Joel Coen HUDSUCKER PROXY Original screenplay for the 1994 film 1992 #163846

  

The Hudsucker Proxy (Original screenplay for the 1994 film). Author: Joel Coen (director, screenwriter); Ethan Coen, Sam Raimi (screenwriters); Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman (starring) Title: The Hudsucker Proxy (Original screenplay for the 1994 film) Publication: N. Description: Draft script for the 1994 film, copy belonging to Dan Mazur, creative executive to Twentieth Century-Fox producer Lawrence Gordon for the film. The Coen brothers' paean to the films of Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, and Preston Sturges, wherein Norville Barnes, a decent but naive mailroom clerk is secretly chosen by ruthless members of the company's board to be the company's president after the founder's suicide, in an attempt to depress the company's stocks and secretly gain control.

The script was originally conceived shortly shortly after Joel Coen worked as assistant editor on Sam Raimi's 1981 film "The Evil Dead, " and was reportedly completed by the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi in 1985. Production didn't begin however until 1991 following the success of the Coen brothers' 1991 film Bartin Fink.

Heralded for its visual effects and production design, including a scale model of New York City, the film was the Coen brothers' then-biggest budget to date. Originally released to mixed reviews, the film has since been reappraised and is now considered a cult classic. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Chicago, Illinois and North Carolina.

Title page present, dated 1992, with credits for screenwriters Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Sam Raimi. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Business and Finance, Cannes Film Festival, Comedy, Directors, Fantasy, Film Scripts. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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