Search Results: 2000s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, here under the working title "Seeing in the Dark." With a handwritten post-it note affixed to the verso of the front wrapper, noting the name and phone number of director Robert Manganelli. A deaf clairvoyant who receives visions of an unknown serial killer's movements teams up with a former crime photographer to find the murderer. The third of four film appearances of singer and occasional actor John Mellencamp. Shot in Rochester, New York. Gray untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 6-9-99, noted as Rev., with credits for director and screenwriter Robert Manganelli. 120 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 2001. For Your Consideration script for the 2001 film. Facsimile signature of director Michael Mann on the title page. A biography of boxing champion Muhammad Ali, from his famed 1964 match against Sonny Liston, criticism of the Vietnam War and subsequent banishment from boxing, to his return to the ring in 1974 for the Rumble in the Jungle fight. Shot on location in Florida, California, New York, Illinois, and Texas in the US, and in Ghana and Mozambique. Pictorial titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 8/7/2000, with credits for screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, and Michael Mann. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine, with perfect binding.

Brooklyn, NY: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1999. Third Draft script for the 2000 film, noted as "June Joint" on the front wrapper, presumably written in June, 1999, prior to the beginning of filming in late September, 1999. Title page with manuscript ink annotations of the name, address, and phone number of film sculptor Fred Arbegast (here "Arbergast" [sic]) at the top of the page, and two phone numbers at the bottom left, all struck with white-out. Script with extensive manuscript ink annotations of reader's notes throughout. Spike Lee's blistering satire of US racism, wherein an African American television writer, Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans), frustrated with the rejection of his scripts which portray black people as positive and intelligent, pitches the most offensive and racist idea he can devise, a 21st century minstrel show, which of course the white network executives love, as does the American public. Released to mixed reception upon release, the film has since been reappraised and… Read More

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series, which originally aired on December 20, 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with three callsheets, dated November 3 and 4, 2000, and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler to Lum on the title page: "For Benjamin- / with aloha / Bette Midler." The series starred Midler, playing a loosely fictionalized version of herself, as she attempts to balance a successful singing career with her family life and personal needs. In this episode, Bette tries to get publicity by faking a mental breakdown, a tactic which works too well. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 2, 2000, noted as FINAL DRAFT (YELLOW), with credits for director Andrew D. Weyman and screenwriter Gary Janetti. 60 leaves, with last page of text numbered 53. Xerographic duplication on yellow stock, rectos only. Pages Near… Read More

Various American Cities: New Line Cinema / Spanky Pictures, 2001. For Your Consideration script for the 2001 film. Loosely based on Bruce Porter's 1993 book "Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All," and on the true stories of US drug trafficker George Jung. Set and shot on location in California and Illinois in the US, and in Guerrero, Mexico. Metallic orange untitled United Talent Agency wrappers. Title page present, dated August 27, 1999, noted as Third Draft, with credits for screenwriters David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes. 63 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication, rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Third Draft script for the pilot episode of the 2002 television series, which originally aired on July 17 on the Bravo Network. The series aired for a brief, one-season run, and followed the team members of a fictional 24-hour cable news television network named "I-24." Set in Milwaukee, and shot on location in Vancouver, British Columbia. Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper, dated February 15, 2000, noted as Third Draft, with credits for screenwriter Gardner Stern. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 63. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available.

Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Pictures, 2003. For Your Consideration screenplay for the 2003 film. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. Two middle-aged women convince the members of their women's social club to pose nude for a calendar to benefit their local hospital. White titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriters Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth. Title page integral with front wrapper. 63 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication, rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with light soil on the fore-edge of the front wrapper, bound with three gold brads.

n.p.: n.p., 1999. Rainbow Shooting script for the 2000 film. Script incomplete, likely as issued, with last page of the draft being page 85. Based on the 1976-1981 television series, and the first in the "Charlie's Angels" film series, followed by "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" in 2003 and "Charlie's Angels" in 2019. Three Los Angeles detectives known as the "Angels" work to find a software engineer who has been kidnapped, in the hopes of recovering his new voice recognition software. The film received mixed reviews upon release, but is now considered a cult classic of the action comedy genre. Shot on location in Southern California. Pink titled self-wrappers, with no rear wrapper, noted as Shooting script on the front wrapper, dated 10/27/99, with credits for screenwriters Ed Solomon and Ryan Rowe. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 85. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/31/99 and 1/17/00. Pages Near Fine, wrapper… Read More

Stockholm: Omega Film, 1985. Draft script for the 2005 Swedish film. Text in English. A young man recalls the strange, emotionally intense year he spent working as the sous chef in the claustrophobic galley of a ship headed for Cape Town. A very early draft of the script, written twenty years before the film's release. Set and shot on location in Belgium, Sweden, Spain, and South Africa. White, lacking titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1985, with credits for director Mats Arehn and screenwriter Rolf Borjlind. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good, lightly soiled and toned along the edges, side stapled with five staples.

Denmark: Zentropa Entertainments, 2000. Collection of six vintage color still photographs and one borderless photograph of director Lars von Trier on the set of the 2000 film. From the Tele Cine Documentation archive, and later the collection of Daniel Bouteiller, with respective stamp and label to the verso of four of the stills. A tragic and uncommon take on the classic Hollywood Musical, Icelandic pop singer Bjork plays a Czechoslovakian immigrant looking to make a better life for her son, who has an inherited genetic disorder that will result in blindness for them both, unless she buys him a very expensive operation which she eschews for herself. Winner of the Palme d'Or, as well as a Cannes award for Bjork for Best Actress, and nominated for an Academy Award as well. Set in rural Washington state, shot on location both in Washington and in Sweden and Denmark. 4 x 6 inches. Fine condition.

N.p.: N.p., 2002. Draft script for the 2002 film. Loosely based on (and not to be confused with) the notorious 1977 horror film directed and written by George Barry. A murderous haunted bed terrorizes a young couple after they move into a newly renovated warehouse. Set in Los Angeles. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for screenwriter John Strysik. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, silver prong binding.

N.p.: N.p., 2002. Draft script for an unproduced film. A young man suffers frequent blackouts, often waking with strange injuries all over his body, and becomes convinced he is being stalked due to his role in a nefarious, unknown plot. White titled self wrappers. Title page present, copyrighted 2002 to Philip S. Lyren. 74 leaves, with last page of text numbered 73. Typescript, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Various American Cities: Universal Pictures / Jersey Films, 2000. Final Shooting script for the 2000 film. Based on the true story of Erin Brockovich, a legal file clerk and single mother who exposed the systematic cover-up of groundwater contamination in a small California town by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for Julia Roberts, and nominated for four others, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. Shot on location in California. Black generic Universal Pictures wrappers. Title page present, undated, noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credit for screenwriter Susannah Grant. 114 leaves, with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Fine, wrapper about Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

Universal City: Focus Features, 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Laid in with the script is a letter on Focus Features letterhead, presenting the script in consideration for Best Screenplay. Noted filmmaker Todd Haynes' homage to Douglas Sirk, about a wealthy suburban housewife in the 1950s whose seemingly perfect life begins to unravel as she discovers her husband is a closeted gay man. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in Hartford, Connecticut, and shot on location throughout New Jersey. Salmon untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 10/5/01, with credits for director and screenwriter Todd Haynes. 149 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: Sunland Studios, 2000. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film, also seen here under the working title "One Last Heist." SIGNED on the title page by several actors, including Lori Petty, Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, David Beach, John O'Hurley, and Harry Van Gorkum. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout, and a call sheet laid in, dated May 16, 2000. A skilled burglar sets his sights on an advanced computer chip, but his first attempt to steal the chip is foiled by a mysterious fire-potentially set by one of the company's disgruntled employees. Blue generic card wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Diane Fine and Richard Preston Jr. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 95. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink revision pages bound in before the script, dated 5-6-00. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.

N.p.: N.p., 2000. Draft script for an unproduced film. A group of kids from Anaheim come of age in the counterculture of the swinging sixties, leaving behind the gang violence of their hometown in favor of becoming drug-smuggling hippies. Set in California. White, lacking wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Elias Cecil. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 133. Typescript, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Shooting Draft script for the 2002 television movie, which originally aired on Independent Television Service on June 18, 2002. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. A newly separated hunting guide attempts to reconcile with his wife and family while facing the decline of his career. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present, dated October 2, 1999, noted as SHOOTING DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Michael Hacker. 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered 76. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with a small splash on the bottom left corner of the front wrapper, bound with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 2008. Two vintage bound sets of 127 contact sheets from the 2008 film. Printed labels on the front wrappers note the name of photographers Andrew Eccles and Bob Damico. One set with 57 sheets and one set with 70 sheets. 125 sheets show 30 images, one shows 15 images, and one shows 19 images, totaling 3784 images altogether. The third installment in the successful Disney Original Channel franchise and the only film in the series to be released theatrically, following the teenagers of East High through their final year of high school. Wrappers and contact sheets measuring approximately 10.5 x 14 inches, with each image measuring 1.5 x 2 inches. Bound with a black spiral binding. Near Fine, with light wear on the wrapper edges.

Los Angeles: Miramax, 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, about three women of different generations whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel "Mrs. Dalloway." Nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actress for Nicole Kidman. Shot on location in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida and New York in the US, and in London and Longborough in England. White titled wrappers, undated, with credits for screenwriter David Hare and novelist Michael Cunningham. 97 leaves, with last page of text numbered 97. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads. In a custom red cloth slipcase.

N.p.: The Greenblatt Janollari Studio, 2000. First Draft script for an unproduced television pilot. A few months after graduating high school, the eponymous teen couple Nick and Emily discover that Emily is pregnant, forcing the pair to grow up more quickly than anticipated. Screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. was better known for his involvement in early 2000s young adult-oriented television shows such as "Friends" (2001-2004) and "One Tree Hill" (2004-2006), as well as the films "She's All That" (1999) and "Get Over It" (2001). Set in Burbank, CA. White Greenblatt Janollari studio wrappers. Title page present, dated January 28, 2000, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter R. Lee Fleming, Jr. 58 leaves, with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near FIne, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads.