Upland screenwriter hit bullseye with ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’

Tom Jankiewicz, an Upland resident who wrote the screenplay for the 1997 movie “Grosse Pointe Blank,” died Jan. 23, at a mere 49 years of age. I knew him. Sunday’s column is a tribute to him and the circumstances that spawned the hit film. Above, he’s pictured in his home with a copy of the framed movie poster; below, he’s on location on Monrovia’s Myrtle Avenue, which stood in for Grosse Pointe, Mich., the film’s setting.

 

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  • Andy Sze

    is he the brother of Steve Jankiewicz?

    • William Turner

      Yes.

  • JamesFlagg

    One of my favorite films, a twisted delight… RIP Tom