TOM HORN
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In 1979 Steve started filming 'Tom Horn' in Arizona. His character was a real life Old West lawman, scout, detective, outlaw and assassin, who was hanged for a murder he may not have committed.
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In 1979 Steve started filming 'Tom Horn' in Arizona. His character was a real life Old West lawman, scout, detective, outlaw and assassin, who was hanged for a murder he may not have committed.
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In the background is Steve's dog Junior. Junior was a stray with a bad attitude, but Steve adopted him and the two developed a perhaps not so unlikely bond.
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Shooting involved three months for Barbara and Steve in a Winnebago in the Arizona desert, Steve characteristically declining a smart hotel in Tucson.
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Steve is captured is a classical Western pose. Few actors had such a natural ease in a Western setting.
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Steve McQueen was so proficient riding horses that he used a hackamore - a type of bridle for a horse that works on pressure points on the horse's face, nose, and chin - instead of reins.
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Barbara writes: "Steve wasn't a method actor. Instead, he started his research by reading all the material that he could get his hands on about the person he was going to play..Realism was his driving force".
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Barbara writes: "He just loved the serenity of the desert. We had all the privacy we needed and the nights were still and quiet. It was the perfect place to gaze up into the night sky and count the stars."
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Barbara writes: "Nobody knew the endless hours and meticulous research he had put into preparing for his roles..."God is in the details," is what Steve would always say."