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Foote provided the voice of Jefferson Davis for Ken Burns 's critically acclaimed documentary, The Civil War (PBS, 1990). Adaptations of his plays The Habitation of Dragons (TNT, 1992) and Lily Dale (Showtime, 1996) preceded the Showtime production of Horton Foote's Alone (1997).
Horton Foote was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for his adaptations of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Trip to Bountiful and Tender Mercies. He created the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, where he set many of his plays, and wrote about his family and childhood memories.
Mar 4, 2009 · Horton Foote was an American playwright and screenwriter who evoked American life in beautifully observed minimal stories and was perhaps best known for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Foote studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California and in New York City.
Mar 5, 2009 · Horton Foote, who chronicled a wistful American odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas and who left a literary legacy as one of the country’s...
Mar 5, 2009 · Horton Foote, whose bittersweet stories of heartbreak and regret set in small Southern towns earned him wide popular acclaim as well as two Academy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, died Wednesday.
Horton Foote was a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for his adaptations of To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies. He created the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, where he set many of his plays, and wrote about his family and childhood in his autobiography.
Mar 4, 2009 · Horton Foote, who chronicled America’s wistful odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas, died in Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday. He was 92.
