HARD TARGET 1993 movie script and production archive / JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME

  
This a multi-colored shooting script and production archive from HARD TARGET, the 1993 action film directed by Hong Kong director John Woo in his U. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, a Cajun merchant seaman and former Recon Marine who saves a young woman Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. Chance learns that Natasha is searching for her missing father and agrees to help in her search. They soon learn that her father has died at the hands of Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) and Pik van Cleef (Arnold Voosloo), who arrange the hunting of veteran homeless men as a form of recreational sport. The script is about 134 pages long. Zimmerman kept track of the shooting progress by tearing off the right corner tips of the pages.

Most of the page numbers are still intact, leaving about 20 pages without their page numbers. There are occasional handwritten notes and about a dozen pages with a vertical line through scenes.

I've carefully gone through the script page by page and it is COMPLETE without any missing pages. Aside from the missing page numbers everything is legible and readable. In addition to the script, there are other tabbed sections (about 200 pages) that include crew lists, final shooting budget breakdown, shooting schedules, production contact list and memos. There is a very interesting three page memo which discusses the filming methods of John Woo and Jean-Claude Van Damme (I've included two photos of these in the listing). The movie poster artwork shown in the ad is NOT included. It is only being used as a visual reference. Hard Target was the first major Hollywood film made by a Chinese director. Universal Pictures was nervous about having Woo direct a feature and sent in director Sam Raimi to look over the film's production. Woo went through several scripts finding mostly martial arts films with which he was not interested. After deciding on the script fo r Hard Target, Woo wanted to have actor Kurt Russell in the lead role, but Russell was too busy with other projects.

Woo then went with Universal's initial choice of Van Damme. Woo got along with Van Damme during filming and raised the amount of action as he knew that the actor was up for it. Hard Target received mixed reviews from film critics but was a financial success, and has since gained a cult following especially for the action scenes. Some critics regard it as one of Woo's best American films.

The collection is for sale only in the United States. The weight and size of the box will be significant. If you want to make an offer, please send me a message and I will discuss.