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1987ref. 150243Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1987. Vintage reference photograph of Joel Coen behind the camera on the set of the 1987 film. Joel and Ethan Coen's slapstick madcap second film was as far removed from their first the 1984 neo-noir "Blood Simple" as is conceivable but equally as brilliant firmly establishing them as one of the most distinctive filmmakers to come out of the 1980s. Recidivist criminal H.I. Nicolas Cage and police officer Ed Holly Hunter fall in love over time as Ed photographs H.I.'s many mugshots. The couple marry but can't have children and when they hear about the famous "Arizona Quints" they figure the family can spare one. Featuring one of the most memorable chase sequences in film history. Shot on location throughout Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very faint dampstaining to top margin else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1992ref. 163846N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for the 1994 film copy belonging to Dan Mazur creative executive to Twentieth Century-Fox producer Lawrence Gordon for the film. The Coen brothers' paean to the films of Frank Capra Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges wherein Norville Barnes a decent but naive mailroom clerk is secretly chosen by ruthless members of the company's board to be the company's president after the founder's suicide in an attempt to depress the company's stocks and secretly gain control. The script was originally conceived shortly shortly after Joel Coen worked as assistant editor on Sam Raimi's 1981 film "The Evil Dead" and was reportedly completed by the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi in 1985. Production didn't begin however until 1991 following the success of the Coen brothers' 1991 film "Bartin Fink." Heralded for its visual effects and production design including a scale model of New York City the film was the Coen brothers' then-biggest budget to date. Originally released to mixed reviews the film has since been reappraised and is now considered a cult classic. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Chicago Illinois and North Carolina. Untitled lavender wrappers. Title page present dated 1992 with credits for screenwriters Joel Coen Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1991ref. 149341Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director-screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen and actor John Turturro having a conversation between takes on the set of the 1991 film. One of the more ambitious films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre a nuanced comedy about Hollywood success and the interaction between intellectuals and "the common man." Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. Winner of the Palme d'Or Best Actor and Best Director awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1991ref. 149341Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1991. Vintage reference photograph of director-screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen and actor John Turturro having a conversation between takes on the set of the 1991 film. One of the more ambitious films in the Coen brothers' oeuvre a nuanced comedy about Hollywood success and the interaction between intellectuals and "the common man." Based largely on the experiences of playwright and erstwhile screenwriter Clifford Odets. Winner of the Palme d'Or Best Actor and Best Director awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards in 1992. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1992ref. 163846N.p.: N.p. 1992. Draft script for the 1994 film copy belonging to Dan Mazur creative executive to Twentieth Century-Fox producer Lawrence Gordon for the film. The Coen brothers' paean to the films of Frank Capra Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges wherein Norville Barnes a decent but naive mailroom clerk is secretly chosen by ruthless members of the company's board to be the company's president after the founder's suicide in an attempt to depress the company's stocks and secretly gain control. The script was originally conceived shortly shortly after Joel Coen worked as assistant editor on Sam Raimi's 1981 film "The Evil Dead" and was reportedly completed by the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi in 1985. Production didn't begin however until 1991 following the success of the Coen brothers' 1991 film "Bartin Fink." Heralded for its visual effects and production design including a scale model of New York City the film was the Coen brothers' then-biggest budget to date. Originally released to mixed reviews the film has since been reappraised and is now considered a cult classic. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Chicago Illinois and North Carolina. Untitled lavender wrappers. Title page present dated 1992 with credits for screenwriters Joel Coen Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown
1975ref. 147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution. Set in the American Midwest. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown books
1975ref. 147070Venice CA: Capricorn Productions 1975. Treatment script for an unproduced film. With an annotation in manuscript ink on the front wrapper noting the title of the script and another on the first page of text noting an editorial revision. The jazz-loving navigator of a small Japanese submarine finds himself accidentally stranded in a small American town in 1944 and must convince the wary townspeople that he is Chinese in order to avoid persecution. Set in the American Midwest. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 1975 with credit for screenwriter Joe Ravetz. 20 leaves with last page of text numbered 19. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. Capricorn Productions unknown
ref. 144510Burbank CA: Walt Disney Pictures 1988. Revised First Draft script for the 1991 film. Based on the 1982 graphic novel by Dave Stevens. In 1930s Hollywood a stunt pilot comes into possession of a jet-pack after getting caught in the crossfire between FBI agents and a group of gangsters. He subsequently becoming the target of both FBI and Nazi agents who are after the jet-pack. An early entry in the superhero movie canon following the success of 1989's "Batman" and a cult classic in its own right. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1988 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Danny Bilson Paul De Meo William Dear and graphic novelist Dave Stevens. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Photocopy rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Walt Disney Pictures unknown books
ref. 144510Burbank CA: Walt Disney Pictures 1988. Revised First Draft script for the 1991 film. Based on the 1982 graphic novel by Dave Stevens. In 1930s Hollywood a stunt pilot comes into possession of a jet-pack after getting caught in the crossfire between FBI agents and a group of gangsters. He subsequently becoming the target of both FBI and Nazi agents who are after the jet-pack. An early entry in the superhero movie canon following the success of 1989's "Batman" and a cult classic in its own right. Goldenrod titled wrappers. Title page present dated November 11 1988 noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Danny Bilson Paul De Meo William Dear and graphic novelist Dave Stevens. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 124. Photocopy rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Walt Disney Pictures unknown
ref. 152594N.p.: N.p. 1972. Archive of material for an unproduced film dated variously between 1971 and 1972 including one First Draft script one Revised Second Draft script with manuscript ink annotations noting substantive revisions and deletions one typed letter from screenwriter Frank Conroy and eighteen handwritten revision pages with corresponding printed pages addressing the revisions. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on the 1969 Edgar Award-winning novel "A Time of Predators" by Joe Gores about a Stanford University professor seeking revenge for the rape and murder of his wife by a street gang. An association between two prolific American authors one a genre writer and the other a novelist and director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop for 18 years. Set in San Francisco. First Draft: Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated 3/22 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Draft: Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerogrphic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. All other materials Very Good plus lightly age-toned and edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
ref. 152594N.p.: N.p. 1972. Archive of material for an unproduced film dated variously between 1971 and 1972 including one First Draft script one Revised Second Draft script with manuscript ink annotations noting substantive revisions and deletions one typed letter from screenwriter Frank Conroy and eighteen handwritten revision pages with corresponding printed pages addressing the revisions. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on the 1969 Edgar Award-winning novel "A Time of Predators" by Joe Gores about a Stanford University professor seeking revenge for the rape and murder of his wife by a street gang. An association between two prolific American authors one a genre writer and the other a novelist and director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop for 18 years. Set in San Francisco. First Draft: Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated 3/22 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Draft: Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerogrphic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. All other materials Very Good plus lightly age-toned and edgeworn. N.p. unknown
1994ref. 143834Beverly Hills CA: Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment 1994. Revised Shooting script for the 1995 film "Mind Ripper" seen here under the title "Wes Craven Presents: The Outpost." Round robin copy SIGNED on the front wrapper by director Joe Gayton producers Jonathan Craven and Peter Shepherd cast members Lance Henriksen Adam Solomon Natasha Gregson Wagner Giovanni Ribisi and Dan Blom editor Harry Hitner production designer Jeremy Levine stunt coordinator Anthony Cecere makeup artists James Barr and Paul Jones and more. A science lab in a remote desert location attempts to create a superhuman by reanimating a corpse but the end result is an uncontrollably violent monster zombie. Although marketed as a sequel to "The Hills Have Eyes" and "The Hills Have Eyes II" the only true link between the three films is Wes Craven's name. Shot on location in Bulgaria and Canada. Tall white titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper presumably as issued noted as REVISED SHOOTING DRAFT BLUE on the front wrapper dated July 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters Phil Mittleman and Jonathan Craven. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographically reproduced. About Fine condition loose leaves. Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment unknown books
1994ref. 143834Beverly Hills CA: Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment 1994. Revised Shooting script for the 1995 film "Mind Ripper" seen here under the title "Wes Craven Presents: The Outpost." Round robin copy SIGNED on the front wrapper by director Joe Gayton producers Jonathan Craven and Peter Shepherd cast members Lance Henriksen Adam Solomon Natasha Gregson Wagner Giovanni Ribisi and Dan Blom editor Harry Hitner production designer Jeremy Levine stunt coordinator Anthony Cecere makeup artists James Barr and Paul Jones and more. A science lab in a remote desert location attempts to create a superhuman by reanimating a corpse but the end result is an uncontrollably violent monster zombie. Although marketed as a sequel to "The Hills Have Eyes" and "The Hills Have Eyes II" the only true link between the three films is Wes Craven's name. Shot on location in Bulgaria and Canada. Tall white titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper presumably as issued noted as REVISED SHOOTING DRAFT BLUE on the front wrapper dated July 20 1994 with credits for screenwriters Phil Mittleman and Jonathan Craven. Title page integral with the front wrapper. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographically reproduced. About Fine condition loose leaves. Outpost Productions / Multicom Entertainment unknown
1978ref. 169547N.p.: N.p. 1978. Four vintage borderless reference photographs of characters in various states of bodily distress from the 1978 film. A satirical low-budget cult classic wherein a school of flesh-eating piranhas is released into a summer resort's river. Purportedly named by Steven Spielberg as "the best of the Jaws rip-offs." Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 149595Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. The story of a family besieged by small troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused executive producer Steven Spielberg to suggest that the Motion Picture Association of America design a new more fitting film rating which led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating in response. Set in Kingston Falls NY. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1984ref. 149595Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph of producer Steven Spielberg and director Joe Dante on the set of the 1984 film. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. The story of a family besieged by small troublemaking creatures that wreak havoc on their town over the Christmas holiday. Criticism of the film's blend of horror and comedy caused executive producer Steven Spielberg to suggest that the Motion Picture Association of America design a new more fitting film rating which led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating in response. Set in Kingston Falls NY. 7.75 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown
1978ref. 169547N.p.: N.p. 1978. Four vintage borderless reference photographs of characters in various states of bodily distress from the 1978 film. A satirical low-budget cult classic wherein a school of flesh-eating piranhas is released into a summer resort's river. Purportedly named by Steven Spielberg as "the best of the Jaws rip-offs." Shot on location in California and Texas. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1977ref. 160670N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing a nude Mónica Zanchi surrounded by Amazonian cannibals. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. In pursuit of her next big exposé a photojournalist and her friends travel to the Amazon where they encounter a tribe of supposedly extinct cannibals. The sixth "Emanuelle" film starring Laura Gemser. Shot on location in New York and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the top and bottom edges. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 160670N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage reference photograph from the 1977 film showing a nude Mónica Zanchi surrounded by Amazonian cannibals. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamp on the verso. In pursuit of her next big exposé a photojournalist and her friends travel to the Amazon where they encounter a tribe of supposedly extinct cannibals. The sixth "Emanuelle" film starring Laura Gemser. Shot on location in New York and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy on the top and bottom edges. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 171776N.p.: Handmade Films 1987. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1988 film including Jodie Foster as a young adult a young John Turturro and a photo showing director Tony Bill talking with Tim Robbins on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. One of the most important independent films of the 1980s and the movie that launched Jodie Foster into her adult film career as well as one that featured striking early performances by John Turturro and Tim Robbins. A violent ex-con returns to his old neighborhood in the Bronx where he begins harassing a young woman whom he previously attempted to sexually assault. An early script by Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley best known for "Moonstruck" 1987 and "Doubt" 2008. Set in 1960s New York and shot in New York on location. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned to the edges. Handmade Films unknown books
1980ref. 169588N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color slide from the 1980 film showing actress Jodie Foster in lingerie. Tired of her dull life as a waitress an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah Georgia. 4 x 5 inches. About Fine in a paper sleeve. N.p. unknown books
1983ref. 155349Los Angeles: Woodfall America 1983. Draft script for the 1984 film. Based on John Irving's 1981 novel a dark comedy following the eccentric and disaster-prone Berry family who weather hardships and incest with humor and grace. Set in Vienna and New Hampshire and shot on location in Montreal Canada. Maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 3/10/83 with credits for novelist John Irving and director Tony Richardson. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus with rust marks from a paper clip affecting pages 19-21 wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a silver prong. Woodfall America unknown books
ref. 172342Burbank CA: Walt Disney Productions 1975. Shooting script for the 1976 film. Not to be confused with the 2003 remake starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Based on the 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers who also wrote the screenplay about a feuding mother and daughter who magically switch bodies for a day allowing each to gain sympathy for the other. A star vehicle for Jodie Foster and one of the last films before Foster began transitioning to more adult roles. Yellow titled wrappers dated July 15 1975 noted as Shooting Script and production No. 0151 on the front wrapper with credit for Rodgers. Title page integral with the first page of text noted as production No. 0151 and dated 7/15/75. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus moderately faded to the edges bound internally with three gold brads. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1980ref. 169588N.p.: N.p. 1980. Vintage color slide from the 1980 film showing actress Jodie Foster in lingerie. Tired of her dull life as a waitress an 18-year-old girl joins up with a traveling carnival where she quickly becomes a successful hustler at a game of chance on the midway. Shot on location in Savannah Georgia. 4 x 5 inches. About Fine in a paper sleeve. N.p. unknown
1987ref. 171776N.p.: Handmade Films 1987. Four vintage reference photographs from the 1988 film including Jodie Foster as a young adult a young John Turturro and a photo showing director Tony Bill talking with Tim Robbins on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. One of the most important independent films of the 1980s and the movie that launched Jodie Foster into her adult film career as well as one that featured striking early performances by John Turturro and Tim Robbins. A violent ex-con returns to his old neighborhood in the Bronx where he begins harassing a young woman whom he previously attempted to sexually assault. An early script by Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley best known for "Moonstruck" 1987 and "Doubt" 2008. Set in 1960s New York and shot in New York on location. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine lightly toned to the edges. Handmade Films unknown
