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Larry McMurtry
[1936-2021]
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novels by Larry McMurtry
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Larry McMurtry books catalog at Amazon.com
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Larry McMurtry credits [since 1963] at Internet Movie Database
Larry McMurtry entry at Wikipedia
 | Larry McMurtry won a shared Oscar® for "Brokeback Mountain" [2005] and was nominated for "The Last Picture Show" [1972] He also has received
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The Novels
"Horseman, Pass By" [1961 novel] adapted for film as "Hud" [1963 movie]
The Thalia Trilogy #1 of 5: "The Last Picture Show" [1966 novel]
 | "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 |
"Lonesome Dove" [LD#3: 1985]
The Thalia Trilogy #2 of 5: "Texasville" [1987 novel]
 | "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 |
"Buffalo Girls" novel [1990]
adapted as C.B.S. TV movie [aired April 1995]
Filmed at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cook Ranch, Las Vegas, and Valles Caldera National Preserve
in northern New Mexico; directed by Rod Hardy; teleplay by Cynthia Whitcomb, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry;
starring Anjelica Huston {as Calamity Jane}, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote {as 'Buffalo Bill' Cody},
Tracey Walter, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber,
Andrew Bicknell, Paul Lazar, Russell Means {as Sitting Bull}, Reba McEntire {as Annie Oakley}, Sam Elliott
{as 'Wild Bill' Hickok} & Jerry King •
full credits at IMDb
 | "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 |
"Streets of Laredo" [LD#4: 1993]
"Dead Man's Walk" prequel [LD#1: 1995]
"Comanche Moon" prequel [LD#2: 1997]
 | "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 |
The Thalia Trilogy #3 of 5: "Duane's Depressed" [1999 novel]
the four books of The Berrybender Narratives, 2002-2004 {as below}
 | "Loop Group: A Novel" [#28 2004]
S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2004] for $16.50 Recorded Books audio CD [12/2004] for $23.09 |
 | "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 |
The Thalia Trilogy #4 of 5: "When The Light Goes" [2007 novel]
The Thalia Trilogy #5 of 5: "Rhino Ranch" [2009 novel]
"The Last Kind Words Saloon" [2014]
The Berrybender Narratives
The Thalia Trilogy {of 5 novels}
 | "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 |
 | "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 Leach-man, 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 "Picture This" [1990] documentary by George Hickenlooper "The Last Picture Show: A Look Back" [1999] hour-long documentary |
 | "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 |
 | "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: A Novel" [2007] Less than stellar short novel; two years later, Duane returns from a trip to Egypt to boredom in Thalia; a flirtatious young woamn and a lesbian therapist do their best to stir Duane's sexuality, but nothing much else happens. S&S 8x56¾ pb [3/2008] for $11.90 S&S 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2007] out of print/used |
 | "Rhino Ranch: A Novel" [2009] Thalia, Texas continues to change at a breakneck pace even as 70-year-old Duane feels himself slowing down; he reflects on all that he and Thalia have been through, feeling adrift in a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand. S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/2010] for $10.20 S&S 9&frac2x6½ deckle-edge hardcover [8/00] for $17.16 |
The 'Lonesome Dove' Saga
'Lonesome Dove' archive at Southwest Texas State University
 | miniseries video collection: "Lonesome Dove", "Streets of Laredo" & "Dead Man's Walk" [2001] Artisan/Fox color DVD [10/2001] 6 disks - out of prodn/used Hallmark color VHS set [10/2001] 3 tapes - out of prodn/used |
 | "Dead Man's Walk" [LD#1: 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 |
 | TV miniseries [DePasse/RHI May 1996] Filmed in Texas; 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" [LD#2: 1997] {fits between "Dead Man's Walk" and "Lonesome Dove"} Pocket mass 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 |
 | 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, New Mexico 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" [LD#3: 1985] won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 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 |
 | "Lonesome Dove" 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 • movie entry at Wikipedia 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]: credits from IMDb
Cabin Fever 50-minute color VHS [8/95] for $15.00
 | "A Book of Photographs From Lonesome Dove" [2007] Photographs by Bill Wittliff, Introduction by Stephen Harrigan, Foreword by Larry McMurtry Univ TX Press 20th Anniv Ltd Edition 12½x12¼ hardcover [8/2009] for $32.85 Univ TX Press 12½x12¼ hardcover [10/2007] for $29.70 |
 | "A Book On The Making of Lonesome Dove" [2012] Interviews by John Spong, Color Photographs by Jeff Wilson, Photographs by Bill Wittliff Univ TX Press 12¼x12¼ hardcover [10/2012] for $30.55 |
 | "Streets of Laredo" [LD#4: 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 |
 | "Streets of Laredo" TV miniseries [DePasse/RHI Nov 1995] Filmed in Texas; 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] Filmed in Texas & Montana; 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 |
 | "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 |
 | "Lonesome Dove: The Ultimate Collection" 10-DVD Box Set [2008] contains both complete TV seasons Echo Bridge Home Ent. widescreen color DVD set [1/2008] 10 disks for $109.00 |
Non-Fiction by Larry McMurtry
"Crazy Horse: A Penguin Lives Biography" [1999] by Larry McMurtry
http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Horse-Penguin-Lives-Biography/dp/0670882348/
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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 |
 | "Books: A Memoir" [2008]
S&S 9¼x6¾ hardcover [7/2008] for $16.32 |
"Literary Life: A Second Memoir" [5/2011] by Larry McMurtry
http://www.amazon.com/Literary-Life-Second-Larry-McMurtry/dp/B0076TUZFS/
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"Custer" [2012] by Larry McMurtry 
The author draws on an extensive personal collection of memorabilia and other references and delves into the life of the stubborn and complex General George Armstrong Custer, and his famous last stand at the Battle of the Little Big Horn Kindle Edition from Simon and Schuster Digital Sales [11/2012] for $16.99 Simon & Schuster 11x8½ hardcover [11/2012] for $23.10 |
Other Works by Larry McMurtry
"Memphis" [1992 TV movie]
 | "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 |
"The Johnson County War" [2002 TV mini-series]
"Brokeback Mountain"
[Focus Features/Paramount Sept 2005]
  | 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 |
Kindle Editions
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with FREE Kindle Apps for PC, Mac, iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android & BlackBerry
"Thalia: A Texas Trilogy" [1966-87] by Larry McMurtry = 3 books for $16.17
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XP17N6R/
"The Lonesome Dove Series" [1985-97] by Larry McMurtry = 4 books for $36.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ODJ196/
"Larry McMurtry's Berrybender Narratives" [2002-2004] by Larry McMurtry = 4 books for $31.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ODJ1AA/
Books About Larry McMurtry
http://www.amazon.com/Larry-McMurtry-Companion-Companions-Contemporary/dp/0313303002/
 | "Larry McMurtry and The West: An Ambivalent Relationship" [1995] by Mark Busby UNTx Press 5x7 hardcover [5/95] for $22.50 |
L i n k s
Larry McMurtry entry at Wikipedia
Larry McMurtry books catalog at Amazon.com
Larry McMurtry audio catalog at Amazon.com
Larry McMurtry credits [since 1963] at Internet Movie Database
Larry McMurtry papers at SW Texas State University
here on the Larry McMurtry [1936-2021] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage'
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