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Archive of material relating to the 1998 film. Archive includes four scripts dated variously between 1991 and 1997 and credited variously to screenwriters Christ Zois, Zoë Lund, and William Gibson, as well as approximately ten pages of correspondence and ephemera relating to the film's production, and a xerographically duplicated copy of Gibson's source story. One screenplay with the ownership name of Zois on the title page. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. Of note are several pieces of correspondence regarding writing credits for the film, dated variously between 1997 and 1998. Screenwriters Abel Ferrara and Christ Zois claimed that prior adaptations of Gibson's novel by Gibson, Lund, and others had no bearing on their own adaptation. Ferrara and Zois would ultimately receive sole screenwriting credit on the completed film. Based on the 1984 short story by William Gibson, about two freelance industrial spies in Tokyo who decide to use a call girl to execute their latest mission. Shot on location in New York. November, 1991 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 1991, noted as Third Draft, with credit for author and screenwriter William Gibson. 93 leaves, with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. October 9, 1993 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated Oct. 9. 1993, noted as SECOND DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Zoë Lund. 116 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. September 28, 1997 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 9/28/97, noted as Draft, with credits for screenwriters Christ Zois and Abel Ferrara. 75 leaves, with last page of text numbered 74. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. Undated Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for screenwriter Christ Zois. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, partially bound with a binder clip on the top edge, and housed in a red card folder.

Vintage studio photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Arthur Penn in thoughtful consultation with producer Fred Coe. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards, for Bancroft and Duke respectively, and nominated for three others, including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson, working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Seven vintage studio photographs from the 1962 film. Winner of both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Academy awards, for Bancroft and Duke respectively, and nominated for three others, including Best Director for Penn and Best Adapted Screenplay for Gibson, working from his Tony Award winning play. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall. A few photographs lightly creased, one with a dampstain to the top edge.

Small archive of production documents for the 1990 film, including six gatherings of Call Sheets, two to ten pages each, dating from "24th April 1990" to "6th May 1990," a sixteen page "Movement Order No. 4" for "Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April 1990," and a twenty-five page "Provisional Unit List," dated "29.6.90." The call sheets and "Movement Order" found here were made during location shooting in Dover and Aberdeen/Stonehaven, and include the daily schedule for cast and crew, as well as locations and maps to the day's shooting location. Earliest Call Sheet, dating "24th April 1990," with a single manuscript ink annotation of copy number "308" in the top margin. Director Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy, starring Mel Gibson in the title role. Also starring Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in England, Scotland, France, and Italy. 8.25 x 11.75 inches, 78 total pages in eight gatherings, each corner stitched with a single staple to the top left. Near Fine overall.