‘Junior Bonner is definitely Jeb Rosebrook’s masterpiece, subtly understated and richly rewarding. In 1972, it supplied movie director Sam Peckinpah with a unique opportunity to return to his roots and deliver a portrayal of the modern American West. Within this wonderfully written memoir, Rosebrook captures the creative conflicts that are unavoidable as phrases become pictures. It depicts a vintage confrontation between a talented young screenwriter and tyrannical director whose personal visions combine to make a classic about Junior Bonner: The Making of a Vintage with Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah in the summertime of 1971 film. A must-read for anybody interested in the truth behind great moviemaking.’

-Garner Simmons, author of Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage

Junior Bonner (1972) may be the best rodeo film that’s have you been made. It had been the best script Sam ever got his practical….Junior Bonner is normally truer to the individual element behind the activity than every other rodeo film. It’s Sam’s one Traditional western film where in fact the protagonists survive the transition-at least for a later date. The wreck might still be arriving for Junior Bonner another mile roughly later on. That was the story of Sam, too.’

-Max Evans, author 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 movies, coping with the human heart. The combination of deft shows, inspired composing and directing, as well as the authentic feel of the locations resulted in a rare encounter., in the words of McQueen’s next 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 Movies

‘Screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook’s memoir about the producing of the common Steve McQueen film he penned, Junior Bonner, is usually infinitely more than a behind-the-scenes account of a great film. It’s an inside-the-scenes account of the turning stage in his personal life, of a dangerous moment in the career of an maturing movie star, of a transitional time when Hollywood briefly emulated the creative ambitions and creative reach of Western cinema. The cast of character types includes such flammable numbers as McQueen and famous movie director auteur-terrible Sam Peckinpah and assorted real estate agents, manufacturers, and 1970s studio executives who were presiding over Hollywood’s best explosion of audacious, boundary-breaking filmmaking since its founding. And Rosebrook’s memoir will go deeper, into the hearts and thoughts of the dreamers and schemers on both edges of the camera who, almost regardless of themselves, their egos, and their appetites, managed to make long lasting film artwork that’s worth analyzing and celebrating all these decades later.’

-Steven Gaydos, Executive Editor, VARIETY

‘For decades Jeb Rosebrook entertained audiences with motion pictures, television shows and novels. Today, his behind-the-scenes memoir of the production of the film Junior Bonner, which he scripted, spotlights how filmmaking is an intensely collaborative art. Plus, we get all the thin, and the excess fat, of behind the moments shenanigans, sexual dalliances, and Steve McQueen’s resilience and performing power against Peckinpah’s iron-fisted directing. Junior Bonner, starring Steve McQueen, Ida Lupino and Robert Preston, progressed through Rosebrook’s motivating creativeness and diligent cooperation using the actors-and movie director Peckinpah always threatening to send house anyone, solid, or crew, with a tin can strapped to their butt. Through everything, Rosebrook’s script survived to make a classic and memorable film-one of the top 100 Westerns.’

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