Talk:Larry McMurtry

Son's "Powerful Protest Song"
Such a phrase as the above belongs nowhere on Wikipedia. To whoever wrote it: Do not incorporate your opinions, which the world at large does not care about, into Wikipedia. Ever. The fact that it won an award belongs on the son's page, not Larry McMurtry's page. The biographical section I won't mention, but will say that agree with the above comment. Please edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.123.155 (talk) 06:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Re-write
I have attempted to make this read a bit more like an encyclopedia entry by chopping out much of the fan "gush". If someone wants to check out what the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse M. Jones award is for that might make a useful addition, a citation from them to McMurtry would also be good. Cottonshirt (talk) 17:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Separate films from books
I was hoping someone would go through the list of his written works and separate his books from his tv and film work. His is the only author entry that I've seen that has them both on the same list. In my opinion, this is an important distinction and they should be listed separately.24.177.172.244 (talk) 07:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree. It would be more reader-friendly to have separate listings.--JayJasper (talk) 15:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I created a film and television section to add entries there. Jaldous1 (talk) 21:48, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas NOT Archer City. He was raised on a ranch outside of Archer City. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.60.108.67 (talk) 23:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Photo needed!!
I spent a half-hour or more looking for a free-licensed photo of the author. No joy. Surely a fan has one around we could use?

It is amusing how nerdy McM looked in the early days, as a grad student & instructor at Rice. No wonder he gave up on c'boying! --Pete Tillman (talk) 16:36, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * What would be helpful is a photo with rights arranged so it can be exported to Wikimedia Commons.--Artaxerxes (talk) 19:24, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

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City of birth
McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, TX, not Archer City. 50.26.173.135 (talk) 23:02, 28 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I was wondering why the Infobox doesn't reflect that. Rontrigger (talk) 08:16, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Oscar years
It is always worrisome when someone cites the year of an Academy Award win.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) catalogs the Oscars according to eligibility year. If you go to their website and are unaware of this, the movie you're looking for almost certainly will be listed under the year before the one you think is the right year. It doesn't help that the Los Angeles Times, which of course covers each year's Oscars extensively leading up to the ceremony, tends to refer to the awards as being those of the same year as the ceremony, which is patently incorrect. The most recent Oscars were presented in 2024, but the AMPAS website will show Oppenheimer as Best Picture for 2023.

Accordingly, Terms of Endearment, based on Larry McMurtry's novel, won the Best Picture Oscar for 1983, not 1984. The text should be re-written to make this clear. This should also be done with regard to Brokeback Mountain. McMurtry and Diana Ossana shared the 2005, not 2006, Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for that film.

I will be making these corrections myself if they are not done in the near future. Rontrigger (talk) 08:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)