 Some reports have it that director Ang Lee (qv) barred  screenwriter Larry McMurtry (qv) from the set of the movie. A  spokeswoman for Focus Features, which is producing it, commented:  "Larry McMurtry (qv) can never go on sets because hes got very  severe allergies." Larry McMurtry (qv) was also in the midst of  writing a novel when filming began and ended; no one barred him from  the set. Diana Ossana (qv), the co