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Season 7 Episode 17 - Trail Stories: The Making of Lonesome Dove
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2011
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Producer Suzanne de Passe, screenwriter Bill Wittliff, and crew share stories about the making of Lonesome Dove, the movie adapted from the NYT bestselling novel by Larry McMurtry. From Tommy Lee Jones doing his own stunts to cattle stampedes, cowboy hats with personality to confounding Hollywood executives, this episode is full of entertaining stories about the made-for-TV movie that almost didn't happen.
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Creed: A New Legend
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Script to Screen: Motorcycle Diaries
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Script to Screen: The Revenant
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Writing Dumb: A Conversation with Bobby Farrelly
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Psychological Thrillers
16
Deconstructing Jane Austen
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