Feb 18, 2012 pete gent lived nearly everyones fantasies portrayed by one of hollywoods handsomest leading men, high school and college hero, pro football player, writing the great american novel, and a hit. 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. Oct 01, 2011 the seamier side of professional football was exposed by former nfl player peter gents north dallas forty, the 1973 novel that became a sports movie classic depicting the drugs, sex, greed. 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. His first and most famous book, a semiautobiographical novel entitled north dallas forty, was published in. His novel is a rebellious, scathing takedown of americas team. North dallas forty paperback october 30, 2000 by peter gent author. North dallas forty hardcover january 1, 1973 by peter gent author. And it is this quality that makes his book so believable and raw. Peter gent, a receiver for the dallas cowboys of the 1960s whose bestselling novel north dallas forty portrayed professional football as a.
North dallas forty, pete gent, 1973 wide receiver gent was a cowboys teammate of rentzels. North dallas forty gives true picture of what football was. This book is a fictional account of eight harrowing days in the. It tells the story of a talented, but conflicted football player in the nfl. The screenplay was by kotcheff, gent, frank yablans and nancy dowd uncredited. Dayle haddons inexperienced playing adds nothing even faintly convincing to the badly written love interest, and the rest of the film has to struggle to recover from the resulting dead spots. It was directed by ted kotcheff and based on the bestselling novel by peter gent. If you ever wondered what professional football truly was like in its wildwest heyday of the 1970s, seek out this acclaimed dramedy north dallas forty, an adaption of former dallas. In north dallas forty, he left behind a good novel and better movie that, like that tackle scene, resonates powerfully today in ways he could not have anticipated. Peter gent is best known as the author of north dallas forty, but in 1983 he wrote another football novel, the completely demented the franchise.
May 22, 2012 north dallas forty chronicles a week in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for a dallas football team. A brutal satire of american professional football in which a veteran passcatchers individuality and refusal to become part of the team family is bitterly resented by his disciplinarian coaches. 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. Buy a cheap copy of north dallas forty hall of fame. His first and most famous book, a semiautobiographical novel entitled north dallas forty, was published in 1973.
Yet, despite the broken bones and sleepless nights, most of the players wished it could go on forever. The franchise by peter gent meet your next favorite book. As fiction the book leaves a lot to be desired, but as a study of the lives pro football players lead it merits serious consideration. See the worlds best properly cited quotes from north dallas forty on quote catalog, the quote engine of the internet. It turns out that professional football players like booze and women. Released in august 1979, just in time for the nfl preseason, north dallas forty was a late entry in the long list of seventies films pitting an alienated antihero against the unyielding monolith. North dallas forty hardcover january 1, 1973 by peter gent author visit amazons peter gent page. North dallas forty author, former dallas cowboy peter. Adapted for the screen in 1979, this novel, written by exdallas cowboy peter gent, is widely considered the best.
Find books like north dallas forty from the worlds largest community of readers. North dallas forty hall of fame, book 1 by peter gent. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. North dallas forty was about football well, the behind the scenes things involving football. 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. There are so many north dallas forty quotes that can help you when you are tired of being in the same old rut, and all you need is a little push, a little inspiration, a smile on the face, change of mood bring you out of the banality of life, make you laugh a little, or may even make you cry a bit, and these. Everyone is asking whos who among the forty or will the. George davis peter gent august 23, 1942 september 30, 2011 was a wide receiver in the. North dallas forty is excessive, melodramatic, and onesided. Was the nick nolte film north dallas 40 loosely based on. Read north dallas forty by peter gent available from rakuten kobo. It was made into a movie six years later, starring nick nolte as an aging.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing north dallas forty near you. The screenplay was by kotcheff, gent, frank yablans, and nancy dowd. Having enjoyed both north dallas 40 and other titles by peter gent, i was surprised to find this particular title somewhat lacking. This followup to north dallas forty features many of the original characters and describes their lives after football, emphasizing corruption, murder and drugs. His movie, and the novel it is taken from, are a pro football parable of drugs and pain. This was the first film role for davis, a popular country music recording artist. North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g. Football always seemed larger than lifethat was the primary source of its appealand football writing always tended toward extremes of melodrama and burlesque rather than the lyrical realism. Jun 11, 2014 north dallas forty trailer 1979 director. Peter gent a thinlyveiled insiders look at the dallas cowboys in. Of course, it is a reprisal of the characters we met in the original nd40 but quite a few years have passed and the lives of the main characters are not quite the same as they were. In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the teamanagement. See all 17 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Many of the players from the first book are back the team is having a reunion of sorts and the surviving players are back.
I was in there, said ralph neely, a former cowboy tackle, talking about the movie north dallas forty, based on pete gents 1973 novel about life in the nf of l. North dallas forty author, former dallas cowboy peter gent. With nick nolte, charles durning, mac davis, dayle haddon. North dallas forty and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Lots of great character actors in there, too, like dabney coleman and g. North dallas forty is a work of fiction, based on a semiautobiographical novel by former cowboys receiver peter gent who also assisted frank yablans and director ted kotcheff with the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. North dallas forty is a 1979 sports drama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g. Based on the semiautobiographical novel by peter gent, a cowboys wide receiver in the late 1960s, the films.
Peter gent, who labored for several seasons as a dallas cowboy receiver, has undergone a startling metamorphosis. Watch north dallas forty 1979 online for free the roku. A faithful and intelligent adaptation of the bestselling novel by peter gent, a former pass receiver with the dallas cowboys, north dallas forty has the ring of authenticity that usually eludes. The other night, the author of north dallas forty went to see his movie for the fifth time in four days. North dallas forty by peter gent 1973 i love this book. This sequel to gents very funny look behind the scenes of professional football, north dallas forty, is not what youd expect. As such, it belongs to the mainstream of football fiction written since the early 1900s. Peter gent does an exceptional job of pulling the reader into the rough and tumble world of professional football, while exposing the sordid, nomercy inside story. North dallas forty ebook by peter gent rakuten kobo. A classic novel about a week inside a pro football team on the field, the men who play football are gladiators, titans. Still, north dallas forty retains enough of the original novel s authenticity to deliver strong, if brutish, entertainment. These are some great reads, in my book chicago suntimes. The longawaited sequel to north dallas 40 chronicles the continuing adventures of phil elliott, joe bob williams, and the legendary seth maxwell.
Based on the popular novel by former dallas cowboy peter gent, north dallas forty depicts nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets, is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. The opening shot of ted kotcheffs north dallas forty is a tense and memorable one. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading north dallas forty. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Oct 01, 2011 gents 1973 novel, north dallas forty, dealt with drugs, sex, greed and selfpreservation in professional football. 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. Peter gent wrote his novel from the unique perspective of having been a former dallas cowboy. Spradlin set in the world of american professional football.
Its main characters, a quarterback and a wide receiver, are widely considered to be based on don meredith and gent, respectively. The first cowboy to wear his hair long, gent brought the 60s to one of americas most conservative franchises. The book, north dallas forty, was made into a movie in the seventies starring nick nolte and mac davis. See all 17 formats and editions hide other formats. The novel was one of the first to examine the nfls hypocrisy regarding drug use. The story of eight harrowing days in the chaotic life of a professional football player, north dallas forty, originally published in 1973, exposes an nfl rife with. A semifictional account of life as a professional americanstyle football player. Spradlin who you might also know as the senator who tries to extort michael in the godfather. The powerful novel about the hidden side of pro football, written by a former nfl player newsweek. Peter gent, 69, explayer who wrote north dallas forty.
The 1973 footbal novel exposes the dark side of the nfl, from corruption. Elliot is slow to get up, every move being a slow one that clearly causes a searing amount of pain. Goodreads members who liked north dallas forty also liked. These north dallas forty quotes based on the 1979 american sports comedydrama film. Most of the major characters are back, and their lives after football a. If you ever wondered what professional football truly was like in its wildwest heyday of the 1970s, seek out this acclaimed dramedy north dallas forty, an adaption of former dallas cowboys wide. The very least you can say about peter gents all tough book about pro football is that its like a cold slow bum and youll be glad this former dallas cowboy has found a longer term career he can write. North dallas forty 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. According to texas literary outlaws, this book was written during a period in gents life when he was exhibiting some scarily paranoid behavior. North dallas forty chronicles a week in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for a dallas football team.
Share see all buying options available as a kindle ebook. 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. Oct 30, 2000 north dallas forty paperback october 30, 2000 by peter gent author. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. Muddled overall, but perceptive and brutally realistic, north dallas forty also benefits from strong performances by nick nolte and charles durning.
North dallas forty by peter gent is a novelized equivalent of baseballs nonfiction ball four by jim bouton. Apr 17, 2020 if you ever wondered what professional football truly was like in its wildwest heyday of the 1970s, seek out this acclaimed dramedy north dallas forty, an adaption of former dallas cowboys wide. The fast life begins to take its toll on two funloving but aging football players. North dallas forty by peter gent overdrive rakuten. North dallas forty hardcover june 10, 1905 by peter gent author. Bo svenson, brian dennehy, charles durning, dabney coleman, mac davis, nick nolte official content from paramount home. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. North dallas forty hall of fame, book 1 by peter gent book cover, description, publication history. Peter gent, a receiver for the dallas cowboys of the 1960s whose bestselling novel north dallas forty portrayed professional football as a dehumanizing business that drove painracked. North dallas forty movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Oct 02, 2011 peter gent, who turned his vivid memories of a fiveyear career as a wide receiver with the dallas cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel north dallas forty, has died. In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the teams management.
It shows the aging and exhausted phil elliot nick nolte, passed out in his bed and awoken by a blaring alarm clock. North dallas forty, a 1973 novel about the violent world of pro football, was written by pete gent, who played tight end for the dallas cowboys from 1964 to 1968 and for the new york giants. 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. Read north dallas forty online by peter gent books free 30day. This comes through loud and clear in the franchise, which is a conspiracyfilled history of a new. North dallas forty by peter gent 1973, hardcover for. Spradlin set in the decadent world of american professional football in the late 1970s. The seamier side of professional football was exposed by former nfl player peter gents north dallas forty, the 1973 novel that became a sports movie classic depicting the drugs, sex, greed. North dallas forty by peter gent nook book ebook barnes. Remembering pete gent, who wrote north dallas forty the. Phillip elliott nick nolte is a veteran passcatcher for the north dallas bulls, who bear a strong resemblance to the dallas cowboysnot surprising given that the film is based on a novel by. The passion and the pain of north dallas forty the.
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