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All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. It was a bestseller, winning both the U.S. National Book Award [1] and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It is the first of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy". The book was adapted as a 2000 film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz and ...
- Cormac McCarthy
- 1992
Dec 25, 2000 · All the Pretty Horses: Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. With Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Angelina Torres. Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
- (16K)
- Drama, Romance, Western
- Billy Bob Thornton
- 2000-12-25
All the Pretty Horses is a 2000 American Western film produced and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, based on Cormac McCarthy 's novel of the same name, and starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. It premiered on December 25, 2000 to mostly negative reviews. It grossed $18 million worldwide on a $57 million budget.
All the Pretty Horses begins with the 1949 funeral of John Grady Cole's grandfather. With his death, John Grady's mother will sell their Texas ranch and move away. There is nothing left in Texas for John Grady, who loves the ranch and idealizes the cowboy's way of life. Only sixteen years old, John Grady runs away from home with his friend Rawlins.
- Cormac McCarthy
- 1992
Jan 1, 2001 · All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1), Cormac McCarthy. All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. It is also the first of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy".
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- Paperback
- Cormac Mccarthy
Dec 11, 2000 · Audience Member One of Matt Damon’s best jobs in this all the pretty horses was one good movie highly recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas October 27, 2023 Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4 ...
- Drama
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All the Pretty Horses is the first of McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, a series of novels taking place in the “border country” between the United States and Mexico in the decade before and after World War II. All the Pretty Horses was considered McCarthy’s first novel to be accessible to a more general audience: his prose is soaring and ...
