Larry McMurtry
Nascimento : 1936-06-03, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Morte : 2021-03-25
História
Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries, his novels Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975) were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
Executive Producer
A íntima e emocionante história real de um pai que homenageia seu filho adolescente gay, Jadin, deixando o Oregon para embarcar em uma caminhada de autoconhecimento pelos Estados Unidos, ao longo da qual abre seu coração para o povo a respeito do real e assustador perigo do bullying.
Writer
A íntima e emocionante história real de um pai que homenageia seu filho adolescente gay, Jadin, deixando o Oregon para embarcar em uma caminhada de autoconhecimento pelos Estados Unidos, ao longo da qual abre seu coração para o povo a respeito do real e assustador perigo do bullying.
Executive Producer
Wyoming, 1963. A história de uma relação proibida e secreta entre dois cowboys, Ennis Del Mar e Jack Twist, que julgavam só ter certezas sobre o que queriam para as suas vidas e de como a sua relação sobreviveu ao longo dos anos.
Screenplay
Wyoming, 1963. A história de uma relação proibida e secreta entre dois cowboys, Ennis Del Mar e Jack Twist, que julgavam só ter certezas sobre o que queriam para as suas vidas e de como a sua relação sobreviveu ao longo dos anos.
Teleplay
Os três irmãos Hammett são pegos em um conflito que aumenta rapidamente e os antigos fazendeiros enfrentam novos fazendeiros que se estabeleceram nas pastagens verdes.
Author
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.
Writer
The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged cowgirl, is searching not only for her long-lost daughter, but the Wild West she once knew. Jane traverses plains, mountains and continents until she finally discovers the answer to her problems: Dora, the vivacious, gold-hearted madam who's been her one true friend all along.
Screenplay
Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).
Teleplay
Two men and a woman in the deep south of the 1950s plot to kidnap a child from a wealthy black family, mistakenly believing that no one will try to stop them.
Self
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
Novel
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?
Writer
Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations.
Novel
Aurora (Shirley MacLaine), uma viúva, e Emma (Debra Winger), sua filha, apesar de se amarem tem uma relação conflituosa. Entretanto, tudo muda quando a filha descobre que está com câncer e, ao mesmo tempo, toma consciência de que foi traída por Flap (Jeff Daniels), seu marido. Simultaneamente sua mãe após anos passa a se interessar por Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson), um ex astronauta vizinho e paquerador.
Novel
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
Novel
O amadurecimento de um jovem chamado Sonny em uma pequena cidade do Texas nos anos 50.
Screenplay
O amadurecimento de um jovem chamado Sonny em uma pequena cidade do Texas nos anos 50.
Novel
Hud Bannon é um jovem implacável que mancha tudo e todos os que ele toca. Hud representa a encarnação perfeita da juventude alienada, pronto para brigar sem levar em conta as consequências. Há um amargo conflito entre o insensível Hud e seu severo e cheio de princípios pai, Homer. Lon, seu sobrinho, admira os truques e trapaças de Hud, embora logo se perceba que a amoralidade imprudente de Hud não o sustentaria. No mundo dos ganhadores e perdedores Hud é um vencedor. Ele é um trapaceiro, mas, ele explica: "Eu sempre digo que a lei deveria ser interpretada de maneira indulgente". (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Novel
A look at the complex relationship between a mother and her dying daughter. A remake of the 1983 film TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.
