Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah in the Summer of 1971 Audiobook (Free)

‘Junior Bonner is usually Jeb Rosebrook’s masterpiece, subtly understated and richly satisfying. In 1972, it supplied director Sam Peckinpah with a distinctive opportunity to return to his roots and deliver a portrayal of the present day American West. In this wonderfully written memoir, Rosebrook catches the creative conflicts that are unavoidable as phrases become images. It depicts a classic confrontation between a talented young screenwriter and tyrannical movie director whose personal visions merge to produce a traditional about Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah in the Summer of 1971 motion picture. A must-read for anyone interested in the truth behind great moviemaking.’

-Garner Simmons, writer of Peckinpah: A Family portrait in Montage

Junior Bonner (1972) may be the best rodeo film that’s ever been made. It had been the best script Sam ever got his practical….Junior Bonner is usually truer towards the human element behind the sport than every other rodeo film. It’s Sam’s one Traditional western film where in fact the protagonists survive the transition-at least for another day. The wreck might be arriving for Junior Bonner another mile or so later on. That was the tale of Sam, as well.’

-Max Evans, writer of Goin’ Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and everything Our Friends

‘Without the pressure of being commercially successful the film is among McQueen’s and Peckinpah’s finest films, coping with the human center. The mix of deft performances, inspired writing and directing, and the authentic feel of the locations led to a rare encounter., in what of McQueen’s following co-star Ali MacGraw, who proclaimed, ‘Such a beautiful, perfect film!’

-Andrew Antoniades and Mike Siegel, writers of

Steve McQueen: The Acting professional and His Films

‘Screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook’s memoir about the making of the common Steve McQueen film he penned, Junior Bonner, is normally infinitely more than a behind-the-scenes accounts of a great film. It’s an inside-the-scenes account of the turning point in his personal life, of the dangerous minute in the career of an aging movie star, of the transitional time when Hollywood briefly emulated the artistic ambitions and innovative reach of Western european cinema. The cast of characters contains such flammable numbers as McQueen and renowned movie director auteur-terrible Sam Peckinpah and assorted agencies, suppliers, and 1970s studio executives who had been presiding over Hollywood’s very best explosion of audacious, boundary-breaking filmmaking since its founding. And Rosebrook’s memoir will go deeper, in to the hearts and thoughts of these dreamers and schemers on both sides of the camcorder who, almost in spite of themselves, their egos, and their appetites, managed to make long lasting film artwork that’s worth examining and celebrating each one of these decades later on.’

-Steven Gaydos, Professional Editor, VARIETY

‘For years Jeb Rosebrook interested audiences with films, tv shows and novels. Right now, his behind-the-scenes memoir from the production from the film Junior Bonner, which he scripted, spotlights how filmmaking can be an intensely collaborative artwork. Plus, we obtain all the thin, as well as the unwanted fat, of behind the scenes shenanigans, sexual dalliances, and Steve McQueen’s resilience and acting strength against Peckinpah’s iron-fisted directing. Junior Bonner, starring Steve McQueen, Ida Lupino and Robert Preston, developed through Rosebrook’s uplifting creativeness and diligent cooperation using the actors-and movie director Peckinpah always threatening to send home anyone, solid, or crew, with a tin can strapped with their butt. Through it all, Rosebrook’s script survived to create a classic and memorable film-one of the very best 100 Westerns.’

-Adam Ciletti, Pikes Poet Laureate, Colorado Springs, Colorado