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James Lee Burke(I)

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Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones leads an all-star cast in this psychological thriller based on the bestselling novel by James Lee Burke.
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James Lee Burke was born on 5 December 1936 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a writer, known for In the Electric Mist (2009), Heaven's Prisoners (1996) and God's Country (2022). He has been married to Pai Chu since 1960. They have four children.
BornDecember 5, 1936
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    • Known for

    Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman in In the Electric Mist (2009)
    In the Electric Mist
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Teri Hatcher, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Kelly Lynch in Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
    Heaven's Prisoners
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1996
    Thandiwe Newton and Jefferson White in God's Country (2022)
    God's Country
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Winter Light (2015)
    Winter Light
    8.1
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2015

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    Writer

    • Thandiwe Newton and Jefferson White in God's Country (2022)
      God's Country
      5.6
      • based on a story by
      • 2022
    • Winter Light (2015)
      Winter Light
      8.1
      Short
      • short story
      • 2015
    • Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman in In the Electric Mist (2009)
      In the Electric Mist
      6.1
      • novel "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead"
      • 2009
    • Two for Texas (1998)
      Two for Texas
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • novel
      • 1998
    • Teri Hatcher, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Kelly Lynch in Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
      Heaven's Prisoners
      5.8
      • book
      • 1996

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    • Born
      • December 5, 1936
      • Houston, Texas, USA
    • Spouse
      • Pai Chu1960 - present (4 children)
    • Other works
      Novel (featuring Billy Bob Holland): In the Moon of Red Ponies (2004)
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      • 2 Articles

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      His Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel "The Lost Get-Back Boogie" was rejected more than 100 times over nine years before being published.

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