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Hatfield
1/19/2006, 03:38 PM
outside of cybil's fun bags the movie was so so.
frankensooner
1/19/2006, 03:43 PM
Great soundtrack though!!!
Hatfield
1/19/2006, 03:45 PM
at the end I realized that the only time there was music was when it came from a jukebox/record player/radio

was odd...in a cool sort of way.
GDC
1/19/2006, 03:50 PM
The book and the movie are classic, after you read/watch them go visit McMurtry and his book stores where it was filmed in Thalia. Oh, and Ben Johnson is one of my alltime favorite actors.
frankensooner
1/19/2006, 03:52 PM
Randy Quaid was great in that movie.
Pieces Hit
1/19/2006, 04:04 PM
Ever see Thunderbolt and Lightfoot?

Now THERE'S a movie.
OhU1
1/19/2006, 04:22 PM
Movies set in dusty small towns in Texas are downers to me.
GDC
1/19/2006, 04:39 PM
Movies set in dusty small towns in Texas are downers to me.

Friday Night Lights and Lonesome Dove
KaiserSooner
1/19/2006, 04:48 PM
The book and the movie are classic, after you read/watch them go visit McMurtry and his book stores where it was filmed in Thalia. Oh, and Ben Johnson is one of my alltime favorite actors.

Yeah, McMurtry's book store in Archer City is pretty awesome. Both times I've been there, he was among the shelves stocking some books. He's not very friendly though, so just leave the ole coot alone. ;)

BTW, he has a huge Barry Goldwater banner hanging in the front office that I'd love to have. If I remember, it has Goldwater's profile and his famous slogan, "In your heart you know he's right."
StoopTroup
1/19/2006, 04:49 PM
You might re-visit William Faulkner's "Long Hot Summer" if you like Cybils funbags.
GDC
1/19/2006, 04:58 PM
Oops, I meant Archer City.:O
XingTheRubicon
1/19/2006, 07:52 PM
The sequel Texasville is pretty funny.

Duane Jackson's wife while his oil business is going down the tubes...

"Maybe I'll go to Dallas and spend a FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS!"
BeetDigger
1/19/2006, 07:56 PM
Peter Bogdonavich was bagging Sybil in those days. I wonder if he got the hots for her before or after the skinny dipping scene?
Jerk
1/19/2006, 08:07 PM
Does anyone have a pic of the fun bags?
soonerjoker
1/20/2006, 10:06 AM
i've been over to archer city couple or 3 times in past year. bookstores all around the square. (maybe only 2 sides; but there's 5 or 6 of them)
the old movie theater is still there, kinda.

lots of (old) oil wells in that area.

i like "picture show", & "texasville" too, but t'ville is kinda silly.

annie potts was his wife.
picasso
1/20/2006, 10:09 AM
I think Ben won an Oscar for that flick no?

it was sad when the sweeper boy got plowed.
soonerjoker
1/21/2006, 11:47 AM
"hud" was also a good "west texas movie". i read where the town scenes
were filmed in claude. or maybe clarendon , home of Kenny King.