In this fact-based film set in 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard (Vincent D’Onofrio) is introduced to Novalyne Price (Renée Zellweger), a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. The creator of Conan the Barbarian and Red Sonja, Howard was a small-town writer with an insatiable appetite for larger-than-life heroism and fantasy. Shunned by the prudish locals, he was befriended by a feisty young teacher who offered him an unforgettable chance at love.
Starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Renee Zellweger, Benjamin Mouton, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell.
Rated PG