No, The Son is not based on a true story, but rather Zeller's 2018 French play of the same name. However, the play – as well as its big-screen version – was inspired by a personal experience. In a 2022 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Zeller said, “It comes from a personal place.
Regardless, the story is not based on real life, even if it feels like a true story. The play version of The Son, originally titled in French (Le Fils), is the final play in a trilogy that began with The Father and The Mother.
The novel focuses on three generations of the McCullough family: Eli McCullough, the vicious patriarch who was the first male child born in the newly formed Texas, his son Peter McCullough, a learned man who disagrees with his father's brutality but is powerless to stop it, and Eli's great-granddaughter and Peter's ...
"First Son of Texas" Eli McCullough must survive a frontier Comanche attack in 1849 and lead his family's empire through difficult times in 1915. "First Son of Texas" Eli McCullough must survive a frontier Comanche attack in 1849 and lead his family's empire through difficult times in 1915.
Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.com said the series, which was canceled shortly before its second season premiered, “did draw respectable viewership though it was old-skewing” (which is bad for commercial-carrying programs such as those on AMC).
The AMC series isn't based on a true story per se; rather, it's based on a 2013 novel by author Philipp Meyer. The book landed on the New York Times bestseller list, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — although it lost to Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch.
When Martin shows defiance to his captors, he is killed, leaving Eli as the only survivor of the family. During his time with the Comanche, Eli does not just survive, but thrives, eventually coming to see the tribe as his family and home.
Despite the title, “The Son” is really about the father in this story, Peter, a successful workaholic Manhattan lawyer on his second wife and second child, a newborn. Past and present collide when Nicholas, the 17-year-old son from his first marriage, reaches a crescendo of mental anguish. “It's life.
Season two concludes the journey of the iconic First Son of Texas. Eli McCullough (Pierce Brosnan) will stop at nothing to secure his legacy against the backdrop of the nascent oil industry of 1917.
'My Son (2021)' is an experimental film in which a man returns to Scotland after receiving news that his son has gone missing. James McAvoy apparently improvises every scene he's in (which is most of them), forced to fumble his way around a plot which he doesn't know and actors who have the knowledge he is deprived of.
Roy tells Edmond that it is time for them to leave, and he bids his son farewell. As the film ends, Roy mentions that the judge will likely take into account the benefit of Edmond's actions in court cases for criminal charges still pending, as there is an even greater network of kidnappers soon to be arrested.
Rather confusing storyline in parts. Content collapsed. 2021's 'My Son' is a well made drama with an intriguing premise, but unfortunately falls apart under its own ambition. SYNOPSIS: 'Edmond receives a call from his estranged ex-wife informing him about his son's disappearance.
Even though the journey may be a bit bumpy, The Son still offers an easy ride into the Old West. The Son isn't going to revive the good ol' days when Westerns dominated television, but it's watchable and often well written and acted.
Jay Kleberg, an Austin-based conservationist whose family owns the sprawling King Ranch in Kingsville, said in an interview with The Texas Tribune on Wednesday that his campaign will focus on fighting climate change, managing the state's disaster recovery and improving benefits for veterans.
Today, King Ranch sprawls across 825,000 acres of South Texas land, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. As the home of 35,000 cattle and over 200 Quarter Horses, King Ranch is one of the largest ranches in the world today.
Henrietta King's sole surviving child, Alice Gertrudis Kleberg, and her husband Robert J. Kleberg Jr. inherited over 800,000 acres that were incorporated as the King Ranch in 1934.
Eli had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. Together the three of them labored as priests at Shiloh in the tabernacle, where the ark of the covenant was housed (see 1 Sam. 1:3).
