Indeed, it was. A great adaptation of McMurtry’finest effort. Everything that man writes is gold and I’m currently on my 12th book, Telegraph Days. I won’t stop until I’ve read everything he’s written.
As for movies, I often site:
Life is beautiful
The Wizard of Oz
Saving Private Ryan
Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
On the Waterfront
The Outsiders
Stand by Me
Pulp Fiction
Get Shorty
Platoon
The Natural
Field of Dreams
8 Men Out
Halloween
The Exorcist
Apocolypto
The Revenant
....to name a few.
I'll have disagree with you on Anything for Billy, his hot mess fantasy on Billy the Kid.