but an epilogue states that the sisters eventually divorced the two men. Adaptations For many years filmmaker Hal Ashby unsuccessfully attempted to make a film adaptation of the book. Actors Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton and Jeff Bridges were all considered for the lead roles. Brautigan wrote a screenplay which Ashby rejected. When asked to write a second draft, Brautigan turned him down, and the film was never made. Director Tim Burton also tried to make a film version. Nicholson and Clint Eastwood were attached to star, but after Eastwood left the project, so did Nicholson. Eventually Burton also left. In June 2019, Deadline Hollywood reported that New Regency acquired the rights, with Roy Lee, Andrew Trapani, and Steven Schneider set to produce the film adaptation with Yorgos Lanthimos in talks to direct. The English pop band Saint Etienne has also recorded and released a theoretical soundtrack for an imagined film of the book on their 2002 fan-club exclusively released album Asleep at the Wheels of Steel. References External links Entry on brautigan.net The Hawkline Monster at Hunter Publishers Images of First Edition 1974 American novels Novels by Richard Brautigan Novels set in Oregon Fiction set in 1902 Western (genre) novels American gothic novels