Sydney Pollack THE FIRM Original screenplay for the 1993 film 1992 #163356

  
The Firm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film). Author: Sydney Pollack (director); Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter (starring); John Grisham (novel); David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfiel (screenwriters) Title: The Firm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film) Publication: N. Description: Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script are three blue pages dated February 14, 1992, noted as Casting.

Based on John Grisham's 1991 novel, about a promising young lawyer who begins to untangle a web of violence and secrecy at his new law firm. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter. Shot on location in Memphis, Tennessee, in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, in Mt. Baker, Washington, in Marion, Arkansas, in Washington DC, and in the Cayman Islands. Title page present, dated November 2, 1992, with credits for novelist Grisham, and screenwriters Robert Towne and David Rayfiel.

144 leaves, with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 11/2/92 and 2/14/93. Pages Very Good plus, lightly toned on the fore-edges, bound with two gold brads. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Law and Legal Interest, Mystery and Crime. 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.