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Vol. 109, No. 15
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From printed page to the silver screen

Published in the June 10, 2009, issue

John McPhee ’53

THE SHORT STORY “Ruidoso,” from Pieces of the Frame (1975)

THE MOVIE Casey’s Shadow (1978)
Directed by Martin Ritt
Starring Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton, and Andrew Rubin

THE MOVIE PLOT (Action/Adventure/Sports)
A fictionalized drama based on John McPhee’s nonfiction short story. A poor young farm boy and his father, who is a small-time quarter horse trainer, raise a colt from birth with the hope — against all odds — that the horse will take home a blue ribbon in an upcoming race.

Denise Applewhite/Office of Communications
 
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