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Rock ‘n’ Roll Pony Express?

by | Feb 13, 2011 | True Westerners

How this documentary inspired this man to share the Pony's story.
You wouldn’t think that movie director Peter Bogdanovich and rock star Tom Petty would inspire a documentary film on the Pony Express of the 1860s, but that’s exactly how this story begins. It turns out Bogdanovich is a fan of classic Western movies. During 2007, he screened them at night when everyone relaxed after a day of working on his film about Tom P


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