Bill Text: TX HR14 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Lonesome Dove and commending the performances of Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR14 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR14-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 14 |
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WHEREAS, The 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of the | ||
television miniseries Lonesome Dove provides a welcome opportunity | ||
to celebrate the iconic performances of its two stars, the actors | ||
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones; and | ||
WHEREAS, Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by | ||
Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove is the saga of an epic cattle drive | ||
from South Texas to the mountains of Montana in the late 1870s; | ||
originally aired in four episodes between February 5 and February | ||
8, 1989, this beautifully written and directed narrative features | ||
more than a dozen vividly rendered major characters, but at the | ||
center of the story are two legendary cattlemen, Woodrow F. Call and | ||
Augustus McCrae; and | ||
WHEREAS, These two former captains in the Texas Rangers are | ||
partners in the Hat Creek Cattle Company in the small border town of | ||
Lonesome Dove; Captain Call is a stern leader with an unflinching | ||
code of honor, and in the powerful performance of Tommy Lee Jones, | ||
he is a man of few words, immense dignity, and a great deal of | ||
repressed emotion; Gus McCrae is a much livelier gentleman, fond of | ||
drinking, gambling, and the company of women, and Robert Duvall's | ||
portrayal constitutes an actor's master class in homespun wit, | ||
physical grace, and effortless charm; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lonesome Dove teems with character and incident, | ||
ranging from the comic to the violent to the heartbreaking, but the | ||
soul of the story is the often contentious but always unbreakable | ||
bond between Woodrow and Gus, and thanks to the skill of these two | ||
gifted actors, Lonesome Dove represents one of the most moving | ||
evocations of lifelong friendship ever committed to film; any | ||
viewer who does not weep during their final parting at Gus's | ||
deathbed is surely made of stone; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among the finest actors of his generation, | ||
Mr. Duvall has enjoyed a long career encompassing roles in such | ||
classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, | ||
and Tender Mercies; the equally revered Mr. Jones, a native Texan, | ||
has turned in magnificent performances in such films as Coal | ||
Miner's Daughter, The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men, and | ||
Lincoln; and | ||
WHEREAS, Acclaimed by critics and viewers alike at the time | ||
of its airing, Lonesome Dove has gone on to become the unofficial | ||
"national epic" of the Lone Star State, and its indelible place in | ||
the hearts of Texans and audiences around the world is due in large | ||
part to the brilliance and charisma of these two great American | ||
actors; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first | ||
broadcast of Lonesome Dove and commend Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee | ||
Jones for their masterful performances; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for Mr. Duvall and Mr. Jones as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Raymond | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 14 was adopted by the House on March | ||
6, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||