Join us for this special opportunity to see this great work of art on a large screen. Lonesome Dove also won two Golden Globes, for Best Miniseries and Best Actor in a Miniseries (Duvall). At the 1989 Emmy Awards, the miniseries had 18 nominations and seven wins, including one for Wincer. An enduring favorite with audiences, as well as critics, the Western garnered many honors and awards. Originally broadcast in 1989, the series drew a huge viewing audience, earning numerous awards and reviving the television Western.Īn estimated 26 million homes tuned in to watch Lonesome Dove, unusually high numbers for a genre considered dead by most people.
The television miniseries stars Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones and was directed by Simon Wincer. We’re showing this four-part miniseries adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel in its entirety during a fun summer weekend marathon session. Prepare yourself for a cinematic experience as epic as a Texas cattle drive! More than any other work of McMurtry’s, Lonesome Dove showcases his extraordinary storytelling abilities. His first published book, Horseman, Pass By, was adapted into the film "Hud." A number of his other novels also were adapted into movies as well as a television mini-series.Īmong many other accolades, in 2006 he was the co-winner of both the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain.". He is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two essay collections, and more than thirty screenplays. Among many other accolades, in 2006 he was the co-winner of both the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain." Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 3, 1936. His first published book, Horseman, Pass By, was adapted into the film "Hud." A number of his other novels also were adapted into movies as well as a television mini-series. Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on June 3, 1936.
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