Hal Ashby BEING THERE Original screenplay for the 1980 film 1979 #167522

  

Being There (Original screenplay for the 1980 film). Author: Hal Ashby (director); Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas (starring); Jerzy Kosinski (novel, screenwriter); Robert C. Jones (screenwriter) Title: Being There (Original screenplay for the 1980 film) Publication: Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1979.

Description: Production script for the 1980 film, created for internal use just prior to the commencement of shooting, with Lorimar Studios wrappers, but also with copied punch holes throughout (see images). Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No.

Laid in with the script is a three-page synopsis (internal, reading "NOT FOR PUBLICATION"), with an annotation in manuscript ink on the first page, noting File. Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Jerzy Kosinski. Peter Sellers' final film, and the last unqualified success of director Hal Ashby's all too brief career. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas, with Sellers receiving a Best Actor nomination.

Title page present, dated January 10, 1979, with credits for Kosinski and screenwriter Robert C. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 106. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads. Subject: 1980s Cinema, Academy Awards, Comedy, Directors, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, New Hollywood Cinema. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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