any Lonesome Dove fans?

[Donny]

I used to love lonesome dove the outlaw years but I had only seen bits and pieces of the movies untill the week long rain hit! I borrowed my dads dvd and I loved the first movie! Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Deval (please forgive my spelling) made great cowboys. That 5-6hours just flew by. Then I watched Return to Lonesome Dove. Well it was good just not great (hurt some due to replacement actors) The next movie would be Streets of Lorado correct? My dad does not have this one on dvd :( I doubt I can find it in this area without ordering it... I am prob missing a few movies from the list,if so I hope they are like the 1st movie :)

[TWantiques]

I am a big fan. One of the best westerns.

Just found it on VHS (2 tapes) at the thrift store about a month ago and snapped it up. Went home and sat down right then and watched it all. As you said time flew. :thmbsp:

Terry

[Micropassatman]

What did you guys think of Open Range?

[Donny]

I liked open range I should watch it again. I really liked how he handled the hired gun!

[shrinkboy]

donny-- read the book. the movie is great, really, a great movie. almost as good as the movie that reels out in your head as you read this great american novel...it is about as vivid a piece of fiction as you will ever come across. and when done with that, read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, the greatest, darkest, most shiver in your boots, sublime piece of western fiction (actually, any fiction) you will ever come across

[craven]

My favorite western ever awesome movie.

[VintageNut]

Great series.
Here's info from the web:

"Lonesome Dove originated as a screenplay called The Streets of Laredo, which was intended as a vehicle for John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart." That would have been something to see these sctors in it

[Donny]

Was that like the movie Streets of Loaredo or like the first movie Lonesome Dove? I'm not sure but I think streets of laredo is the 3rd one(maybe even the 4th) I'm sure it would have been great! btw how old is the book?

[shrinkboy]

i am gonna guess that lonesome dove was published around 83-84. i heard larry mcmurtry interviewed about it while i was in the car one day, and he read the first paragraph over the air. i drove straight to a bookstore and picked it up and didn't put it down for 3 or 4 days, until i was done. it is a long book, but an incredibly vivid, gripping read.

[JDaniel]

donny-- read the book. the movie is great, really, a great movie. almost as good as the movie that reels out in your head as you read this great american novel...it is about as vivid a piece of fiction as you will ever come across. and when done with that, read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, the greatest, darkest, most shiver in your boots, sublime piece of western fiction (actually, any fiction) you will ever come across

Donny - I concur completely with shrinkboy. Read the books. I've never actually seen the movies, but the books are some of my favs. I have them if you want. I could mail them to you. Just return them when finished. I'm a big western fan - I've got over 500 western books here at the house. Especially Louis Lamour and Zane Grey.

JD

[VintageNut]

here you go, Lonesome Dove history:

http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/archives/film/lonesome_dove.html