Being There

Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1979. Production script for the 1980 film, created for internal use just prior to the commencement of shooting, with Lorimar Studios wrappers, but also with copied punch holes throughout (see images). Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 22. Laid in with the script is a three-page synopsis (internal, reading "NOT FOR PUBLICATION"), with an annotation in manuscript ink on the first page, noting "File."

Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Jerzy Kosinski. Peter Sellers' final film, and the last unqualified success of director Hal Ashby's all too brief career. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas, with Sellers receiving a Best Actor nomination.

White generic Lorimar wrappers. Title page present, dated January 10, 1979, with credits for Kosinski and screenwriter Robert C. Jones. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.

National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 864. Ebert II.

[Book #167522]