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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
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
1971ref. 152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies." The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1971ref. 152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies." The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown
1970ref. 170872Bruxelles Brussels: Warner Brothers 1970. Vintage Belgian petite poster for the 1969 film. Based on director photographer and screenwriter Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical 1963 novel. The first major studio production directed by an African American and one of few dramas of the period to focus exclusively on Black life in America depicting the life of a teenager in late 1920s Kansas who grows up quickly as he experiences events related to racial and economic injustice in his community. Set and shot on location in Kansas. 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus with light toning to the extremities and a small splash to the middle top margin see image. Warner Brothers unknown books
1960ref. 150227N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1960 film. Both with "Cinema Verite" and "London Express News" stamps on verso and one with mimeo snipe on verso. A young woman finds herself standing trial for the murder of her lover forcing her to reflect on her memories of their turbulent relationship. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 10.25 inches and 7 x 10.25 inches. Mildly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 960. Grant France. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 150227N.p.: N.p. 1960. Two vintage reference photographs on the set of the 1960 film. Both with "Cinema Verite" and "London Express News" stamps on verso and one with mimeo snipe on verso. A young woman finds herself standing trial for the murder of her lover forcing her to reflect on her memories of their turbulent relationship. Set in and shot on location in Paris France. 6.75 x 10.25 inches and 7 x 10.25 inches. Mildly wavy else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 960. Grant France. N.p. unknown books
1938ref. 148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937. Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
1938ref. 148844Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1938. Vintage double weight photograph of Katharine Hepburn Howard Hawks and a resting Cary Grant on the set of the 1938 film. One of the foundational entries in the canon of American screwball comedies. Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10 1937. Zoologist David Huxley Grant develops a wary interest in the niece of dowager Mrs. Carelton Random Hepburn which as in all great screwball comedies is not finalized as a romance until about the last ten seconds of the film. But what makes this film singular is that the story is built around the maintenance aspects of raising a pet leopard creating a rapid-fire blur of events and dialogue that doesn't let up for the entire 102-minute running time. The film bombed upon release causing RKO to drop both of the stars but today ranks as one of the best films made by either. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Byrge & Miller The Screwball Comedy Films: A History and Filmography 1934-1942. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 133624Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Vintage oversize Swedish still photograph from the 1961 film. With the Svensk Filmindustri logo at the bottom right corner. In a typically heavy moment from the film Max Von Sydow Martin and Lars Passgard Minus stand together in a moment of silence. Shot by the film's cinematographer the legendary Sven Nykvist. 11 x 9 inches. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. Fine. Criterion Collection 209. Svensk Filmindustri unknown
1961ref. 133624Stockholm: Svensk Filmindustri 1961. Vintage oversize Swedish still photograph from the 1961 film. With the Svensk Filmindustri logo at the bottom right corner. In a typically heavy moment from the film Max Von Sydow Martin and Lars Passgard Minus stand together in a moment of silence. Shot by the film's cinematographer the legendary Sven Nykvist. 11 x 9 inches. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. Fine. Criterion Collection 209. Svensk Filmindustri unknown books
1963ref. 151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 150969N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film. Provenance stamps of film scholar and author J. P. Berthome on versos of all three and one with a National Film Archive stamp on the verso. Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327. N.p. unknown
1969ref. 150969N.p.: N.p. 1969. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1969 film. Provenance stamps of film scholar and author J. P. Berthome on versos of all three and one with a National Film Archive stamp on the verso. Demy's first English language film recently a subject of renewed interest in two different documentaries about the Laurel Canyon music scene of the late 1960s. A young discontented man in a dead-end relationship learns his draft notice has arrived and he is due to report for Army duty the following week. While out trying to raise money to keep his car from being repossessed he sees and becomes obsessed with the beautiful Lola an older French model who works in a "model shop" posing for photographers. Set and shot on location in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twilight Time 327. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown books
1950ref. 151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown
1950ref. 151573N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1950 film showing actress Maria Casares. With manuscript layout annotations on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer Roger Corbeau. A variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice about a young poet in Paris whose despair after his wife's death leads him to the underworld where he begs for her return to the living. The second film in director Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy following "The Blood of a Poet" 1930 and preceding "Testament of Orpheus" 1960. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1964ref. 168094N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown
1964ref. 168094N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka." Shot on location in Paris. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners else about Near Fine. BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard Histoires du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France. N.p. unknown books
2000ref. 169959N.p.: N.p. 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film an internally duplicated copy with copied hole punches as issued housed in a red inkjet paper box with the title "Hedwig" in manuscript marker to the lid of the box. Based on the 1998 stage musical by director John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Hedwig a genderqueer punk rock singer from East Berlin tours the US with her band the Angry Inch shadowing the tour of arena rock star Tommy Gnosis her former lover and protégé who stole her songs. As she travels she tells the story of her life culminating in a botched sex reassignment surgery to escape East Berlin with Tommy immediately before the Berlin Wall fell and Tommy left her. Shot on location in Toronto. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell. Title page present dated 1/3/00 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell and Song Lyrics by Stephen Trask. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the bottom right of the front wrapper and first three leaves bound with a prong binding. Criterion Collection 982. N.p. unknown
2000ref. 169959N.p.: N.p. 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film an internally duplicated copy with copied hole punches as issued housed in a red inkjet paper box with the title "Hedwig" in manuscript marker to the lid of the box. Based on the 1998 stage musical by director John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Hedwig a genderqueer punk rock singer from East Berlin tours the US with her band the Angry Inch shadowing the tour of arena rock star Tommy Gnosis her former lover and protégé who stole her songs. As she travels she tells the story of her life culminating in a botched sex reassignment surgery to escape East Berlin with Tommy immediately before the Berlin Wall fell and Tommy left her. Shot on location in Toronto. Red titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell. Title page present dated 1/3/00 noted as Revised with credits for screenwriter John Cameron Mitchell and Song Lyrics by Stephen Trask. 80 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the bottom right of the front wrapper and first three leaves bound with a prong binding. Criterion Collection 982. N.p. unknown books
1969ref. 110611Studio City CA: Major Pictures Corporation 1969. Final Shooting script for the 1970 neo-noir film. Boldly SIGNED by lead actor Rod Taylor on the front wrapper. Based on the 1966 novel by John D. MacDonald featuring his series character Travis McGee. Notable as the only feature film adaptation of MacDonald's wildly popular Travis McGee series long unavailable on any kind of viewing format. Red titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper dated 28 January 1969 with credits for screenwriter Ed Waters and novelist John D. MacDonald. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with two gold brads. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Grant US. Larson Warped and Faded. Major Pictures Corporation unknown
