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This topic will discuss my opinion of the book I read by Glendon Swarthout and of course there will be a major spoil alert! I will discuss each section of the book by author style, characters, and story. I’m only going to give you a synopsis so that if you haven’t read it you can at least know what is about. Enough said, please enjoy the ...
It was made into a 1976 film starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, which was John Wayne’s final film role. Brian Cox (X-Men 2, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy) stars as John Bernard Books, with Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones, 24: Live Another Day) as the widow Bond Rogers, with whom he finds affection in his final days.
The Shootist is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout 's 1975 novel of the same name, [2] and written by Miles Hood Swarthout (the son of the author) and Scott Hale. The film stars John Wayne in his last film appearance before his death in 1979, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone ...
THE SHOOTIST. by Glendon Swarthout ‧RELEASE DATE: Jan. 24, 1974. One of Swarthout's likable scenarios of the year 1901 when John B. Books, a shootist (that's an elegant word for desperado) rides into El Paso in his Stetson and his Prince Albert coat, cushioned by a pillow from a whorehouse. He has come to learn from the doctor who once saved ...
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Nov 1, 2016 · With an outstanding cast that features not only Wayne, but James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers and John Carradine, The Shootist is an elegiac ode to a monumental screen presence and to the Western genre itself. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - New 2K remaster by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negative
Oct 1, 2011 · The Shootist. Glendon Swarthout. U of Nebraska Press, Oct 1, 2011 - Fiction - 215 pages. By the author of The Homesman, now a major motion picture The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a gunfighter at the turn of the twentieth century who must confront the greatest Shootist of all: Death. Most men would end their days in bed or take their own ...
The Shootist. This is the all-time classic novel chosen by the Western Writers of America as one of the best western novels ever wrttten. It is also the inspiration for John Wayne's last great starring role--the acclaimed 1976 film, "The Shootist". This special commemorative edition includes a brand new introduction by the author's son, Miles ...
