Cliff Booth Movie Has ‘Flavour Of Elmore Leonard’ Says Tarantino
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Key Points:
- Brad Pitt reprises his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth, a follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, with Tarantino writing the screenplay and David Fincher directing.
- The new film is set in 1977 and promises a more plot-driven story compared to the 1969-set original, aiming for a crime-story feel reminiscent of Elmore Leonard’s novels and Tarantino’s Jackie Brown.
- David Fincher was drawn to the film’s focus on character interactions and atmosphere, working from Tarantino’s extensive 230-page draft, which he trimmed to a 2 hour 20 minute runtime.
- The film will be released in IMAX on November 25 and will stream on Netflix starting December 23, with further insights available in Empire magazine’s upcoming issue featuring a joint interview with Tarantino and Fincher.
