Sidney Lumet SERPICO Original screenplay for the 1973 film #160754

  
Serpico (Original screenplay for the 1973 film). Author: Sidney Lumet (director); Peter Maas (book); Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler (screenwriters); Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe (starring) Title: Serpico (Original screenplay for the 1973 film) Publication: N. Description: Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited apprentice editor Harvey Rosenstock, with his name in manuscript ink on the verso of the front wrapper and the top of the first page. With a memo on "Serpico" letterhead, noting script adjustments, laid in. Based on Peter Maas' 1973 biography "Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System, " about the titular plainclothes officer who exposes corruption in the New York City Police Department, only to face harassment and threats from his fellow officers. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in New York. Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. 130 pink revision leaves, dated 6/18/73, with last page of text numbered 129. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads. Subject: 1970s Cinema, Academy Awards, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Mystery and Crime, New Hollywood Cinema, New York, Police Procedural. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema. All books noted as First Editions are also First Printings unless indicated otherwise. Should go directly to them. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.