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All the pretty horses : [screenplay]

John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.

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  • "All the Pretty Horses"@en
  • "All the Pretty Horses"
  • "Border trilogy"
  • "Caballos muy lindos: novela"@es
  • "SparkNotes"@en
  • "All the pretty horses"@en
  • "All the pretty horses"
  • "All the pretty horses"@it
  • "Trilogía de la frontera"@es
  • "border trilogy"

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  • "Two friends, Cole and Rawlins, leave their home in San Angelo, Texas to travel south of the border in search of adventure and work as horse wranglers. When Cole has a love affair with the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner, who is also his employer, events are set in motion that changes all their lives."
  • "The year is 1949. John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, and his pal Lacey Rawlins cross the Rio Grande into Mexico. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick, a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins. Together they encounter adventures on their way south befoe finally arriving at a paradise-like hacienda where Cole promptly falls into an ill-fated romance."
  • "McCarthy won the American National Book Award for All the Pretty Horses, which is the first volume in his Border Triology. All The Pretty Horses tells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons - beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, John sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic, adventure to a place where love and dreams are paid for in blood."
  • "John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance."@en
  • "John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance."
  • "Die spannende Geschichte zweier jugendlicher Ausreisser, die 1949 von Texas nach Mexiko reiten und unversehens in eine archaische Welt geraten, in der noch alttestamentarische Gesetze gelten. 1992 mit dem National Book Award ausgezeichnet."
  • "Sixteen year old John Cole wants to grow up on his grandfather's ranch and live his life freely. When his grandfather dies, John suffers. He takes off for Mexico, but instead of escape and renewal, he finds a blood price to be paid."@en
  • "Presents a cowboy odyssey for modern times, and features the travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy."
  • "A modern day Western full of horses and gunplay and romance, it transcends the bounds of its genre with rambunctious, high-spirited, bottomless inventiveness."@en
  • "A modern day Western full of horses and gunplay and romance, it transcends the bounds of its genre with rambunctious, high-spirited, bottomless inventiveness."
  • "Kort na de Tweede Wereldoorlog groeit een van huis weggelopen tiener door ingrijpende ervaringen als cowboy in Texas en Mexico naar volwassenheid."
  • "(The Border Trilogy; v. 1) National Book Award winner."@en
  • "In the aftermath of World War II, 16-year-old cowboy John Grady Cole and his pal Lacey Rawlins leave behind a troubled family life in rural West Texas to seek excitement and adventure. En route to Mexico, they meet young Jimmy Blevins, a deadly shot who sets them on a collision course with danger. At a remote hacienda, the boys find trouble waiting in the comely form of a rancher's daughter, and there, beneath the wide blue Mexican sky, Cole will undergo a journey to manhood, his way shaped by love and torn by violence."@en
  • "The first book in a trilogy centreing on John Grady Cole, the last survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers, who runs off to Mexico after his mother sells their ranch and cuts him off from the only life he has ever wanted; This title is also available as a film."
  • "Screenplay."
  • ""A sweeping odyssey about a young man's encounters with responsibility, love, revenge, and survival - this is the tale of a young Texas named John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), who finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he spent his entire life. Lured by the romance of the cowboy life South of the border, and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his best pal Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) embark on the adventure they've always dreamed about."--Press kit synopsis."@en
  • "Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Matt Damon, produced by Mike Nichols, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • ""The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." -- from publisher's website."
  • "PG 13 rated/color/117 min."@en
  • ""Situada en 1949, en Texas ... un muchacho de dieciséis años, hijo de padres separados que tras la muerte de su abuelo se encara a un futuro incerto y decide huir a México ... peregrinación que les enfrentará con un azar absurdo y con las leyes de una civilización cuya dureza y violencia son del todo ajenas a sus costumbres"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "John Grady Cole, 16, leaves Texas for Mexico in 1950 and becomes an essential vaquero in a hacienda's program."@en
  • "Literature Guides Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols a review quiz and essay topics Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers."@en
  • "Violente, tourmentée, traversée d'aveuglants moments de bonheur, l'odyssée de deux adolescents du Texas au Mexique. Une confrontation entre la liberté des grandes chevauchées et l'enfer des passions humaines. Ce roman a obtenu le National Book Award 1992."
  • "Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure."@en
  • "Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure."
  • "Press kit includes: 1 booklet (fact sheet, cast and credits listing, synopsis, production and biographical information) and 9 black and white still photographs."@en

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  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Motion picture plays"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Screenplays"
  • "Coming of age stories"@en
  • "Coming of age stories"
  • "Movie novels"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Road fiction"@en
  • "Bildungsromane"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "History"@en
  • "Action and adventure fiction"
  • "Scripts"@en
  • "Scripts"
  • "Study guides"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Galley proofs"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Mystery"
  • "Romány"
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Roman américain"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Downloadable e-Books"
  • "Manuscripts"
  • "Manuscripts"@en
  • "Readers"

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  • "The border trilogy. Volume one, All the pretty horses"
  • "Unos Caballos muy lindos : trilogía de la frontera"
  • "All die schönen Pferde Roman"
  • "Todos los caballos bellos (todos los hermosos caballos)"
  • "All the pretty horses : [screenplay]"@en
  • "The Border Trilogy / 1, All the pretty horses"
  • "Modu ta yeppŭn maltŭl : K'omaek Maek'asi changp'yŏn sosŏl"
  • "Dessa vackra hästar : första delen i Gränstrilogin"@sv
  • "All the pretty horses. Vol. 1, The Border Trilogy"
  • "Cavalli selvaggi"
  • "Cavalli selvaggi"@it
  • "Koni, koni--"
  • "All the pretty horses : [press kit]"@en
  • "The Border trilogy. Vol. 1, All the pretty horses"@en
  • "All the pretty horses: volume one - the border trilogy"@en
  • "Todos los caballos bellos : (Todos los hermosos caballos)"@es
  • "Koni, koni-- : roman"
  • "Todos los hermosos caballos"@es
  • "Todos los hermosos caballos"
  • "All die schönen Pferde : Roman"
  • "The Border trilogy"
  • "All the pretty horses. [1]"@en
  • "그곳엔천국이있을까"
  • "The border trilogy 1 All the pretty horses"
  • "Svi lijepi konji"
  • "Všichni krásní koně"
  • "All the pretty horses. Volume one , The border trilogy"
  • "All the Pretty Horses. 01"
  • "De si jolis chevaux : roman"
  • "The border trilogy / 1 : All the pretty horses"
  • "Todos os belos cavalos"@pt
  • "Todos os belos cavalos"
  • "All the pretty horses : screenplay"@en
  • "All the pretty horses"
  • "All the pretty horses"@en
  • "All die schöen Pferde : Roman"
  • "De si jolis chevaux"
  • "All the pretty horses : Volume 1: the border trilogy"
  • "All the pretty horses [sound recording]"
  • "ALL THE PRETTY HORSES"@en
  • "ALL THE PRETTY HORSES"
  • "Al de mooie paarden"
  • "Kŭ kot en ch'ŏn'guk i issŭlkka"
  • "Unos caballos muy lindos : trilogia de la frontera, volumen primero"
  • "The Border trilogy Vol. 1 All the pretty horses"
  • "All the pretty horses / M"
  • "All die schönen Pferde"
  • "The border trilogy. 1, All the pretty horses"
  • "All the pretty horses : the Border trilogy #1"@en
  • "All the pretty horses : [a novel]"
  • "所有漂亮的馬"
  • "Căluţii mei, căluţi frumoşi"
  • "Кони, Кони -- : роман"
  • "All the pretty horses : Volume One of the Border Trilogy"@en
  • "Dessa vackra hästar"
  • "All the pretty horses. Vol. 1, The border trilogy"
  • "Tantos cabaliños lindos"
  • "Những con tuấn mã"
  • "Кони, кони--"
  • "All die schönen pferde"
  • "All the Pretty Horses"@en
  • "Suo you piao liang de ma"
  • "Căluţii mei, căluţi frumoşi : [roman]"
  • "Todos los caballos bellos : (todos los hermosos caballos)"
  • "Rącze konie"
  • "The border trilogy/ 1, All the pretty horses"
  • "Rącze konie"@pl
  • "Tots aquells cavalls"
  • "Tots aquells cavalls"@ca
  • "Alle de vakre hestene"
  • "Alle de smukke heste : roman"@da
  • "Alle de smukke heste : roman"
  • "Belos cavalos"
  • "The border trilogy, 1. All the pretty horses"
  • "모두다예쁜말들 : 코맥매카시장편소설"
  • "Unos caballos muy lindos"
  • "Unos caballos muy lindos"@es
  • "Todos los caballas bellos"
  • "All the pretty horses. bk. 1"@en

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