If memory serves, and I'm not sure it does, Mr. Majestyk was
published after or at the same time as the film but was
optioned for a film while still unprinted.
Jesse
--- thebradstevens <
bradstevens22@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if Elmore Leonard's novel
MR
> MAJESTYK was written
> before or after Leonard wrote the screenplay for
the
> film (which,
> like the novel, appeared in 1974)? The
film's
> credits simply
> attribute the screenplay to Elmore Leonard,
without
> any mention of it
> being adapted from a novel. Since Leonard
has
> mentioned writing the
> film for Clint Eastwood prior to HIGH PLAINS
DRIFTER
> (which was made
> in 1972), I suspect this is an original
screenplay
> that Leonard
> novelized (perhaps specifically for the film
tie-in
> edition).
>
>
>
SFFAudio: http://www.sffaudio.com
Table Treasures & Gifts: http://stores.ebay.com/id=4920689
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
--------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84%
do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the
Digital Divide!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/kqIolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->
RARA-AVIS home page: http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rara-avis-l/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
to:
rara-avis-l-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 06 Jun 2005 EDT