Abel Ferrara BODY SNATCHERS Original screenplay for the 1994 film 1991 #161126

  

Body Snatchers (Original screenplay for the 1994 film). Author: Abel Ferrara (director); Jack Finney (novel); Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, Nicholas St.

John (screenwriters); Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly (starrng) Title: Body Snatchers (Original screenplay for the 1994 film) Publication: Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1991. Description: Draft script for the 1994 film, with annotations in manuscript ink on the title page. Loosely based on the 1955 novel "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. The third film adaptation of Finney's novel, preceded by "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter, and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams. Director Abel Ferrara's first film for a major studio and his first foray into science fiction. An Environmental Protection Agency inspector and his family travel to a remote military base, where he and his daughter become convinced people are being replaced by aliens. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Set and shot on location in Selma, Alabama. Untitled International Creative Management, Inc. Title page present, dated October 22, 1991, noted as POLISH DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paolia, and revision credit (noted as "polish" credit) for Nicholas St. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Directors, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Horror, Science Fiction. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema. All books noted as First Editions are also First Printings unless indicated otherwise. Should go directly to them. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.