The passion and the pain of north dallas forty the washington. Oct 12, 2011 north dallas forty movie trailer starring. Book author, screenwriter peter gent book author, screenwriter. Protagonist phil elliott tells the story of the dallas cowboys of the 60s who party, drink, use drugs, womanize, endure terrible pain, suffer racism, and feel fear. At the end of the novel, there is a shocking twist ending in. North dallas forty cast and crew cast photos and info. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. Theres no doubt who the fictional north dallas bulls are supposed to correspond to in real life, and the dallas cowboys were none too happy with either the book or the movie. North dallas forty is a work of fiction, based on a semiautobiographical novel by former cowboys receiver peter gent who also assisted. May 22, 2012 north dallas forty chronicles a week in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for a dallas football team. See 5540 n 40 pl, dallas, tx 75252, a single family home home located in the far north dallas neighborhood. Who we are recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world.
At his careers end, gent turned to writing, debuting with the sensational north dallas forty, a look at the dark side of professional football, which was made into a film in 1979 starring nick nolte. View property details, similar homes, and the nearby school and neighborhood information. The north dallas plot to take over disd dallas observer. North dallas forty soundtrack from 1979, composed by john scott. North dallas forty by peter gent nook book ebook barnes. Yet, despite the broken bones and sleepless nights, most of the players wished it could go on forever. Spradlin set in the decadent world of american professional football in the late 1970s. Football in particular has produced virtually no great books, the sole exceptions being north dallas forty and friday night lights. A semifictional account of life as a professional americanstyle football player.
North dallas forty by peter gent is a novelized equivalent of baseballs nonfiction ball four by jim bouton. With nick nolte, charles durning, mac davis, dayle haddon. Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app. Book north dallas forty, by p gent, revd by d schaap. North dallas after forty 1990 edition open library. Fictitious pro football story told by a real nfl player.
In north dallas forty, he left behind a good novel and better movie that. Something of a mess, both in terms of the wayward plot which rambles all over the place, and in terms of the rather muddled juggling of audience sympathies. North dallas forty nude scenes 18 images and 7 videos including appearances from nick nolte mac davis. The passion and the pain of north dallas forty by paul. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. A meager effort was made to fill some seats, but most of the shots show empty ones. A novel by pete gent, north dallas forty, based on his five years with the cowboys, graphically depicted the pain and anguish the public couldnt feel or see on their television screens. It was a novel about the ribald life of a legendary and. This book is a fictional account of eight harrowing days in the. Remembering pete gent, who wrote north dallas forty the. Playing can be painful north dallas forty by peter gent. It was considered a roman v clef by readers who busily tried to identify the various characters with people on and around the dallas cowboys.
Thompson including the drinking, drugs, and sex and its perhaps the best look inside the landry cowboys and life as a cowboy. Plot wide receiver phil elliott plays for a late 1970s professional football team based in dallas, texas, named the north dallas bulls which closely resembles the dallas cowboys. North dallas forty chronicles a week in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for a dallas football team. The director is ted kotcheff, who made strong maleaction movies such as north dallas forty and the sylvester stallone vietvet story first blood. The other night, the author of north dallas forty went to see his movie. Its main characters, a quarterback and a wide receiver, are widely considered to be based on don meredith and gent, respectively.
The book was then turned into a successful movie starring nick nolte. Most of the major characters are back, and their lives after football a. In a society in which major league sporting events have replaced sunday worship as the religion of choice, north dallas forty appears like a desecration at the altar. North dallas book nerdsseeking a new member for our book. Theyre using methods from the 1960s to garner information in 20. The problem for mlb is this when thinking about the tactics similar to those used in north dallas forty. A great place to listen to music or shoot a game of pool. Quello che non puoi superare con lodio lo devi temere.
North dallas forty, the movie version of an autobiographical novel written by former dallas cowboy receiver pete gent, came to the silver screen in 1979. And the firstrate talent assembled for uncommon valor suggests the moviemakers were hoping to do just that. His movie, and the novel it is taken from, are a pro football parable of drugs. Talk to a football fan about north dallas forty and the fan smiles. The 1973 footbal novel exposes the dark side of the nfl, from corruption and. Bo svenson, brian dennehy, charles durning, dabney coleman, mac davis, nick nolte official content from paramount home. Muddled overall, but perceptive and brutally realistic, north dallas forty also benefits from strong performances by nick nolte and charles durning. This home was built in 1979 and last sold on 12006 for. It had the plot of a phone book and the character development of a stop sign which you should obey when you see the book on the shelf. Oct 02, 2011 a novel by pete gent, north dallas forty, based on his five years with the cowboys, graphically depicted the pain and anguish the public couldnt feel or see on their television screens. In this film, directed by ted kotcheff the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz, the national football league is revealed to be more about the money than the game. North dallas forty, which also has the distinction of being made into the only good football movie ever, is peter gents thinly veiled roman a clef based on his brief time with the cowboys. Jun 11, 2014 north dallas forty trailer 1979 director. North dallas forty by peter gent, 1973 gent, a former dallas cowboy wide receiver, wrote this novel about a fictional football team in dallas but not named the cowboys, wink wink.
After leaving professional football, gent wrote several novels dealing with the sport. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing north dallas forty near you. North dallas forty by peter gent goodreads share book. The first cowboy to wear his hair long, gent brought the 60s to one of americas most conservative franchises. The longawaited sequel to north dallas 40 chronicles the continuing adventures of phil elliott, joe bob williams, and the legendary seth maxwell. The 1973 footbal novel exposes the dark side of the nfl, from corruption and abusive coaches to drug addiction, violence. North dallas forty and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The novel highlights the relationship between the violent. North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g. May 09, 20 north dallas forty by peter gent, 1973 gent, a former dallas cowboy wide receiver, wrote this novel about a fictional football team in dallas but not named the cowboys, wink wink. Peter gent wrote two of the greatest sports fiction books ever, north dallas forty and the franchise. Bo svenson, brian dennehy, charles durning, dabney coleman, mac davis. Gent was a wide receiver who played for the cowboys from 1964 through 1968, and one of the fun parts of the book is guessing to just what extent players in the book resemble their reallife counterparts. Peter gent, 69, a onetime wide receiver with the dallas cowboys, whose 1973 novel, north dallas forty, exposed the drug use, hypocrisy and pervasive pain in the life of a pro football team.
North dallas forty was among the early books providing unsettling views of. His first and most famous book, a semiautobiographical novel entitled north dallas forty, was published in 1973. It was directed by ted kotcheff and based on the bestselling novel by peter gent. The movie was based on a book by the same name, written by peter gent he. The passion and the pain of north dallas forty the. North dallas forty herois sem amanha, 1979 trailer youtube. I preferred the feelgood hollywood ending to the novels bleak one. That money came from affluent people, the majority of. Charles durning, nick nolte, dabney coleman, bo svenson, mac davis directed by ted kotcheff genre. North dallas forty was a brisk, obscene, funny, sometimes shocking blast at pro football. Experienced and passionate readers of all genres who love discussion and debate. Should live near north dallas, or be willing to commute, and be interested in meeting in various social venues such as cafes, restaurants, quiet bars, etc. Though theres supposed to be a championship football game taking place near the end of the movie, the stadium is strangely devoid of fans. North dallas forty by peter gent, 1974, new american.
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