N.p. John Boorman Productions, 1974. Collection of six vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1974 film. Crop annotations in holograph pencil on the verso of one of the photographs. After the critical and commercial success of 1972's "Deliverance," director John Boorman was given almost total creative freedom for his next film. He responded by costuming Sean Connery (in only.....
New York: Doubleday, 1968. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Winner of the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faintly foxed page edges, with the top fore edge corner of the rear board very slightly bumped. Jacket is lightly foxed to the verso and flaps, with a few short.....
Los Angeles: APJAC Productions, 1972. Second Revised Draft script for an unproduced film. It is 2048 and the Republic of America is shadowed in a deep dystopia following control of the Northeast region of Mayor Tupman and his Tenants Association, a private militia which illegally murders those who speak out and get others hooked on drugs to keep them happy.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, Circa 1981. Vintage borderless black-and-white reference photograph from the 1982 film. Shot by still photographer Stephen Vaughan. Shown are Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford conferring as Ford sits in his "spinner" vehicle. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm). Fine.
Burbank, CA: American Zoetrope / Warner Brothers, 1971. Vintage black-and-white oversize double weight still photograph from the 1971 film. Shown are George Lucas and an assistant setting up a shot of Robert DuVall, with Lucas placing calipers on DuVall's head. With the Warner Brothers studio stamp on the verso, along with a notation regarding the shot and its reference number.....
Universal City, CA: Embassy Pictures / Universal Pictures, 1985. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1985 film, showing director Gilliam and crew during a quiet moment between takes. With holograph ink annotations on the verso. Gilliam's masterpiece, about a man trying to escape a bureaucratic, authoritarian government in a dystopian future. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay. 8 x......
N.p. N.p., Circa 1980s. Draft script for an unproduced film. "The Dakota Project" is a top secret government initiative to solve problems of the future. A recent recruit runs into the sickening truth that the project's end goal is to introduce humans as food to the overpopulated and environmentally degraded world of the future. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present.....
N.p. N.p., 1982. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in are two pages, one a letter dated November 4, 1982 and the other a synopsis of the film. Two men survive a nuclear blast in their city, only to be pursued relentlessly by roving bands of Nazi marauders. Set in California. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1982.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1970-1971. Vintage double weight black-and-white weight still press photograph taken by photographer Dmitri Casterine on the set of the 1972 film sometime between fall 1970 and spring 1971. In the photograph, director Kubrick lies on his back with a camera, setting up a shot of a giant porcelain penis, while actor Malcolm McDowell puts his face into.....
London: Wardour Films / Universum Film [UFA], 1927. Original program for the London premiere of the film on March 21st, 1927 at the Marble Arch Pavilion, preceded in English by the US release earlier that month but with different title cards. Director Lang's expressionist masterpiece, based on the novel and written for the screen by then-wife von Harbou, one of.....
Munich: Universum Film [UFA], 1927. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the original German release of the 1927 film. With the UFA logo at the bottom right corner. Director Lang's expressionist masterpiece, based on the novel and written for the screen by then-wife von Harbou, one of the most enduring and influential films of the silent era. Still photographs from the.....
Hollywood: Universum Film [UFA] / Paramount Pictures, 1927. Original advertising herald for the US release of the 1927 film, a shortened 115 minute version re-cut by American playwright Channing Pollock, who is credited on the herald. Interestingly, the herald credits the film as joint production of Paramount and UFA, apparently just prior to the formation of the larger umbrella production.....
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Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1971. Draft script for the 1971 television movie, here under the working title "The Day They Took the Babies Away." Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his holograph annotations throughout. A film produced for ABC's now-legendary "Movie of the Week" series. A pregnant woman goes on the run in a dystopian future where having.....
Burbank, CA: Pandemonium Theatre Company, 2001. Original poster for the 2002 Falcon Theatre production of the Ray Bradbury play "Fahrenheit 451." The production ran from October 26, 2002 to November 24th, 2002. The story of a dystopian future in which all books are burned, this item is a poster for Bradbury's dramatic adaptation of what is largely regarded as one.....
West Hollywood: The Ladd Company, 1982. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1982 film. French "Still Photo" label on verso. Based on the novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. Like Stanley Kubrick's "2001" in 1968, and building on the claustrophobic, dystopian vision Scott had already developed in "Alien" (1979), "Blade Runner" set a standard for science fiction.....