The Whole Wide World is a 1996 American independent biographical film produced and directed by Dan Ireland in his directorial debut. It depicts the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard (Vincent D’Onofrio) and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis (Renée Zellweger).
D’Onofrio is one hell of an actor – he played Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, The Kingpin in a Daredevil TV show, and was co-lead on one of those Law & Order shows. He does an OK job here, but tbh I only watched the first half then I got distracted and never finished it.
IIRC, he also played Orson Welles in Ed Wood.
Anyway, wow… a film about RE Howard?!
Yeah at one point his parents are like: “Bob, you got a letter from some guy in New England… do you know a Howard Phillips Lovecraft?”
TIL Private Pyle is the Law and Order dude!