Jim Jarmusch DEAD MAN Original screenplay for the 1995 film 1994 #167971

  

Dead Man (Original screenplay for the 1995 film). Author: Jim Jarmusch (director, screenwriter); Johnny Depp, Crispin Glover, Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thornton, John Hurt, Alfred Molina, Robert Mitchum, Gary Farmer (starring) Title: Dead Man (Original screenplay for the 1995 film) Publication: N. Description: Early Draft script for the 1995 film, dated 2/21/94, nearly eight months before the beginning of the production. Manuscript post-it note in an unknown hand affixed to the front wrapper, apparently from a script reader, detailing themes and concepts gleaned from a first review of the script. In the late 19th century, a mild-mannered accountant goes on the run after killing a man, later befriending a Native American who believes he is the reincarnation of poet William Blake.

Jim Jarmusch's sixth film, a dreamlike black-and-white Western, described by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as an acid Western. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Shot on location in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and California. Clear plastic front wrapper, with a black rear wrapper. Title page present, dated 2/21/94, noted as copy No. 19 in manuscript ink, with a credit for Jarmusch. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 115.

Pages Very Good plus, moderately foxed on the first and last leaves and page edges, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with three silver brads. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Comedy, Directors, Film Scripts, Independent Film, Western. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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