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re: Urban Cowboy fans. Let’s settle this!

Posted on 12/4/21 at 1:10 pm to
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 12/4/21 at 1:10 pm to
Dude read the article I linked. I could kick myself for not saving the Text Files I saved of the Journal/Blog. It was laid out in several 'pages' of LONG scrolling text. I didn't want to look like I was playing on the internet all day at work so I went to Latham's blog and copy and pasted all the text to text files.

I can't find this shite online ANYWHERE now. He wrote in the journal EVERY day of production.

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Among Latham’s papers are extensive materials relating to “Urban Cowboy,” including drafts, notes and research materials for his Esquire article, the film and the Broadway musical. Included is Latham’s extensive and detailed journal documenting the movie from the writing of the screenplay to actors’ screen tests to filming. The journal fills five notebooks and hundreds of pages, providing a nearly daily account of the creation of the film from Nov. 27, 1978, to Nov. 25, 1979.
This post was edited on 12/4/21 at 1:13 pm
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
3782 posts
Posted on 12/4/21 at 9:00 pm to
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I can't find this shite online ANYWHERE now. He wrote in the journal EVERY day of production



I too read it probably 10 yrs ago when it was still online ; i think it was linked to Latham’s IMDb page or something.. i dont remember the part you mentioned about Travolta with the male PA’s and cocaine, but what i do remember is the part where they were filming a bedroom scene and the director and Travolta each got in bed w/Winger, and each ‘suckled’ on her bosoms, one on the left, and one on the right- while the crew watched.. Also, I remember that the crew stayed at this hotel/condo complex across Richmond from the Galleria that’s still there (or at least was as of a couple years ago) called Galleria Oaks(?) i think, and that Winger would stay up all hours of the night having these manic breakdowns.. and the other thing that was kinda crazy is that Travolta would line up a limo almost every night to take him to an adult movie theater, and just hang out watching x-rated films when he wasnt working.. this was way before you could access that stuff on the internet, and even VCRs were brand new at the time, so most (including presumably Travolta) didn’t have one.. the journal Latham kept was a treasure trove of dirt for fans of Urban Cowboy.
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