Movies Written By Larry McMurtry

In 1963, rancher Joe Aguirre hires rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken advance toward Ennis, and Ennis returns the gesture. Ennis marries his longtime partner, Alma, while Jack marries another rodeo rider. The two men maintain their troubled, infrequent affair for twenty years.

Falling from Grace is a 1992 drama film. Little B produced it and Columbia Pictures distributed it. Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his acting and directing debut in this story by Larry McMurtry, the author of Lonesome Dove. The story mirrors Mellencamp's real life. This is his only directing credit.

Hard-drinking, arrogant, womanizing Hud Bannon (Paul Newman) lives a self-centered, lazy life. His father, Homer (Melvyn Douglas), a hard-working, moral man, supports him on the family cattle ranch in Texas. Hud's teenage nephew, Lonnie (Brandon de Wilde), blames Hud for the car crash that killed his father, Norman. Lonnie shows signs of following his reckless uncle's path as both men pursue family housekeeper Alma (Patricia Neal).

This romance spans forty years in rural Texas. It follows two friends, Gid Frey (Anthony Perkins), a rancher, and Johnny McCloud (Beau Bridges), a cowboy. Both men fall for the same woman, the independent Molly Taylor (Blythe Danner). Molly marries another man over the years. However, she continues romantic ties with both Gid and Johnny. The situation changes when Molly has a child with both Gid and Johnny.

Texasville is a 1990 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is a sequel to The Last Picture Show, based on Larry McMurtry's novel Texasville. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms, Randy Quaid, and Eileen Brennan reprise their roles from the 1971 film. Texasville is in color; The Last Picture Show used black and white. The film received mostly mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office.

The Last Picture Show follows high school seniors Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) in a small, windy Texas town during the early 1950s. The movie gives an intimate look at their lives as they deal with love, loss, and hard life facts. Cloris Leachman gives a great performance as Ruth Popper, winning an Academy Award. Peter Bogdanovich directed this poignant drama, which sharply explores a fading American dream. Rich characters make this black-and-white film a classic.