Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Elmore Leonard, RIP

A fond farewell to Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), the writer and the person. It hasn't been but a few days since I unpacked his Cuba Libre (1998) from a box shipped from North Carolina. Oh, yeah. 
And how could I ever forget The Moonshine War (1969)? My sister Vickie took me to see a matinee showing of the 1970 movie version when we were but kids -- Richard Widmark, Alan Alda (yes) and Patrick ("Secret Agent Man" / The Prisoner) McGoohan as the major players -- a sort of foreshadowing of The Omega Man (1971) and Deliverance (1972), which we also saw when they came out. The joys of babysitting. I paid it all forward by taking our younger brother Jamie to see Wise Blood (1979), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Kids Are Alright (1979). Haha. And the beat goes on. 

 Elmore Leonard, RIP.

 Today's Rune: Flow.       
Posted by Erik Donald France at 11:55 PM
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2 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

I enjoyed his westerns. Have not read a lot of his crime work.

August 23, 2013
jodi said...

Erik-My son called me early in the morning to tell me of Elmore's passing. We had our own private eulogy for Mr. Leonard. RIP indeed.

August 26, 2013

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