Why Would I Lie? [The Fabricator]

N.p. N.p., Circa 1980. First Draft script for the 1980 film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the film's working title "The Fabricator."

A compulsive liar's colorful tall tales land him in hot water with his family, but also help him get a job as a social worker, where he becomes determined to help a young boy who was wrongfully taken from his mother.

Set in Manchester, New Hampshire, shot on location in Spokane, Washington.

White untitled wrappers. Title page present, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Peter Stone and novelist Hollis Hodges. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 134. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, faintly toned on the front wrapper, bound internally with three gold brads.

[Book #147076]