Marc Rocco MURDER IN THE FIRST Original screenplay for the 1995 film #130299

  

Murder in the First (Original screenplay for the 1995 film). Author: Marc Rocco (director); Dan Gordon (screenwriter); Darryl Ponicsan (screenwriter, rewrite); Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz (starring) Title: Murder in the First (Original screenplay for the 1995 film) Publication: Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1989.

Description: Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. 17 year old Henri Young (Bacon) steals five dollars from a grocery store to feed his little sister. He is caught, his sister is sent to an orphanage and he never sees her again, and unfortunately for him, the grocery store also housed a post office, making the crime a federal offense. He is sent to Alcatraz where he attempts escape and is foiled by a fellow inmate, leaving him sentenced to solitary confinement in the basement of the island prison.

Upon his release, he has a psychotic episode in which he stabs his betrayer to death with a spoon. James Stamphill (Slater) is to defend him, alleging that Alcatraz drove him insane. Title page present, dated January 23, 1989, noted as Revised Rewrite, with credits for screenwriters Gordon and Ponicsan. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Film Noir, Film Scripts, Mystery and Crime.

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