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1996ref. 163604Los Angeles: Neo Motion Pictures 1996. Draft script for the 1997 film seen here under the working titles "Road to Ruin" and "Driven." Working copy belonging to actor Sean Moran with his annotations in manuscript pencil on the title page front wrapper and nine pages of the script and two call sheets laid in. A then-new blend of martial arts and traditional fist-and-guns action that has become a cult classic. A Hong Kong man with an experimental implant which gives him super-strength and speed must flee from Chinese mercenaries who have been employed to steal the device. Shot on location in Santa Clarita Los Angeles and Lancaster California. Gray generic Neo Motion Pictures wrappers. Title page present dated 1.2.96 noted as Draft with credits for screenwriter Scott Phillips and storywriter Anthony Trifiletti. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 101. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Neo Motion Pictures unknown books
1994ref. 167932Los Angeles: Gramercy Pictures 1994. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1994 film including four compilation photographs one showing director David Johnson on the set. A comedy produced by Spike Lee through his production company 40 Acres and a Mule about a team of African Americans who seek out and deprogram other Black Americans who they feel have betrayed their race. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gramercy Pictures unknown
1994ref. 167932Los Angeles: Gramercy Pictures 1994. Five vintage studio still photographs from the 1994 film including four compilation photographs one showing director David Johnson on the set. A comedy produced by Spike Lee through his production company 40 Acres and a Mule about a team of African Americans who seek out and deprogram other Black Americans who they feel have betrayed their race. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Gramercy Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 159741N.p.: ABC Capital Cities Television Network 1985. Vintage reference photographs from the 1985 television documentary film. With mimeo snipe affixed to verso advertising the film's rebroadcast on Tuesday April 30 1985. A documentary exploring high school dropouts by following the lives of four high school students who are in programs to help support them to stay in school. Shot on location in Knoxville TN Los Angeles CA New York NY and Washington DC. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. ABC Capital Cities Television Network unknown books
1986ref. 160924N.p.: N.p. 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in preceding the script are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro played by Aldo Ray who killed his partner. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. Title page present dated 7/21/86 noted as SHOOTING REVISION with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1986ref. 160924N.p.: N.p. 1986. Shooting Revision script for the 1988 action film. Bound in preceding the script are three pages of interior and exterior set lists and cast lists. Jimmy Stathis stars as DEA Agent John Temple working undercover in Mexico to nail drug kingpin Victor Lazzaro played by Aldo Ray who killed his partner. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Orange titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. Title page present dated 7/21/86 noted as SHOOTING REVISION with credits for screenwriter Allan Kuskowski. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 115. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 156671Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of Matt Dillon and William Burroughs from the 1989 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown
1989ref. 145724Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon on the set of the 1989 film. Noted director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
1989ref. 156671Santa Monica: Avenue Pictures 1989. Vintage studio still photograph of Matt Dillon and William Burroughs from the 1989 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Director Gus Van Sant's first feature film and a breakthrough film for actors Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch. A nihilistic answer to the onslaught of coming-of-age movies in the 1980s appropriately released at the end of that decade. The unsentimental exploits of a group of young people driven by nothing other than boredom and an obsessive need for more drugs leading inevitably to confusion and rampant lawlessness. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Avenue Pictures unknown books
ref. 141676Pretoria South Africa: Emil Nofal Films N.D. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A half-hour television series focusing on the unique cultures of Africa and how different groups interact with each other especially in the modern age. Written for South African television by Nofal an acclaimed South African director producer and screenwriter. Set in South Africa. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Emil Nofal. 5 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 5. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus perfect-bound. Emil Nofal Films unknown
ref. 141676Pretoria South Africa: Emil Nofal Films N.D. Treatment script for an unproduced television series. A half-hour television series focusing on the unique cultures of Africa and how different groups interact with each other especially in the modern age. Written for South African television by Nofal an acclaimed South African director producer and screenwriter. Set in South Africa. White titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Emil Nofal. 5 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 5. Mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus perfect-bound. Emil Nofal Films unknown books
1948ref. 151633Tokyo: Toho Company 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese. The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation forbidding criticism of Americans leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan satirizing jazz "pan pan" girls unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers and Western clothing and hairstyles. Set in the slums of postwar Japan. White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming side stapled. BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan. Toho Company unknown
1948ref. 151633Tokyo: Toho Company 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese. The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation forbidding criticism of Americans leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan satirizing jazz "pan pan" girls unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers and Western clothing and hairstyles. Set in the slums of postwar Japan. White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming side stapled. BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan. Toho Company unknown books
1956ref. 298558Remus Films 1956. Photograph. 7 original B/W publicity photograph 7.8 x 9.8 inches. Photographs of Sydney James William Hartnell Renee Houston Dick Bentley 2 poses Brian Rix and Tommy Cooper. Near fine copies. Identification of actor written in ink on rear. Pen indentation visible with raking light on photograph surface. Remus Films unknown
1956ref. 132194London: Independent Film Distributors / British Lion 1956. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1956 UK film. A well-received farce about a couple of dim-witted bookmakers who decide to fix a horse race. 8 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus withand light stains and creases. Independent Film Distributors / British Lion unknown books
1994ref. 166475N.p.: Reno & Osborn Productions 1994. Revised Final Draft for Season 2 Episode 7 for the 1994-1997 television series. Originally aired April 24 1995 on USA Network. This adult animated series based on the 1990 comic by Everett Peck follows a duck who works as a private investigator. In this episode someone arrives claiming to be the illegitimate son of Duckman's business partner conceived when he was fighting in Vietnam. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1994 with credits for uncredited screenwriters Jeffrey S. Astrof and Mike Sikowitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reno & Osborn Productions unknown
1994ref. 166475N.p.: Reno & Osborn Productions 1994. Revised Final Draft for Season 2 Episode 7 for the 1994-1997 television series. Originally aired April 24 1995 on USA Network. This adult animated series based on the 1990 comic by Everett Peck follows a duck who works as a private investigator. In this episode someone arrives claiming to be the illegitimate son of Duckman's business partner conceived when he was fighting in Vietnam. White titled self wrappers lacking rear wrapper noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1994 with credits for uncredited screenwriters Jeffrey S. Astrof and Mike Sikowitz. Title page integral with front wrapper. 34 leaves with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication rectos only with undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Reno & Osborn Productions unknown books
2000ref. 171952Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 2000. Draft script for the 2000 comedy film. Two deadbeat stoners wake up from a long night of partying and embark on a journey to find their car whose cargo includes anniversary gifts for their girlfriends. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 25 2000 with credit for screenwriter Philip Stark. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
2000ref. 171952Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 2000. Draft script for the 2000 comedy film. Two deadbeat stoners wake up from a long night of partying and embark on a journey to find their car whose cargo includes anniversary gifts for their girlfriends. Self wrappers. Title page present dated February 25 2000 with credit for screenwriter Philip Stark. 99 leaves with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1946ref. 159853Culver City CA: Selznick International 1946. Two vintage borderless reference photographs and two vintage bordered reference photographs of director King Vidor on the set of the 1946 Western film. Three linen-backed with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Niven Busch's 1944 novel. Two brothers fight over their love for a young relative while their father attempts to sway railroad builders from constructing a new line on his land. A lavish "epic" Western from Selznick who saw the film as a definite successor to his monumental "Gone With the Wind" 1939. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona and California. Two 9.5 x 7.25 inches two 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus with light creasing and wear on the edges. Hardy p. 152. Pitts 1187. Selznick International unknown
1946ref. 159853Culver City CA: Selznick International 1946. Two vintage borderless reference photographs and two vintage bordered reference photographs of director King Vidor on the set of the 1946 Western film. Three linen-backed with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Niven Busch's 1944 novel. Two brothers fight over their love for a young relative while their father attempts to sway railroad builders from constructing a new line on his land. A lavish "epic" Western from Selznick who saw the film as a definite successor to his monumental "Gone With the Wind" 1939. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona and California. Two 9.5 x 7.25 inches two 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus with light creasing and wear on the edges. Hardy p. 152. Pitts 1187. Selznick International unknown books
1947ref. 143493Los Angeles: Selznick International 1947. Music Timing Schedule for the 1946 film. Based on the 1944 novel by Niven Busch. A recently orphaned girl is sent to live with her father's cousin. When both of sons take a liking to her she must make a decision amid their growing conflict. Set in Texas shot on location in California and Arizona. Tall white self-wrappers production No. 103 dated June 10 1947 with credits for musical director Dimitri Tiomkin. 11 leaves with last page of text numbered 11. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with one staple at the top left corner. Selznick International unknown books
1947ref. 151728Los Angeles: Selznick International 1947. Trailer #3 Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1946 film. Based on the 1944 novel by Niven Busch. A recently orphaned girl is sent to live with her father's cousin. When both of sons take a liking to her she must make a decision amid their growing conflict. Set in Texas shot on location in California and Arizona. Gray titled wrappers noted as Trailer #3 Dialogue Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper dated May 29 1947. 4 leaves with last page of text numbered 4. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two staples along the top edge. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Silver and Ward US. Selznick International unknown books
1947ref. 151729Los Angeles: Selznick International 1947. Censorship Cuts script for the 1946 film. Based on the 1944 novel by Niven Busch. A recently orphaned girl is sent to live with her father's cousin. When both of sons take a liking to her she must make a decision amid their growing conflict. Set in Texas shot on location in Arizona and California. Gray titled wrappers noted as Censorship Cuts on the front wrapper. Title page integral with first page dated July 31 1947 noted as Censorship Cuts. 4 leaves with last page of text numbered 4. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Clover Men Women and Chainsaws. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorcese A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Silver and Ward US. Selznick International unknown books
