Product Details

• Actors: Elmore Leonard
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Homevision
• VHS Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 61 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 630299926X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,113 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A conversation with Elmore "Dutch" Leonard reveals the meticulous research that goes into some of the most interesting crime stories ever written. A former writer of Westerns and Hollywood screenplays who turned to crime, Leonard revisits many of the strange people and eerie places that have inspired such great works as Cat Chaser and City Primeval.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Meet Elmore Leonard, the man behind all those novels, April 4, 2001

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

If you have seen the movies based on Elmore Leonard's novels ("Get Shorty," "Out of Sight," etc.), then you have probably wondered what sort of guy WRITES stuff like this. Well, "Elmore Leonard's Criminal Record," a 1993 BBC documentary shows us the man behind the curtain. Over a dozen of Leonard's novels have made it to the silver screen and if you wondered why his books seems so adaptable the answer is that the author researches his characters by watching videotaped interviews with cops, judges, bail bondsmen and the like. You also get the bonus of Leonard reading from "Killshot" and other favorites. This is one of the few documentaries on a contemporary writer that actually gives you some insights. But please remember: you are still required to read the man's books, not just see the movies.