Sliver

N.p. N.p., 1992. Revised Shooting script for the 1993 neo-noir film. Working copy belonging to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, with his substantive annotations in manuscript ink to the front and rear wrappers and four pages of the script. Included with the script are 36 undated, nonconsecutive typescript leaves, likely Eszterhas' revision pages or part of an earlier draft, with editorial annotations in manuscript ink throughout.

Based on the 1991 erotic novel by Ira Levin, about a young book editor who is enmeshed in a murder mystery after moving into a New York high-rise apartment building. The film was heavily reedited before release in order to avoid an undesirable NC-17 rating, ultimately culminating in changes to both the killer's identity and the ending scene. The script on offer presents the original ending of the film, in which Carly and Zeke fly in a helicopter over a volcano in Hawaii, having burned Zeke's videotapes.

Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 9/28/92, with credits for Levin, Eszterhas, and director Phillip Noyce. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 9/28/92 and 10/23/92. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good plus, front wrapper partially detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads.

[Book #173440]