Feigelson J D Dan Distefano (2 results)

Revised Final Draft script for the 1985 television film, which aired on NBC on August 5, 1985, here under the working title, "The Covenant." An internally duplicated copy, with copied punch holes present on several pages. Conceived as a pilot for a never aired supernatural soap opera, wherein, the Nobles, a wealthy banking family, attempt to control the world's banks by making a pact with the devil, but a shadowy group called The Judges attempts to thwart their plan. Shot on location in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Jerusalem, Israel. Orange titled wrappers, noted as REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper, dated February 28, 1985. Title page present, dated February 28, 1985, noted as REVISED FINAL, with credits for screenwriters J.D. Feigelson and Dan DiStefano. 95 leaves, with last page of text numbered 91. Xerographic duplication on blue leaves, rectos only, with pink and green revision pages throughout, dated 3/13/85 and 3/14/85. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.…

Original revised final shooting script with color rewrite pages for the television horror movie Covenant written by J.D. Feigelson and Dan DiStefano, co-starring Bradford Dillman, alongside Jane Badler, Kevin Conroy, Charles Frank, Barry Morse, Judy Parfitt, Michelle Phillips, and Jose Ferrer. This was DillmanÕs working script with his extensive notations throughout. With DillmanÕs estate stamp which reads, ÒFrom the Library of Bradford DillmanÓ. Bradbound, 91 pages, dated February 28, 1985, with an air date of August 5, 1985. Fine bright copy. The film was directed by Walter Grauman and tells the story of the Nobles (of which Dillman is a member), a powerful family that controls the worldÕs banks which has made a dark deal with Satan in order to take over the world, with an underground group called The Judges who band together to try to stop them. Bradford Dillman (1930-2018) was one of HollywoodÕs best regarded actors among his peers and the public. He was trained at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg and knew James Dean in early television. Dillman rose to sudden fame with his appearance in Richard FleisherÕs film Compulsion (1959) with Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles, and continued in movies throughout his career in such films as The Way We Were, The Iceman Cometh, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Crack in the Mirror, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Francis of Assisi, Piranha, The Swarm, etc. A great success in television, Dillman appeared in a remarkable number of shows and made for TV movies in a variety of genres, including, Mission Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Columbo, Wagon Train, Ironside, Dynasty, The Wild Wild West, Thriller, Wonder Woman, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, and many others.…