Hap and Leonard is a TV series created by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle in 2016 and based on the book series of the same name by Joe R. Lansdale, which first book was published in 1990. The TV series features James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tiffany Mack, Cranston Johnson, Douglas M. Griffin, Evan Gamble, and others.
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Storyline
A darkly comic swamp noir story of two best friends set in the late 1980s. Based on the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, the series follows Hap Collins, an East Texas white boy with a weakness for Southern women, and Leonard Pine, a gay, black Vietnam vet with a hot temper.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
TV Series
Hap and Leonard
Creator: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle
Country: USA
Year: 2016
Length: 1h / 18 episodes
Year
1990
Pages
178
Book Rate
7.68
S: Goodreads
Book
Savage Season
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Country: USA
First published in: 1990
Length: 178 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Hap and Leonard
User polls & recommendations
“A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.”
GRAHAM GREENE (Writer)
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