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To: nomorelurker
Yes. Best mini series ever, maybe best TV ever. Could be best “screen” Western ever, up there with Liberty Valance, High Noon and some Eastwood films.

McMurtry originally conceived Lonesome Dove as a screen play with John Wayne as Call, James Stewart as Gus, and Henry Fonda as Jake Spoon. That would have been great too.

Jake didn't like to work, liked a good card game, and a whiskey. I got the same failings myself....

I'm paraphrasing....

25 posted on 03/27/2021 4:21:05 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

“and Henry Fonda as Jake Spoon. That would have been great too.”

Yeah, seeing Fonda get strung up would have been great.


35 posted on 03/27/2021 4:41:41 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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