May 21, 2010
In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting young man named Robert Howard. He’s a successful writer – of the pulp stories of ‘Conan the Barbarian’; she’s an aspiring one. A friendship develops into a sort of courtship. Based on a memoir by Novalyne Price.
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Movie: The Whole Wide World (1996)
- Director: Dan Ireland
- Release Date:20 December 1996 (USA)
- Run Time:111 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Biography , Drama , Romance
- MPAA:Rated PG for a substantial amount of mild language and mature thematic elements.
Tagline: A true story about the true love of the greatest pulp fiction writer of all time.
Trivia: The infamous kiss shared between characters Robert E. Howard (‘Vincent D’Onofrio (I)’) and Novalyne Price (Renée Zellweger) was only shot once. The kiss shown in the movie is a cut and edited version of their single take.


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