Return to Lonesome Dove is a TV mini-series directed by Mike Robe in 1993 and based on the book Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, first published in 1985. The TV series features Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder, William Petersen, Oliver Reed, Dennis Haysbert, and others.
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Storyline
The miniseries picks up several years after the events of the original ‘Lonesome Dove.’ Captain Woodrow F. Call is now a bounty hunter in pursuit of a young Mexican bandit named Joey Garza. The story follows Call’s journey as he recruits a diverse group of individuals to join him in this pursuit, and they embark on a dangerous trek across the American West.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
322
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Return to Lonesome Dove
Director: Mike Robe
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 5h22m / 4 episodes
Year
1985
Pages
960
Book Rate
8.96
S: Goodreads
Book
Lonesome Dove
Author: Larry McMurtry
Country: USA
First published in: 1985
Length: 960 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Lonesome Dove
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Simon Wincer
TV Mini-Series by Brian Suskind
User polls & recommendations
“The purest experience for the movie is not to have read the book because when you've read the book you're just ticking off boxes.”
ZACK SNYDER (Filmmaker)
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