In 1955 his agent, Marguerite Harper, working with Hollywood agent H. Swanson, negotiated a deal with Columbia Pictures, and two years later 3:10 to Yuma, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, opened in theaters to strong reviews. (In 2012 the movie was one of 25 selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.). These included The Tall T, 3:10 To Yuma, and Hombre, among a few others. Later works of Leonard were turned to well-known feature films, which include Get Shorty, Out Of Sight, and Jackie Brown. All of these movies garnered tons of success, especially the movies 3:10 To Yuma, which starred Glenn Ford, and Get Shorty, which had starred John. 3:10 to Yuma Synopsis: After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time rancher Dan Evans is persuaded to take Wade in secret to the nearest town with a railway station to await the train to the court at Yuma. Finally, the 3:10 To Yuma script is here for all you fans of the western remake featuring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of the movie to get the dialogue.
FIRST LOOK: 3:10 TO YUMA
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Last night, the Boston press corps was treated to the nation’s first screening of the recently completed 3:10 to Yuma (minus credits), the James Mangold-directed western starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, and Peter Fonda. We were joined at the theater near Fenway Park by Fonda, who sat one seat in front of me, and Foster, a few seats to his right, both of whom were also seeing a finished cut for the first time. (I had an opportunity to interview both this morning, so expect a post soon.)
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Richard Stim Talks Elmore Audio
Richard Stim aka Nolen on the Dutch Forum, writes about his love for Elmore Leonard audiobooks in the August/September issue of AudioFile magazine. Visit Richard’s audio site, Dutch Treat.
3 10 To Yuma
Download the PDF here, or at the FTP site, here.
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EXCLUSIVE - World Class Detroiters - Elmore Leonard
Emery C. King and Tom LoCicero have allowed us to upload to YouTube, and present to you a website exclusive, of their fine, short video profile of Elmore Leonard, first aired on WDIV Detroit at 7 PM on June 23, 2007. A Kingsberry Production.
Part 1
3 10 To Yuma Free Online
Part 2
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Part 4
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“Yuma” previewed at Comic-Con
Yesterday afternoon at Comic-Con in San Diego, Lionsgate put on a Special Preview Panel for 3:10 to Yuma with clips from the movie. Peter Fonda and Ben Foster led a discussion with the topic heading, “A modern take on the classic western.”
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George Gregan is Coming
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
BYLINE: Mark Chipperfield
He’s battled injury, defeat and a coterie of critics but, writes Mark Chipperfield, George Gregan is back for one last shot at World Cup glory.
Ask George Gregan, international sporting legend, millionaire cafe owner and the curse of referees everywhere, about rugby and the answers are polite, carefully considered and formulaic. But turn the conversation to American crime writer Elmore Leonard - his favourite author - and Gregan’s sphinx-like expression melts into a boyish smile. “The book of his I really love is Valdez Is Coming, which was turned into a movie starring Burt Lancaster,” he explains with sudden animation. “There are two people inside Bob Valdez, the hero of the book, and I think most of us are like that, especially in what we do - everyone sees the public side but only those close to you see the private side.”
Gregan’s choice of literary hero is intriguing. Bob Valdez - “hard looking with a dark hard face” - is a respectable town constable until he is tricked into killing an innocent man. In response, he methodically tracks down and executes his enemies. By the end of the novel, the quietly spoken outsider has become a man of destiny in the classic Western tradition.
George Musarurwa (“the chosen one”) Gregan is likewise on a personal quest and one that he approaches with equal solemnity. His mission? To play for Australia at the 2007 World Cup in France - his last tilt at the trophy Australia won in 1999 but relinquished to England (thanks to the boot of Jonny Wilkinson) four years later. Like Valdez, Gregan feels betrayed and is out for revenge - or at least his rightful place in the sun.
Watch an excerpt from Valdez is Coming:
Like Bob Valdez, the hero of Elmore Leonard’s classic novel, the end of his great adventure is fast approaching. “You get one time, mister, to prove who you are,” says Valdez. For Gregan, that moment has finally arrived.
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Ryan’s Rules Revisted
Way before Elmore wrote down his Rules of Writing, one of his characters, Frank Ryan in Swag, was writing down his.
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3:10 to Yuma Poster
Finally, Lionsgate released the poster for 3:10 to Yuma. Don’t look for it on a movie tie-in edition. Lionsgate’s last minute artwork effectively eliminated any possibility that the publisher would have time to print a new edition of 3:10 to Yuma and other Western Stories featuring this posterior gunman waiting for the train, or is he going to rob it?. It’s a shame because it would have honored Elmore’s work, the foundation for the movie which bears little resemblance to his story.
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New Stills from 3:10 to Yuma
Movies Online posted new photos from 3:10 to Yuma, which they call “a modern take on a classic Elmore Leonard western.”
See all the new photos here.
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Elmore at Madonna U.
Elmore was the guest speaker Thursday night at PAH-Fest Motown at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. PAH-fest which stands for Project Access Hollywood is the brainchild of Christopher Coppola (pictured above with Elmore), nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire (who he says is a big fan) and brother of Nick Cage.
PAH-Fest is described at its website as “a new kind of digital media festival that celebrates the stories and voices of everyday people. PAH-Fest invites people from all walks of life to tell their digital stories using today’s latest technology and pro-sumer equipment.”
Elmore attended a screening of Out of Sight and then spoke for almost an hour. He shared some anecdotes about the making of the movie and sequed into a detailed description of the book he is writing now, Foley’s Back, which reprises the Out of Sight character, Jack Foley, Cundo Rey from LaBrava and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap. He recited a few of his rules and took questions from the audience.
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52 Pickup DVD
DVD Savant
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
1985 and 1986 were the years that The Cannon Group expanded their productions from small indie hits (Breakin’) to shows with big name talent. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus would attend film festivals and put together deals on a napkin & handshake basis, out of which came a number of interesting pictures by directors like Anthony Harvey, Nicolas Roeg and Andre Konchalovsky. 52 Pick-Up brought in once-hot director John Frankenheimer to guide a script by Elmore Leonard, a now much better appreciated author. Reasonably well produced on Los Angeles locations, 52 Pick-Up puts Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret at the center of an exceedingly nasty murder/blackmail plot that never quite comes together
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