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Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"

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2021-03-260h 56m

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The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre.

Elmore Leonard, author of more than 40 novels, is renowned in the literary community. From his westerns and early novels of crime based in Detroit and South Florida, right through his complex and virtually plotless later work, Elmore Leonard dissected an America whose founding sins have continued to haunt it all the days. Leonard’s depiction of America is as real as Twain’s Hannibal, Faulkner’s Mississippi and Steinbeck’s Monterey. The new documentary ELMORE LEONARD: “But don’t try to write” explores the prolific author’s legacy and his influence on generations of writers. The documentary features exclusive images and previously unseen home movie footage, family photographs, and in-depth interviews with both literary experts and those who knew him well, including colleagues, family, and childhood friends.

Directors
John Mulholland
Writters
John Mulholland
Editors
John Mulholland, Richard Zampella

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  1. Campbell Scott

    Campbell Scott

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  2. Wendy Calhoun

    Wendy Calhoun

    Self

  3. Bridgett M. Davis

    Bridgett M. Davis

    Self

  4. Cheryl Dorsey

    Cheryl Dorsey

    Self

  5. James Hall

    James Hall

    Self

  6. Mike Lupica

    Mike Lupica

    Self

  7. Otto Penzler

    Otto Penzler

    Self

  8. Graham Yost

    Graham Yost

    Self

  9. Elmore Leonard

    Elmore Leonard

    Self (archive footage)

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Original Language
English
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