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ref. 167970New York: Exoskeleton 1998. First Draft script for the 1999 film. An African-American hitman who models himself after the code of ancient samurai is caught in the crosshairs of a Mafia boss and his associates after a hit gone wrong. Interpreted by some as an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime drama "Le Samouraï." Shot on location in Jersey City. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 5 1998 noted as First Draft with credit for director and screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 88 leaves with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus lightly toned and soiled on the title page and page edges unbound. Exoskeleton unknown
ref. 167972N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for the 1991 film seen here under the working title "ROMENEWYORKPARISL.A.HELSINKI." Annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page noting times in the cities in which the film is set. An anthology of five stories about taxicab drivers in five different cities who experience a variety of humorous romantic and unusual situations as they encounter patrons on their nighttime shifts. Set and shot on location in Helsinki Paris Rome New York and Los Angeles. Mylar front wrapper black rear wrapper. Title page present dated 1990 noted as copy No. 32 in manuscript ink with credit for screenwriter Jim Jarmusch. 89 leaves with last page of text numbered 87 and dated September 17 1990. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with a black Velo binding. N.p. unknown
1980ref. 149409N.p.: N.p. 1980. Five vintage borderless color photographs from the 1980 film. Title labels affixed to the verso of each. Jim Jarmusch's directorial debut made just after dropping out of film school his signature patient ambling and dryly humorous approach to storytelling firmly established. Set against the backdrop of a grungy late-1970s New York City we follow the young unemployed Allie Chris Parker full of ennui meandering through the city contemplating his life and encountering curious and odd characters along the way. Set in and shot on location in New York City. Four photographs 5.5 x 3.75 inches one 5.25 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 400. Destroy All Movies The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. N.p. unknown
1984ref. 170425N.p.: Cinesthesia Productions 1984. Seven vintage photographs from the 1984 film including six studio stills and one reference photograph. One with a production company label on the verso and five with provenance labels to same. Director Jim Jarmusch's first effort "Permanent Vacation" 1980 was his final thesis at New York University's film school. As with the earliest films of Jean-Pierre Melville and David Lynch he then spent four years making "Stranger than Paradise" shooting as money allowed. The resulting film was the stunning breakthrough of an auteur who both understood his masters and paved the way for a new kind of cinema. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine to Fine one with annotations in manuscript pencil to the margins. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 400. Rosenbaum 1000. Cinesthesia Productions unknown
1962ref. 154321Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1962. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1962 film showing actors Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss in an an amorous moment. A military comedy about a luckless army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II where all the action is between the sheets. Set in Japan. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1982ref. 172924Universal City CA: Universal Pictures / Henson Associates 1982. Four vintage borderless matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1982 film. The first major live-action mottion picture without any human actors with characters realized by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. A young alien must try to heal a broken crystal to bring peace and order back to her home planet. Set on the fictional planet Thra shot on location in England and Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Weldon 1996. Universal Pictures / Henson Associates unknown books
1982ref. 172924Universal City CA: Universal Pictures / Henson Associates 1982. Four vintage borderless matte-finish studio still photographs from the 1982 film. The first major live-action mottion picture without any human actors with characters realized by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. A young alien must try to heal a broken crystal to bring peace and order back to her home planet. Set on the fictional planet Thra shot on location in England and Scotland. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. McPadden Heavy Metal Movies. Weldon 1996. Universal Pictures / Henson Associates unknown
1984ref. 159765Los Angeles: CBS / MTM Enterprises 1984. Four vintage reference photographs from "Kirk Pops the Question" Season 2 Episode 15 of the 1982-1990 television series. Three photographs with mimeo snipes affixed to the verso promoting the episode's broadcast on Monday February 6 1984. One photograph with printed mimeo label affixed to the verso. A man and his wife move their family to rural Vermont to operate an historic inn. In this episode the owner of the neighboring cafe proposes to his girlfriend who is about to go on a long trip to Europe. Set in rural Vermont shot on location in Middlebury Vermont. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine. CBS / MTM Enterprises unknown books
1952ref. 167608Hollywood: Republic Pictures 1952. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1952 Western film. Based on the 1942 novel by Luke Short. A woman and her uncle inherit a valuable ranch immediately finding themselves the targets of predatory cattlemen who wish to gain control of the property. Shot on location in Johnson Canyon Kanab Canyon and Cave Lakes Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Poor with multiple pinholes at each corner and dampstains on the top edge. Pitts 3436. Republic Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 138963Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1960. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Case Britton Davis is a gunslinger and wanted man on his way to get married stop a robbery and to avenge the death of his brother. Shot on location at the famed Iverson Ranch in Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. A few brief creases else Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1970ref. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown books
1970ref. 152335N.p.: N.p. 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actor Marty Feldman as a satyr gleefully reading a salacious paperback novel. An ad man is tasked with creating a new sexy image for a frozen porridge brand. A satirical farce directly ridiculing British conservative activist Mary Whitehouse who in 1970 was staging a war on gratuitous sex in advertising and many other fields of British life. Shot on location in London and Surrey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly wavy and edgeworn with light soil to the bottom left corner. N.p. unknown
1995ref. 150027Santa Monica CA: Steven Bochco Productions 1995. Draft script for the sixth episode of season three of the 1993-2005 television series originally aired on November 28 1995 on ABC. A wealthy Indian woman is discovered dead with many potential culprits. Meanwhile two detectives investigate a case involving a man left to die of an overdose. The popular television series ran for 12 seasons and followed the detective squad of Manhattan's fictional 15th precinct. Set in Manhattan. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Sep. 26 1995 noted as Script No. 6 with credits for director Jim Charleston screenwriter Leonard Gardner and other crew members. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 09/28/1995 and 10/04/1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Steven Bochco Productions unknown books
1995ref. 150027Santa Monica CA: Steven Bochco Productions 1995. Draft script for the sixth episode of season three of the 1993-2005 television series originally aired on November 28 1995 on ABC. A wealthy Indian woman is discovered dead with many potential culprits. Meanwhile two detectives investigate a case involving a man left to die of an overdose. The popular television series ran for 12 seasons and followed the detective squad of Manhattan's fictional 15th precinct. Set in Manhattan. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Sep. 26 1995 noted as Script No. 6 with credits for director Jim Charleston screenwriter Leonard Gardner and other crew members. 66 leaves with last page of text numbered 63. Xerographic duplication rectos only with blue pink and green revision pages throughout dated variously between 09/28/1995 and 10/04/1995. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Steven Bochco Productions unknown
1990ref. 163975N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A group of young adults navigate love sex holidays and drugs in the early 1990s. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Jim Chambers. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1990ref. 163975N.p.: N.p. 1990. Draft script for an unproduced film. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher. A group of young adults navigate love sex holidays and drugs in the early 1990s. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker construction accountant/estimator/buyer and carpenter on over 20 movies including "The Last Seduction" 1994 "Pulp Fiction" 1994 "From Dusk Till Dawn" 1994 "The Horse Whisperer 1998 "Joy Ride" 2001 and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas including "The Bridge" 2014 "Ozark" 2017 and "Yellowstone" 2018. Self wrappers. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Jim Chambers. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages about Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 150006N.p.: Whitehorse 1986. Second Draft script for the 1986 comedy short here under the working title "Is Anybody Listening" originally aired on August 2 on Cinemax. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the title page reading "Second Draft" and copied manuscript annotations throughout the script. A cynical beleaguered salesman for a sporting-goods store decides to take a road trip on his birthday to reconnect with his college gym coach. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Monday February 10 1986 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters James Belushi Fred Kaz and Marjorie Bransfield. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Whitehorse unknown books
1986ref. 150006N.p.: Whitehorse 1986. Second Draft script for the 1986 comedy short here under the working title "Is Anybody Listening" originally aired on August 2 on Cinemax. With a manuscript pencil annotation to the title page reading "Second Draft" and copied manuscript annotations throughout the script. A cynical beleaguered salesman for a sporting-goods store decides to take a road trip on his birthday to reconnect with his college gym coach. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper dated Monday February 10 1986 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriters James Belushi Fred Kaz and Marjorie Bransfield. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available. Whitehorse unknown
1975ref. 161108Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1975. Four vintage lobby cards from the Canadian release of the 1975 American film. Quebec censorship labels on the bottom right corners of the rectos. Two young hitchhikers are picked up by a man in his mobile home eventually disappearing into the Florida everglades where they experience a number of hallucinatory psychedelic experiences. Shot on location in Naples Florida. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Nightmare USA. Vinegar Syndrome 304. Crown International Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 161108Beverly Hills CA: Crown International Pictures 1975. Four vintage lobby cards from the Canadian release of the 1975 American film. Quebec censorship labels on the bottom right corners of the rectos. Two young hitchhikers are picked up by a man in his mobile home eventually disappearing into the Florida everglades where they experience a number of hallucinatory psychedelic experiences. Shot on location in Naples Florida. 14 x 11 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased and worn at the corners. Nightmare USA. Vinegar Syndrome 304. Crown International Pictures unknown
1974ref. 141125N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. In the American West an evangelical preacher establishes a movement of free love and kindness to other people but many people find his ideas radical believing that he has started a cult. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter J.H.Clay. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 141125N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. In the American West an evangelical preacher establishes a movement of free love and kindness to other people but many people find his ideas radical believing that he has started a cult. Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated 1974 with credit for screenwriter J.H.Clay. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered 6. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three silver brads. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown
1960ref. 161914N.p.: William Mishkin Motion Pictures 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Provenance stamp on the verso on a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Currently believed to be a lost film. Dante the magician has been experiencing fits of dizziness and is rumored to be going insane. His female assistants becoming increasingly frightened of Dante begin showing up murdered but Dante is not the only suspect. Shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. William Mishkin Motion Pictures unknown books
1960ref. 157082New York: Manhattan Films International 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Delilah Lee posing in her dressing room. Stamp of Manhattan Films International on the verso. A magician's assistants begin dying off in increasingly violent ways. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear and pinholes at the corners. Manhattan Films International unknown books
1960ref. 157082New York: Manhattan Films International 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Delilah Lee posing in her dressing room. Stamp of Manhattan Films International on the verso. A magician's assistants begin dying off in increasingly violent ways. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear and pinholes at the corners. Manhattan Films International unknown
