
All the Pretty Horses
Billy Bob Thornton, 2000
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy, 1992
All the Pretty Horses is a movie directed by Billy Bob Thornton in 2000 and based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, first published in 1992. The movie features Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick, and others.
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Storyline
In 1949, young cowboy John Grady Cole’s maternal grandfather dies. After Alejandra’s father takes her away, Cole and Rawlins are arrested by Mexican police and taken to jail, where they again encounter Blevins, who has been accused of stealing a horse and of murder, and is killed by a corrupt police captain.
Movie vs Book

Year
2000
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
All the Pretty Horses
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Country: USA
Year: 2000
Length: 1h56m
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Year
1992
Pages
302
Book Rate
8.00
S: Goodreads
Book
All the Pretty Horses
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 302 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Border Trilogy
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)

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