Elmore Leonard sold tens of millions of copies of his novels. Among film adaptations of his work are "Jackie Brown" (starring Pam Grier, directed by Quentin Tarantino) which is a "homage to the author’s trademark rhythm and pace"; "Get Shorty" (1995, John Travolta and Gene Hackman); "Out of Sight" (1998, George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, directed by Steven Soderbergh) and the television series Justified. Leonards novels were almost 30 times templates for movies, but for some critics his special style only works in a book. He married Beverly Clare Cline in 1949, and they had five children together—three daughters and two sons—before
Quentin Tarantino 2019. In recent years, Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention than they might have received otherwise. These films are usually labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". The first of these productions was in 2001 with the Hong Kong martial arts film "Iron Monkey", which made over $14 million in the United States, seven times its budget. In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film "Hero" to U.S. shores. It ended up having a No. 1 opening at the box office and making $53.5 million. In 2006, another "Quentin