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1987ref. 166914Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1987. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the eighteenth episode of the first season of the 1987-1989 ABC television series which aired on March 16 1988. Script labeled copy number 3 on the front wrapper and title page. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher the creators of "L.A. Law" "Hooperman" premiered on ABC on September 9 1987 and aired for two seasons and fourty two episodes ending on July 19 1989. John Ritter stars as San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman who inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in and a temperamental Jack Russell terrier when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery and hires Susan Smith played by Debrah Farentino to manage the building and with whom he becomes romantically involved. In this episode Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot in a child runaway case and becomes concerned that Inspector McNeil's eye problems could possibly put them both at risk. Gray titled 20th Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated August 06 1987 with credits for screenwriter Rick Kellard. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown
1998ref. 171538N.p.: N.p. 1998. Draft script for Season 1 Episode 18 of the 1997-1998 television series. Originally aired March 16 1998 on CBS. With production document bound into the script preceding front self wrapper. This short-lived procedural followed the uniformed police officers at a Brooklyn precinct. In this episode two officers try to help a woman being abused by her husband until they find him dead. Winner of an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for its Pilot episode. Set in Brooklyn. White titled self wrapper lacking rear wrapper production No. C118 dated February 24 1998 with credits for director Michael Watkins and screenwriters Scott A. Williams Edward Allen Bernero and Matt Olmstead. Title page integral with front wrapper. 51 leaves with last page of text numbered 51. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 166914Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television 1987. Rainbow Revision Draft script for the eighteenth episode of the first season of the 1987-1989 ABC television series which aired on March 16 1988. Script labeled copy number 3 on the front wrapper and title page. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher the creators of "L.A. Law" "Hooperman" premiered on ABC on September 9 1987 and aired for two seasons and fourty two episodes ending on July 19 1989. John Ritter stars as San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman who inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in and a temperamental Jack Russell terrier when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery and hires Susan Smith played by Debrah Farentino to manage the building and with whom he becomes romantically involved. In this episode Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot in a child runaway case and becomes concerned that Inspector McNeil's eye problems could possibly put them both at risk. Gray titled 20th Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present dated August 06 1987 with credits for screenwriter Rick Kellard. 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 31. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink green yellow and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 8/13/87 and 8/21/87. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox Television unknown books
1979ref. 146519N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed synopsis of the prospective film with the copied signature of screenwriter Steven James Silva at the bottom. Stapled to the recto of the rear wrapper is a brown paper mailing envelope ostensibly the one used to ship the script to its recipient. Loosely based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra who was sacrificed as recompense for her father's misdeeds. In screenwriter Steven James Silva's updated version Iphegenia becomes "Iffie" a gifted writer who rises to fame to the bitterness and jealousy of her friends and family. Set in New York and Connecticut. Clear front wrapper with a red rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Steven James Silva. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-4-88. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 146519N.p.: N.p. 1979. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in with the script is a typed synopsis of the prospective film with the copied signature of screenwriter Steven James Silva at the bottom. Stapled to the recto of the rear wrapper is a brown paper mailing envelope ostensibly the one used to ship the script to its recipient. Loosely based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra who was sacrificed as recompense for her father's misdeeds. In screenwriter Steven James Silva's updated version Iphegenia becomes "Iffie" a gifted writer who rises to fame to the bitterness and jealousy of her friends and family. Set in New York and Connecticut. Clear front wrapper with a red rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1979 with credits for screenwriter Steven James Silva. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 3-4-88. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1982ref. 141727N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television program. A drama series focusing on the comings and goings of a hospital's emergency room. White titled self wrappers noted as Outline on the front wrapper dated October 4 1982 with credit for screenwriter Steven L. Kravitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered nine. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. N.p. unknown
1982ref. 141727N.p.: N.p. 1982. Treatment script for an unproduced television program. A drama series focusing on the comings and goings of a hospital's emergency room. White titled self wrappers noted as Outline on the front wrapper dated October 4 1982 with credit for screenwriter Steven L. Kravitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. Eleven leaves with last page of text numbered nine. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a staple. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 147090N.p.: N.p. 1979. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Based on an unpublished nonfiction book by Joseph W. Still which proposed to "strip away the veneer of 'magic' and antiquated thought concerning many aspects of Life Love the Universe and Nature." The intended television series would address such topics as aging the birth of the universe and the soul. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/10/79 with credits for screenwriter STEVEN P. DUCHSCHERER and author JOSEPH W. STILL. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 147092N.p.: N.p. 1979. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. A poor cattle town scrambles to conceal the fact that they have far fewer cattle than they have promised to sell to a powerful new business partner when the partner's daughter arrives in town unexpectedly. Set near Cheyenne Wyoming. Green untitled card wrappers. Title page present dated July 22 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Steven P. Duchscherer. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown
1979ref. 147092N.p.: N.p. 1979. Second Draft script for an unproduced film. A poor cattle town scrambles to conceal the fact that they have far fewer cattle than they have promised to sell to a powerful new business partner when the partner's daughter arrives in town unexpectedly. Set near Cheyenne Wyoming. Green untitled card wrappers. Title page present dated July 22 1979 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Steven P. Duchscherer. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 72. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1979ref. 147090N.p.: N.p. 1979. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. Based on an unpublished nonfiction book by Joseph W. Still which proposed to "strip away the veneer of 'magic' and antiquated thought concerning many aspects of Life Love the Universe and Nature." The intended television series would address such topics as aging the birth of the universe and the soul. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated 7/10/79 with credits for screenwriter STEVEN P. DUCHSCHERER and author JOSEPH W. STILL. 36 leaves with last page of text numbered 34. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1987ref. 161345Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal in his film debut stars as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 27 1987 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett and Andrew Davis and story credits for Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. Warner Brothers unknown
1987ref. 161345Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1987. Second Draft script for the 1988 film. Steven Seagal in his film debut stars as Nico Toscani an Italian-American ex-CIA agent and martial arts expert working for the Chicago police force. What begins as a drug trafficking investigation soon reveals the CIA's involvement in an international weapons-trade operation. Nico goes to great lengths to stop Zargon Henry Silva the corrupt CIA agent behind it all. Shot on location in O'ahu and Chicago. Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated March 27 1987 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Steven Pressfield Ronald Shusett and Andrew Davis and story credits for Andrew Davis and Steven Seagal. 112 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mechanical duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Moore The Good the Tough and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars 1960s-2015. Warner Brothers unknown books
1991ref. 150037N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage matte finish reference photograph of Steven Soderbergh on the set of the 1991 film. Printed snipe on verso. Loosely based on the life of Franz Kafka combined with elements from Kafka's novels "The Castle" 1926 and "The Trial" 1925. Soderbergh's second feature film experimental in concept and execution and today a cult favorite frequently compared to Terry Gilliam's 1985 film "Brazil" and David Cronenberg's 1991 film "Naked Lunch." Set in 1919 Prague shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. 8 x 10 inches wide bottom margin. Very light creasing in right margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1991ref. 150037N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage matte finish reference photograph of Steven Soderbergh on the set of the 1991 film. Printed snipe on verso. Loosely based on the life of Franz Kafka combined with elements from Kafka's novels "The Castle" 1926 and "The Trial" 1925. Soderbergh's second feature film experimental in concept and execution and today a cult favorite frequently compared to Terry Gilliam's 1985 film "Brazil" and David Cronenberg's 1991 film "Naked Lunch." Set in 1919 Prague shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. 8 x 10 inches wide bottom margin. Very light creasing in right margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2000ref. 156768Los Angeles: Bedford Falls 2000. For Your Consideration script for the 2000 film. Shortly after being appointed by the president to lead America's war on drugs a conservative judge in Ohio discovers that his teenage daughter is addicted to heroin. Meanwhile the wife of a jailed drug baron attempts to continue her husband's business. Nominated for five Academy Awards winning four including Best Director for Steven Soderbergh Best Screenwriter for Stephen Gaghan and Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro. Shot on location in California New Mexico Ohio and Texas in the US and in San Ysidro and Tijuana in Mexico. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present undated. 73 leaves with last page of text numbered 145. Xerographic duplication rectos and versos. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Bedford Falls unknown books
ref. 158230Beverly Hills CA: Leading Artists Inc 1988. Second Draft script for the 1989 film. Director and screenwriter Steven Soderbergh's directorial debut and a landmark of independent cinema. A languid provocative chamber piece exploring intimacy and desire revolving around a husband John his wife Ann Ann's sister Cynthia and John's old drifter friend Graham who use Graham's own peculiar fetish videotape to mediate their feelings. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Palme d'Or making Soderbergh the youngest director to receive the prize. Set and shot on location in Baton Rouge Louisiana. White untitled Outlaw Production wrappers. Title page present dated 21 FEB 88 noted as second draft with credits for screenwriter Steven Soderberg. 95 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 938. Leading Artists Inc unknown books
1975ref. 150057Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1975 film of Spielberg and crew in wetsuits filming waist deep in the Atlantic Ocean. "Movie Star News" stamp on verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaled the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set in the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with 1.25 inch closed tear on the upper mid left side mended on verso with paper tape. Ebert II. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown
ref. 171961Universal City: Medway Productions 1981. Draft script for the 1981 film. Dated June 3 1979 a full two years prior to its release. A well-loved homage to the serialized Saturday matinee films of the 1930s and 1940s "Raiders" is the first entry in the lauded Spielberg/Lucas high-adventure trilogy starring Harrison Ford as roguish archaeology professor Indiana Jones. Still one of the highest grossing films of all time. Winner of five Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture. Set in Peru Egypt Nepal and Washington DC shot on location in England France Tunisia California and Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Registry. Ebert II. Medway Productions unknown
1981ref. 150245Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph with left margin of Steven Spielberg on the set of the 1981 film. An homage to the serialized Saturday matinee films of the 1930s and 40s "Raiders" is the first in the well-loved Spielberg/Lucas high-adventure trilogy starring Harrison Ford as roguish archaeology professor Indiana Jones. Still one of the highest grossing films of all time. Winner of five Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture. Set in Peru Egypt Nepal and Washington DC shot on location in England France Tunisia California and Hawaii. 8 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. National Registry. Ebert II. Paramount Pictures unknown books
ref. 171961Universal City: Medway Productions 1981. Draft script for the 1981 film. Dated June 3 1979 a full two years prior to its release. A well-loved homage to the serialized Saturday matinee films of the 1930s and 1940s "Raiders" is the first entry in the lauded Spielberg/Lucas high-adventure trilogy starring Harrison Ford as roguish archaeology professor Indiana Jones. Still one of the highest grossing films of all time. Winner of five Academy Awards and nominated for four others including Best Picture. Set in Peru Egypt Nepal and Washington DC shot on location in England France Tunisia California and Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 102. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. National Registry. Ebert II. Medway Productions unknown books
1975ref. 150057Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1975 film of Spielberg and crew in wetsuits filming waist deep in the Atlantic Ocean. "Movie Star News" stamp on verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaled the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set in the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with 1.25 inch closed tear on the upper mid left side mended on verso with paper tape. Ebert II. National Film Registry. Universal Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 157962Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the set of the 1975 film showing director Steven Spielburg talking with producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The film that basically invented the concept of the summer blockbuster forever changing how movies were greenlit and marketed and along with "Star Wars" two years later effectively signaling the end of the New Hollywood Cinema. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Winner of three Academy Awards with a fourth nomination for Best Picture. Set on the fictional Amity Island shot on location in Martha's Vineyard MA. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Universal Pictures unknown books
1977ref. 151940Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1977. Vintage reference photograph of Steven Spielberg and François Truffaut on the set of the 1977 film. Roy Neary Dreyfuss is one of several people who witness UFOs at night and subsequently begins to have visions of a mysterious place. Government agents also have similar encounters only they discover physical evidence of extraterrestrials. Roy and the agents join together and are led to a place not unlike the place in Roy's visions where they have a close encounter of the third kind: contact. Winner of an Academy Award Best Cinematography 1978 and Spielberg's third feature as director following "Jaws" 1975 and "The Sugarland Express" 1974. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 9.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1980ref. 157332Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1980. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1980 re-release of the 1977 film showing Steven Spielberg on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. After witnessing a UFO hovering over his suburban home an electrician joins with several government agents to seek out and hopefully make contact with the aliens. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set in Muncie Indiana shot on location in Alabama and India. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing at three corners and a short closed tear on the right edge. National Film Registry. Columbia Pictures unknown books
