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

03/26/2021

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0hr 56min

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Documentary

,History

The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Campbell Scott
  • Wendy Calhoun
  • Bridgett M. Davis
  • Cheryl Dorsey
  • James Hall

    Director

  • John Mulholland

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Transmultimedia Entertainment
  • Dutch Films, LLC
  • American Public Television

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator (voice)

Cheryl Dorsey

Self

James Hall

Self

Mike Lupica

Self

Otto Penzler

Self

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