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

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

2021

Documentary History

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

John Mulholland

Cast

Bridgett M. Davis as Self

Campbell Scott as Self - Narrator (voice)

Cheryl Dorsey as Self

Elmore Leonard as Self (archive footage)

Graham Yost as Self

James Hall as Self

Mike Lupica as Self

Otto Penzler as Self