 […]
Written by Larry McMurtry and Diana OssanaDirected by Yves Simoneau I was a late bloomer when it came to appreciating the western genre in films. The first story I ever truly enjoyed […]
Lonesome Dove can be really intimidating when you first pick it up to read. The paperback version logs in at 945 pages. To me, it is worth reading every single one of […]
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