Larry Brown (author)
Larry Brown (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004) was an American novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. He won numerous awards including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for fiction, the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Award, and Mississippi's Governor's Award For Excellence in the Arts. He was also the first two-time winner of the Southern Book Award for Fiction.
His notable works include Dirty Work, Father and Son, Joe and Big Bad Love. The latter was adapted for a 2001 film of the same name, starring Debra Winger and Arliss Howard. In 2013 a film adaptation of Larry Brown's Joe was released, featuring Nicolas Cage.
Independent filmmaker Gary Hawkins has directed an award-winning documentary of Brown's life and work in The Rough South of Larry Brown (2011).
Life and writing
Larry Brown was born on July 9, 1951 and grew up near Oxford, Mississippi. He graduated from high school in Oxford, but did not want to go to college, opting instead for a stint in the Marines. Many years later, he took a creative writing class from the University of Mississippi. Brown worked at a small stove company before joining the city fire department in Oxford.
'Larry Brown' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
At Any Price (2012)
Actors: Wesley Blankenbehler (actor), Christopher Borek (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), Jerry Christensen (actor), Jesse Dabson (actor), Joey DeBettencourt (actor), Lucy Doherty (actor), Shannon Edwards (actor), Zac Efron (actor), Mike Falevits (actor), Marc Grapey (actor), Tim Grimm (actor), Stephen Louis Grush (actor), Keith Herrmann (actor), Wilbur Bastian (actor),
Plot: In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
Keywords: accidental-death, affair, bare-chested-male, boxer-shorts, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, business-rivalry, car-accident, corn, cornfield, crying-manGenres: Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: How far would you go to chase a dream?
Quotes:
Henry Whipple: Am I a happy man? How can I not be?The Phone Book (2008)
Actors: Dan Austin (actor), Ray Carbajal (actor), Cliff Corder (actor), Gary Davis (actor), Josh Drennen (actor), J.J. Gonzalez (actor), Michael Hatch (actor), JoJo Henrickson (actor), Andy Hungerford (actor), Dylan Kenin (actor), Eric Kinsinger (actor), Richard Kuenne (actor), Dave Kuhr (actor), Jef McClure (actor), Guillermo Alifraco (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Taglines: If you can't find it in here, maybe it doesn't exist!
Hairdo U (2002)
Actors: Eric Connors (actor), De' Leon Howard III (actor), Jeff Jefferson (actor), Adrian Rice (actor), Jason Smith (actor), Que Stevenson (actor), Monica Askew (actress), Sharonda 'Shayy' Irving (actress), Katherine Kine' (actress), Luigi Marchese (producer), Juan MsKissic (producer), Jason Smith (producer), Wayne Welch (producer), Dee Ross McKissic (writer), Mykk C. (composer),
Genres: Comedy,Taglines: Love. hope, and a really good moisturizer is all you need. True Beauty comes from inside...a Bottle
Flying Blind (1989)
Actors: Gary Austin (actor), Sherwood Ball (actor), Terrence Beasor (actor), Jerry Blavat (actor), Charles Costa (actor), Dermott Downs (actor), Tom Dwyer (actor), Gary Frank (actor), Carl Franklin (actor), John D. Genovese (actor), Fred Greenlee (actor), Wayne Heffley (actor), Brent Hoad (actor), Kipp Lennon (actor), Rocco Amato (actor),
Plot: Melodrama set in Philadelphia, PA in 1965. Eddie Panvini (Panebianco), a teenage photographer from South Philadelphia facing the Vietnam draft joins the coffeehouse fringe in 1965 Philadelphia and struggles with several moral choices before deciding to go to Vietnam as a war photographer.
Keywords: 1960s, 1965, beatnik, catholic-school, coffeehouse, death-of-friend, drug-use, family-relationships, folk-music, gay-slurGenres: Drama,
Brown, Larry Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Bobby
Brown, Larry Filmography
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2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
Famous quotes by Larry Brown:
Larry Brown
black roses, leukemia
took my friend larry brown
thirteen years old and fadin fast
wo oh oh, ain't life a bitch wo oh oh
my grade school my neighbor
mom's smokes and dad's dirty magazines
he lived so cool and care free
i won't take life for granted
i'm too young to die wo oh oh
fate can be so cruel sometimes
my friend remember, remember me
when you're down and you're out pick it up
remember, remember me
when your down and you're out pick it up
when i look, up at night
i count the stars in the sky
it makes me think of larry
cause he was always aiming high wo oh oh
his brother norm and jesse
played loud music had long hair
larry loved his big brotheres
i guess you had to be there
i'm too young to die wo ohoh
fate can be so cruel sometimes
my friend remember, remember me
when you're down and you're out pick it up
remember, remember me
when you're down and you're out pick it up
i can't believe you're gone
guess it's time we carry on
well it's just not the same
without you in the game
black roses leukemia
took my friend larry brown
thirteen years old and fadin fast
wo oh aint life a bitch
remember remember me