The Great American Cowboy
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The Great American Cowboy is a 1973 documentary film
by Kieth Merrill
. The film, which won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, is about the battle between two rodeo
stars for the world championship: veteran Larry Mahan
and newcomer Phil Lyne.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Kieth Merrill
Kieth Merrill
Kieth W. Merrill is an American filmmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967...
. The film, which won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, is about the battle between two rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
stars for the world championship: veteran Larry Mahan
Larry Mahan
-Riding career:Mahan broke into professional rodeo at the age of 14. He won the title of World All-Around Rodeo Champion for five consecutive years from 1966 to 1970, and a sixth time in 1973...
and newcomer Phil Lyne.
External links
- The Great American Cowboy at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Douglas Kent Hall official Web site