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
The Killing (film) his credit, would you guess it was by Kubrick? Would you connect "Dr. Strangelove" with "Barry Lyndon"?" Quentin Tarantino has said that "The Killing" was a significant influence on his 1992 film, "Reservoir Dogs". Nominations A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection. The Killing (film) The Killing is a 1956 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel "Clean Break" by Lionel White. The drama stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards and