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

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

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

"The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre."

2021
0h 56m
4.5(1 votes)
Documentary
History

Overview

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.

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9 members
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Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator (voice)

Campbell Scott
Writing

Wendy Calhoun

Self

Wendy Calhoun
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Bridgett M. Davis

Self

Bridgett M. Davis
Acting

Cheryl Dorsey

Self

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James Hall

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Mike Lupica

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Otto Penzler

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Graham Yost

Self

Graham Yost
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Elmore Leonard

Self (archive footage)

Elmore Leonard

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