How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997. Final Draft script for the 1998 film, copy belonging to uncredited crew member Margaret Reeves, her name written in manuscript ink, on the top right of front wrapper.

Based on the 1996 novel by Terry McMillan. A high-powered San Francisco stock broker is persuaded to take a well-deserved vacation to Montego Bay, Jamaica, where she begins a romance with a much younger man, prompting her to reflect on her life.

Set in and shot on location in California and Jamaica.

Yellow titled wrappers, dated September 12, 1997. Title page present, dated September 12, 1997, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Ron Bass and screenwriter and author Terry McMillan. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two silver brads.

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