Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" (2021)

ALL 03/26/2021 (en) Documentary, History 56 Min
  • Release
    03/26/2021
  • Production
    Transmultimedia Entertainment, Dutch Films, LLC, American Public Television
  • Rotten tomato
    45%
  • Original title
    Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre.

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.

  1. John Mulholland

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Campbell Scott

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  2. Wendy Calhoun

    Self

  3. Bridgett M. Davis

    Self

  4. Cheryl Dorsey

    Self

  5. James Hall

    Self

  6. Mike Lupica

    Self

  7. Otto Penzler

    Self

  8. Graham Yost

    Self

  9. Elmore Leonard

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 9 , Crews : 15

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Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" (2021) 56 Min

ALL 03/26/2021 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 03/26/2021
  • Production
    Transmultimedia Entertainment, Dutch Films, LLC, American Public Television
  • Original title Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The crime fiction writer who transcended the genre.

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.

  1. John Mulholland

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Richard Zampella

    Editor

  4. Shannon Mulholland, Richard Zampella

    Producer