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1970ref. 166463Los Angeles: Rogallian Productions 1970. Fourth Draft script for the 1970 film seen here under the working title "C.C. Ryder and Company." Bound in with the script is a two-page call sheet. A biker falls in with the "Heads Company" a notorious biker gang and must save a young woman and defeat the gang's leader in a motorcycle race. Set and shot on location in Arizona. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 3 1970 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roger Smith. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing and chipping and closed tears at the extremities bound with two gold brads. Rogallian Productions unknown
1970ref. 166463Los Angeles: Rogallian Productions 1970. Fourth Draft script for the 1970 film seen here under the working title "C.C. Ryder and Company." Bound in with the script is a two-page call sheet. A biker falls in with the "Heads Company" a notorious biker gang and must save a young woman and defeat the gang's leader in a motorcycle race. Set and shot on location in Arizona. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 3 1970 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Roger Smith. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Good with foxing and chipping and closed tears at the extremities bound with two gold brads. Rogallian Productions unknown books
1997ref. 160794N.p.: N.p. 1997. Third Draft script for the 1999 film. With manuscript ink annotations relating to the character of Jim McAllister on several pages possibly in the hand of screenwriter Jim Taylor and post-it notes with annotations in the same hand attached to five pages. Based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta loosely based in turn on Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel "What Makes Sammy Run" A pitch-black comedy about a washed-up high school history teacher who forms an increasingly desperate vendetta against an overachieving student. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Set in Omaha shot on location in Washington DC in Omaha Bellevue LaVista and Papillon Nebraska in Carter Lake Iowa and in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. Title page present noted as THIRD DRAFT dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong that has been reinforced with clear packing tape. Criterion Collection 904. N.p. unknown
1997ref. 160794N.p.: N.p. 1997. Third Draft script for the 1999 film. With manuscript ink annotations relating to the character of Jim McAllister on several pages possibly in the hand of screenwriter Jim Taylor and post-it notes with annotations in the same hand attached to five pages. Based on the 1998 novel by Tom Perrotta loosely based in turn on Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel "What Makes Sammy Run" A pitch-black comedy about a washed-up high school history teacher who forms an increasingly desperate vendetta against an overachieving student. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Set in Omaha shot on location in Washington DC in Omaha Bellevue LaVista and Papillon Nebraska in Carter Lake Iowa and in New York City. Blue titled wrappers noted as THIRD DRAFT on the front wrapper dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. Title page present noted as THIRD DRAFT dated July 22 1997 with credits for director-screenwriter Alexander Payne screenwriter Jim Taylor and novelist Tom Perotta. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with a silver prong that has been reinforced with clear packing tape. Criterion Collection 904. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages. After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime. Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown
1993ref. 169975N.p.: Wife N' Kids Productions 1993. Fifth Draft script for the 1993 film. With extensive manuscript marker and ink annotations to the front wrapper and manuscript ink annotations to six pages. After his grandmother is murdered a nerdy repairman with a knack for invention stumbles onto a method to make his clothes bulletproof and decides to become the low budget superhero "Blankman" to help defend his neighborhood from crime. Set in New York City filmed on location in Chicago Illinois. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated July 20 1993 noted as 5th DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Damon Wayons "based on revisions" by Wayons J.F. Lawton and Chris Matheson and "Revised by" Wayons and Lawton. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Wife N' Kids Productions unknown books
1974ref. 158170N.p.: Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "Aaron and Angela." A coming-of-age story set in Harlem about the love between a Black basketball player and a Puerto Rican girl sparking disapproval from their families and neighbors. Featuring excellent location footage of a violent decaying half-abandoned 1970s New York. Irene Cara's screen debut. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter Gerald Sanford. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema. Parish & Hill 1. Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production unknown books
1966ref. 164220Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format. Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle who uses hypnotism sharks fire and poisonous mushrooms to try and kill the boy. Shot on location in Bermuda. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and rubbing. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color cannot be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter than what is depicted in the image. Universal Pictures unknown
1966ref. 164220Universal City: Universal Pictures 1966. Vintage banner poster for the 1966 film printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Rare in this format. Based on the 1963 novel by Rohan O'Grady pen name of Canadian author June Margaret O'Grady Skinner. Director and producer William Castle's black comedy wherein a twelve-year-old boy inherits a fortune and is trapped on an island with his ex-British Intelligence uncle who uses hypnotism sharks fire and poisonous mushrooms to try and kill the boy. Shot on location in Bermuda. 82 x 24 inches. Very Good plus with light overall creasing and rubbing. Bright and unfaded. Note: The fluorescent orange color cannot be reproduced in a photograph and is a much brighter than what is depicted in the image. Universal Pictures unknown books
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown
1969ref. 149517Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1969. Five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: 1 a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan 2 a shot of director Arthur Penn producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles 3 a shot of McLanahan Penn and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene 4 Guthrie with Quinn and 5 Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1954ref. 145765Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir here under the working title "Code 3" with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with annotations throughout in red pencil primarily noting locations or props. The first in a series of five noir entries made between 1955-1957 featuring Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department. In the first two films in the series including this one the character's name is Andy Flynn and for the remaining three films his name was changed to Andy Doyle as it turned out there was an actual officer named Andy Flynn working in L.A. law enforcement at the time. One of the best examples of the well crafted low-budget crime films produced by Allied Artists the B-movie studio that emerged from the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures in 1952. Printed beige titled wrapper with credits for director and screenwriter Dan Ullman and a Sunset Script Service stamp on the verso of the rear wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt removed dated October 29 1954. 104 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication with Blue revision pages throughout dated 11-2-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Martin 103. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown
1954ref. 145765Glendale CA: Allied Artists 1954. Shooting script for the 1955 film noir here under the working title "Code 3" with the working title crossed through on the front wrapper and "Dial Red O" written above it twice once in manuscript pencil and once in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to an uncredited crew member with annotations throughout in red pencil primarily noting locations or props. The first in a series of five noir entries made between 1955-1957 featuring Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department. In the first two films in the series including this one the character's name is Andy Flynn and for the remaining three films his name was changed to Andy Doyle as it turned out there was an actual officer named Andy Flynn working in L.A. law enforcement at the time. One of the best examples of the well crafted low-budget crime films produced by Allied Artists the B-movie studio that emerged from the Poverty Row studio Monogram Pictures in 1952. Printed beige titled wrapper with credits for director and screenwriter Dan Ullman and a Sunset Script Service stamp on the verso of the rear wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt removed dated October 29 1954. 104 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication with Blue revision pages throughout dated 11-2-54. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good Plus bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Martin 103. Selby US. Spicer US. Allied Artists unknown books
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown
1985ref. 168092N.p.: N.p. 1985. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1985 French-Belgian film showing Chantal Akerman in the process of disrobing. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Akerman's debut groundbreaking feature film an intimate and strikingly minimal exploration of sexuality and femininity. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Eclipse 19. N.p. unknown books
1918ref. 158606N.p.: N.p. 1918. Vintage borderless vernacular photograph of actor Charlie Chaplin writer Upton Sinclair and editor and publisher Rob Wagner on the set of the 1918 silent film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso identifying subjects. Wagner was the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. Wagner served as something of a father figure to Chaplin who was about 17 years Wagner's junior after the two men met sometime in the mid-1910s. The pair formed a close friendship with Wagner serving as Chaplin's part-time secretary for a period and accompanying the actor on his Third Liberty Loan tour through the American south in 1918. Wagner introduced Chaplin to Sinclair and Max Eastman and together the three writers exerted a strong influence over Chaplin's political world view. Chaplin would go on to co-found the Motion Picture Relief Fund which later became the Motion Picture and Television Fund with Wagner in 1929. Approximately 5 x 4 inches. About Near Fine lightly age toned. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown
1965ref. 166067London: Paramount Film Service 1965. Revised Draft script for the 1966 British film copy belonging to Art Director George Provis with his name written on the top of the title page and manuscript pencil and marker annotations on nearly every page with clippings of the shooting schedule and set requirements frequently affixed to the verso of the opposing page and two pencil illustrations of the house and cottage from the film on the verso of the last page. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. Michael Parks stars as an arrogant young art student who seduces the overprotective mother of his friend played by a stunning Jennifer Jones. Shot on location in Middlesex and London. Purple untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present dated 16 July 1965 noted as Revised Screenplay with credits for screenwriter Millard Lampell. 117 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 14 September 1965 and 31 August 1965. Unbound as issued. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine. Paramount Film Service unknown books
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown
1935ref. 129885N.p.: Grand National Pictures 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder" here under the working title and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace's son with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper. Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 1 1935 with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with a teal cord. Okuda 71. Grand National Pictures unknown books
1946ref. 155153Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Revised Final script for the 1947 film noir. Copy belonging to actor Robert Keith with his name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations on the inside front wrapper. Based on a 1945 article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on the 1924 case of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a beloved small-town priest. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. Red titled wrappers dated September 6 1946 noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt intact stamped copy No. 135. Title page present dated September 6. 1946 noted as Revised Final script with credits for screenwriter Richard Murphy and story credit to Anthony Abbot. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/18/46 and 9/25/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with slight yapping bound internally with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 89. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1946ref. 155153Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Revised Final script for the 1947 film noir. Copy belonging to actor Robert Keith with his name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper and his manuscript pencil annotations on the inside front wrapper. Based on a 1945 article by Fulton Oursler writing as Anthony Abbot in turn based on the 1924 case of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a beloved small-town priest. Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York. Red titled wrappers dated September 6 1946 noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper. Distribution page present with receipt intact stamped copy No. 135. Title page present dated September 6. 1946 noted as Revised Final script with credits for screenwriter Richard Murphy and story credit to Anthony Abbot. 173 leaves with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 9/18/46 and 9/25/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine with slight yapping bound internally with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 89. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
2017ref. 170439N.p.: N.p. 2017. A small archive of approximately 70 leaves largely regarding casting and readings for Francis Ford Coppola's ongoing experimental film project "Distant Vision" belonging to Coppola's long-time producer Fred Roos with the majority of the material written in Roos' hand 2013-2017. Found here under various working titles including "Coppola Project" "Dark Electric Vision" "Distant Vision" "D.V." "FFC" and "F. Coppola Project." Included in the archive are: Copious handwritten notes on casting considerations and recommendations from Roos including actor availability skill sets and reactions to meetings and readings. A four-page "'Men' For Discussion" and "'Women' For Discussion" on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 5 2013 listing actors and their ages. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 5 2013 listing "Godfather I II and III Actors for Discussion." A two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 7 2013 of "'Faith' For Discussion" listing actors for the role with pencil annotations in Roos' hand. Five listings on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors for readings which took place from March 16 2013 to August 1 2014 which included Kate Beckinsale Vincent D'Onofrio Elle Fanning Andy Garcia Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar Isaac Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei among others. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 19 2013 listing actors for a proposed reading the following day with the actor's headshot their character's name and their contact information or agency with ink annotations in Roos' hand. Including actors Linda Cardellini Frank Grillo Dakota Johnson Max Minghella and Imogen Poots among others. A four page handwritten draft of a letter to Coppola in Roos' hand regarding an upcoming January 15 2014 table reading with thirteen questions for Coppola largely regarding casting and actor availability. Four pages from a Draft script with the ink annotation of "Fred's Notes on June 25 2014 Draft" with notes regarding the script in Roos' hand on two pages. A four-page "Cast of Characters" listing all the characters with brief descriptions for the following timelines in the script: "1922" "1928-30" "1939" "1947" "1952" "Flashback - 1890's" "1959" "1962" and "1969." A four-page list of "Cast of Characters" with ages depicted and detailed descriptions along with "Minor Characters" with brief descriptions. A three-page list of all the characters and the script pages on which the characters appear. And a two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors up for discussion dated August 22 2017. All material housed in a generic orange folder with post-its with marker annotations of "Distant Vision" affixed to the front panel and tab with cello tape. Conceived by Coppola as an experimental film project in the early 2000's "Distant Vision" depicts three generations of an Italian American family during the advent and omnipresence of television intended to be filmed as "live cinema" Coppola's experimental and potentially ground-breaking concept for a live production-film hybrid. Two different versions of a "proof of concept" production were broadcast to limited audiences in June 2015 from Oklahoma City Community College and in July 2016 from the UCLA School of Theater. Coppola had planned to film more sequences financed from his 2024 film "Megalopolis" but had been thus far put on hold following the film's disappointing box office returns. All material approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall housed in a Near Fine 8.5 x 11.5 generic orange folder. N.p. unknown
2017ref. 170439N.p.: N.p. 2017. A small archive of approximately 70 leaves largely regarding casting and readings for Francis Ford Coppola's ongoing experimental film project "Distant Vision" belonging to Coppola's long-time producer Fred Roos with the majority of the material written in Roos' hand 2013-2017. Found here under various working titles including "Coppola Project" "Dark Electric Vision" "Distant Vision" "D.V." "FFC" and "F. Coppola Project." Included in the archive are: Copious handwritten notes on casting considerations and recommendations from Roos including actor availability skill sets and reactions to meetings and readings. A four-page "'Men' For Discussion" and "'Women' For Discussion" on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 5 2013 listing actors and their ages. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 5 2013 listing "Godfather I II and III Actors for Discussion." A two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead dated March 7 2013 of "'Faith' For Discussion" listing actors for the role with pencil annotations in Roos' hand. Five listings on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors for readings which took place from March 16 2013 to August 1 2014 which included Kate Beckinsale Vincent D'Onofrio Elle Fanning Andy Garcia Philip Seymour Hoffman Oscar Isaac Uma Thurman and Marisa Tomei among others. A three-page email printout from "Bright / Daniels Casting" dated March 19 2013 listing actors for a proposed reading the following day with the actor's headshot their character's name and their contact information or agency with ink annotations in Roos' hand. Including actors Linda Cardellini Frank Grillo Dakota Johnson Max Minghella and Imogen Poots among others. A four page handwritten draft of a letter to Coppola in Roos' hand regarding an upcoming January 15 2014 table reading with thirteen questions for Coppola largely regarding casting and actor availability. Four pages from a Draft script with the ink annotation of "Fred's Notes on June 25 2014 Draft" with notes regarding the script in Roos' hand on two pages. A four-page "Cast of Characters" listing all the characters with brief descriptions for the following timelines in the script: "1922" "1928-30" "1939" "1947" "1952" "Flashback - 1890's" "1959" "1962" and "1969." A four-page list of "Cast of Characters" with ages depicted and detailed descriptions along with "Minor Characters" with brief descriptions. A three-page list of all the characters and the script pages on which the characters appear. And a two-page list on "Bright / Daniels Casting" letterhead of actors up for discussion dated August 22 2017. All material housed in a generic orange folder with post-its with marker annotations of "Distant Vision" affixed to the front panel and tab with cello tape. Conceived by Coppola as an experimental film project in the early 2000's "Distant Vision" depicts three generations of an Italian American family during the advent and omnipresence of television intended to be filmed as "live cinema" Coppola's experimental and potentially ground-breaking concept for a live production-film hybrid. Two different versions of a "proof of concept" production were broadcast to limited audiences in June 2015 from Oklahoma City Community College and in July 2016 from the UCLA School of Theater. Coppola had planned to film more sequences financed from his 2024 film "Megalopolis" but had been thus far put on hold following the film's disappointing box office returns. All material approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine overall housed in a Near Fine 8.5 x 11.5 generic orange folder. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 159116N.p.: N.p. 1984. Second Draft script for an unproduced film using the hook from singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp's 1983 song "Pink Houses" as its moniker. Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page noting copy No. 20. An unproduced drama about unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania by acclaimed screenwriter and director Frank Pierson. Pierson was the writer of "Dog Day Afternoon" 1975 winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and co-writer of "Cool Hand Luke" 1967 "Cat Ballou" 1965 and "A Star is Born" 1976 among many others. Pierson served as the President of the Writers Guild of America West for two terms in the 1980s and 1990s and was also associated with the American Film Institute the Academy of American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Sundance Film Festival. Considered by many to be one of the best unproduced still-unfilmed screenplays written in the wake of an April 1984 "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" magazine article about the spate of films about American milltowns. Orange untitled wrappers. Title page present dated June 7 1984 noted as SECOND DRAFT with credit for screenwriter Frank Pierson. 133 leaves with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine with light offsetting on the last page of the script. Bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
