STEVE MCQUEEN: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LAST MILE
Photographs by BARBARA MCQUEEN


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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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STAR TREATMENT AND THE STRAY DOG

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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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ON LOCATION, ARIZONA, EARLY MORNING

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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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TOM HORN, BY THE CORRALL

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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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HACKAMORE TRIPTYCH

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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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ON LOCATION. A QUIET BREAK

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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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SUNSET ON THE RANGE

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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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TOM HORN

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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."


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TOM HORN, WINTER

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The wintry landscape and authentic costumes placed the film squarely in the tradition of the 1970's 'revisionist' westerns, which deliberately sought an authenticity in strong contrast to classical Hollywood.

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