Fat Man and Little Boy

N.p. N.p., 1987. Archive of three original early Draft scripts for the 1989 film, all three dated eleven to thirteen months prior to the commencement of the production in October of 1988.

An internally duplicated Third Draft script, dated September 1, 1989, with the annotations of the title and an unknown crew member's illegible initials on the front wrapper, and manuscript pencil annotations on eight pages (one on the verso). Bound in following the script is a title page for a previous Third Draft script, dated July 28, 1987, with a copied "Received / Sep 2 1987 / Story Library" stamp on the bottom of the page.

An internally duplicated Draft script dated September 25, 1987, with the annotations of the title and date on the front wrapper, with manuscript pencil annotations on nine pages (including many of the same notes as on the previous draft).

And an internally duplicated Third Draft script, housed in a two-ring binder, dated November 10, 1987, with manuscript ink annotations on three pages.

All three scripts with screenwriting credits for "RJ," Roland Joffé.

Director and screenwriter Roland Joffé's epic historical war drama about the Manhattan Project and the development of the first atomic bomb, starring Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves, who directed the Manhattan Project, and Dwight Schultz as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Shot on location in Mexico and San Francisco.

Third Draft, September 1, 1987:
Black untitled wrappers with the annotation of the title in white ink. Title page present, dated September 1, 1987, noted as Third Draft, with credits for screenwriter "RJ" (Roland Joffé). 147 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with a prong binding.

September 25, 1987 Draft script:
Blue untitled wrappers with the annotations of the title and September 25, 1987 in black ink. Title page present, dated September 25, 1987, with credits for screenwriter "RJ" (Roland Joffé). 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered 144. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a prong binding.

Third Draft, November 10, 1987:
Housed in a generic black, untitled, two-ring binder. Title page present, dated November 10, 1987, noted as THIRD DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter "RJ" (Roland Joffé). 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 127. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binder, Near Fine.

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