No, McMurtry didn't do the screenplay Shipping. Don't know who did.
> I read the book "The Shipping
> News" and really liked it. She got some
> awards for it I think. Real good at
> character development, something the movie
> failed to do. I'll bet that Brokeback is
> just the same: good book, indifferent movie.
> I'll see it on dvd, NOT for $9.50 in a
> theater!
> If Mc Murtry did the screen play for
> Shipping then the author has a good reason
> to mistrust him, IMO!