▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : L iber al ▁Party ▁of ▁Australia ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Parliament ▁of ▁Tas mania ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁Tas man ian ▁House ▁of ▁Assembly ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁Australian ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁Mr . ▁Maj est yk ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁American ▁action ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Richard ▁Fle ischer ▁and ▁st arring ▁Charles ▁Br ons on . ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁from ▁an ▁original ▁screen play ▁written ▁by ▁author ▁El more ▁Leonard . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁novel ization ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁movie , ▁a ▁revers al ▁of ▁the ▁usual ▁process ▁of ▁adaptation . ▁Leonard ▁took ▁the ▁title ▁character ' s ▁last ▁name ▁from ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁crime ▁novel ▁The ▁Big ▁B ounce . ▁ ▁Plot ▁V ince ▁Maj est yk ▁( Char les ▁Br ons on ) ▁is ▁a ▁far mer , ▁an ▁ex - con , ▁a ▁former ▁U . ▁S . ▁Army ▁R anger ▁instruct or ▁and ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁veter an , ▁who ▁own s ▁and ▁oper ates ▁a ▁wat erm el on ▁farm ▁in ▁rural ▁Colorado . ▁He ▁needs ▁to ▁har vest ▁his ▁c rop ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁farm ▁finan cially ▁sol vent . ▁ ▁A ▁small - time ▁h ood , ▁Bobby ▁Kop as ▁( Paul ▁Kos lo ), ▁attempts ▁to ▁co er ce ▁Maj est yk ▁into ▁a ▁protection ▁ra cket ▁of ▁using ▁un sk