Elmore Leonard Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are "Get Shorty", "Out of Sight", "Swag", "Hombre", "Mr. Majestyk", and "Rum Punch" (adapted as the movie "Jackie Brown"). Leonard's writings include short stories that became the films "3:10 to Yuma" and "The Tall T", as well as the FX television series "Justified". Leonard was born
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