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Cormac McCarthy(1933-2023)

  • Writer
  • Producer
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Cormac McCarthy in The Sunset Limited (2011)
Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men – a deeply religious black ex-con (Samuel L. Jackson) who thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor (Tommy Lee Jones) who tried to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, The Sunset Limited.
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Cormac McCarthy was born on 20 July 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Road (2009), No Country for Old Men (2007) and The Counselor (2013). He was previously married to Jennifer Claire Winkley, Anne DeLisle and Lee Holleman. He died on 13 June 2023 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
BornJuly 20, 1933
DiedJune 13, 2023(89)
BornJuly 20, 1933
DiedJune 13, 2023(89)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination

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Tommy Lee Jones and Cormac McCarthy in The Sunset Limited (2011)
Cormac McCarthy at an event for The Sunset Limited (2011)
Samuel L. Jackson and Cormac McCarthy at an event for The Sunset Limited (2011)
Cormac McCarthy and Paula Mae Schwartz
Producer Steve Schwartz, writer Cormac McCarthy, producer Bob Weinstein, director John Hillcoat and producer Paula Mae Schwartz attend the premiere of 'The Road' at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on November 16, 2009 in New York City.

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Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road (2009)
The Road
7.2
  • Writer
  • 2009
Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men
8.2
  • Writer
  • 2007
Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender in The Counselor (2013)
The Counselor
5.4
  • Writer
  • 2013
Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz in All the Pretty Horses (2000)
All the Pretty Horses
5.8
  • Writer
  • 2000

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Writer

  • Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender in The Counselor (2013)
    The Counselor
    • written by
    • 2013
  • Child of God (2013)
    Child of God
    • novel
    • 2013
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones in The Sunset Limited (2011)
    The Sunset Limited
    • play
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 2011
  • Outer Dark (2009)
    Outer Dark
    • novel
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road (2009)
    The Road
    • based on the book by
    • 2009
  • Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)
    No Country for Old Men
    • novel
    • 2007
  • Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz in All the Pretty Horses (2000)
    All the Pretty Horses
    • novel
    • 2000
  • Visions (1976)
    Visions
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1977

Producer

  • Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender in The Counselor (2013)
    The Counselor
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos3

The Sunset Limited
Trailer 0:32
The Sunset Limited
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Trailer 2:32
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Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Discogs
    • Encyclopedia
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • July 20, 1933
    • Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  • Died
    • June 13, 2023
    • Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Jennifer Claire WinkleyJanuary 2, 1998 - 2006 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Novel: "No Country for Old Men" (filmed as No Country for Old Men (2007))
  • Publicity listings
    • 9 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Literary critic Harold Bloom considers him one of the four major American novelists of his time, along with Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth.
  • Quotes
    [on Terrence Malick, whom he admires] It's so strange; I never knew what happened to him. I saw Richard Gere in New Orleans one time, and I said, "What ever happened to Terry Malick?" And he said, "Everybody asks me that." He said, "I have no idea." But later on I met Terry. And he just - he just decided that he didn't want to live that life. Or so he told me. He just didn't want to live the life. It wasn't that he didn't like the films. It's just, if you could do it without living in Hollywood...
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