Miles Corwin's "Kind of Blue," the movie

Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin.

His entry begins:

My main character, Ash Levine, is a Jewish LAPD homicide detective. The actor would not have to be Jewish, but I think I might help if he was Jewish or part-Jewish. I liked the English movie, An Education, and Peter Sarsgaard is a terrific actor. But he simply wasn’t convincing as a Jewish character. He couldn’t pull it off.

Ben Stiller or David Schwimmer might work as Ash Levine. A young Paul Newman would be wonderful.

The guy I’d like to direct the movie is...[read on]

Learn more about the book and author at Miles Corwin's website.

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