Volunteers (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)

Nicholas Meyer (director); Keith Critchlow, Ken Levine, David Isaacs (screenwriters); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson (starring)

Editore: HBO Pictures / TriStar Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1984

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Shooting script for the 1985 film. With a one page typescript memorandum laid in and annotated, dated 11/24/85. An early feature film effort from Home Box Office (HBO), ultimately distributed by TriStar, and an early lead role for actor Tom Hanks. Lawrence Bourne (Hanks) is a spoiled rich kid who has just graduated from Yale University with a massive gambling debt, one his father refuses to pay. When his debtors begin to come after him, he hops a Peace Corps flight to Thailand, assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with Tom Tuttle from Tacoma (Candy) and Beth Wexler (Wilson). Turns out the bridge is in the middle of a proxy war fought between the CIA, communist guerilla forces and a local drug lord. Set in Thailand, shot on location there, as well as Venezuela and New Haven, CT. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 10, 1984, noted as Shooting Script, with credits for screenwriters Ken Levine, and David Isaacs. 143 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Later generation photocopy, with revision pages throughout, dated variously between August 10, 1984 and January 8, 1985. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Codice articolo 140603

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Titolo: Volunteers (Original screenplay for the 1985...

Casa editrice: HBO Pictures / TriStar Pictures, Culver City, CA

Data di pubblicazione: 1984

Legatura: Brossura