Jim Stephenson wrote:
> Andr頡sked:
>
>> Just read somewhere that Deadwood the
marvellous,
>> wonderful, fantastic (I could go on forever)
serie has
>> been conceived from the Pete dexter's book. Is
that
>> right ?
>
> I am just finishing Dexter's *Deadwood* now, and
while many of the same
> characters are common to the novel and the TV series
(they're historical
> figures), there is only a superficial resemblance
between the two.
>
> That said, however, I have seen things in the series
that seem to have
> been inspired by incidents in the novel, so
*somebody* has read it.
>
I think it more likely that Dexter selected from the same
pool of historical events and anecdotes as the series
producer did. My boss on the show, David Milch, has been
pretty clear that he did not use Dexter's novel as source
material. Interestingly, though, Walter Hill, who directed
our pilot episode (but has had no further connection to the
show) also directed "Wild Bill," a feature film with the same
setting. That film WAS based on the Pete Dexter novel. Not
only that, it was filmed on the same set we use for
"Deadwood." All coincidence, though.
Jim Beaver
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