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All the Pretty Horses (2000): Film vs Book
Film · 2000 · Directed by Billy Bob Thornton · Starring Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz
About the film
A Texas boy sets out for Mexico on horseback, looking for the life he cannot find at home.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film follows the novel's story with beautiful landscapes, but shortens its long, flowing passages.
Read or watch first?
The prose of the novel is a pleasure of its own.
What the book gives you
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Gorgeous landscape writing and a young hero riding toward adventure, love and loss.
Who will like it: Readers who love lyrical coming-of-age westerns.