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

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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.

Date: 03/26/2021
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Campbell Scott, Wendy Calhoun, Bridgett M. Davis, Cheryl Dorsey, James Hall, Mike Lupica, Otto Penzler, Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard

Campbell Scott as Self - Narrator (voice) in Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" Campbell Scott

Wendy Calhoun as Self in Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" Wendy Calhoun

Bridgett M. Davis

Cheryl Dorsey

James Hall

Mike Lupica

Otto Penzler

Graham Yost as Self in Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" Graham Yost

Elmore Leonard as Self (archive footage) in Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" Elmore Leonard