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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "thebradstevens"
<bradstevens22@h...> 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).
I don't know which came first, but the novel is a nasty
hardboiled package. I reread it not long ago and it holds up
splendidly. Should one call it a hardboiled western? By the
way, I didn't like the film nearly as much as the
novel.
Best,
MrT
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