Which film was released first, Tex or The Book of Masters?
Tex (film) Tex is a 1982 American drama film directed by Tim Hunter (his first film as a director) and written by Charles S. Haas, based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. Matt Dillon and Jim Metzler play brothers who struggle after their mother dies and their father walks out on them.
The Right Hand of the Grand Master The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Georgian: დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა , "The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine"), also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine "Mnatobi". Subtitled "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.