Tag: Larry McMurtry

Falling from Grace Script

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Year:1992
Director:John Mellencamp
Written by:Larry McMurtry (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis: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).
Falling from Grace Script Resources:

  • Falling from Grace Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)

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Hud Script

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Year:1963
Director:Martin Ritt
Written by:Larry McMurtry (Novel), Irving Ravetch (Writer), Harriet Frank Jr. (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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Texasville Script

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Year:1990
Director:Peter Bogdanovich
Written by:Peter Bogdanovich (Screenplay), Larry McMurtry (Novel)

Script Synopsis: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?
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The Evening Star Script

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Year:1996
Director:Robert Harling
Written by:Larry McMurtry (Writer), Robert Harling (Writer)

Script Synopsis: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.
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Brokeback Mountain

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Year:2005
Director:Ang Lee
Written by:Annie Proulx (Novel), Larry McMurtry (Screenplay), Diana Ossana (Screenplay), Annie Proulx (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
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The Last Picture Show

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Year:1971
Director:Peter Bogdanovich
Written by:Larry McMurtry (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
The Last Picture Show Script Resources:

  • The Last Picture Show Script PDF at Script Slug
  • The Last Picture Show Script PDF - [Rev Final 1970-11-14] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Last Picture Show Script PDF - 10/6/70 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • The Last Picture Show Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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  • The Last Picture Show ( tt0067328 ) at IMDb
  • The Last Picture Show ( 25188 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Terms of Endearment

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Year:1983
Director:James L. Brooks
Written by:James L. Brooks (Screenplay), Larry McMurtry (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Aurora and her daughter, Emma march to the beat of different drums. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be.
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