Shattered [The Plastic Nightmare]

Wolfgang Petersen (director, screenwriter)
Richard Neely (novel)
Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley (starring)

Berlin, Germany: Manfred Durniok Produktion, Circa 1991. Revised First Draft agency script for the 1991 film, "Shattered," here under the working title, "The Plastic Nightmare." German agency copy, in wrappers crediting the "Film und [and] Fernsehen [television] Studios" in Berlin. Text in English.

Based on Richard Neely's 1971 novel, "The Plastic Nightmare." Dan (Berenger) is involved in an automobile accident leaving him with amnesia. He discovers that he is married to Judith (Scacchi), but enlists the aid of part-time PI Gus (Hoskins) to help him unravel his real life.

A noirish thriller set in San Francisco, shot on location there and in Oregon.

White titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, noted as Revised First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Petersen and novelist Neely, with a preceding half-title page. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographically reproduced with copied punch holes. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a white plastic prong brad.

Grant US. Spicer US.


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