Mark Medoff Screenwriter (3 results)
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Clara's Heart (Original screenplay for the 1988 film)
Robert Mulligan (director); Joseph Olshan (novel); Mark Medoff (screenwriter); Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1987
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- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFourth Draft script for the 1988 film. Based on the 1985 novel by Joseph Olshan. A family is in crisis following the death of their child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The mother takes a trip to Jamaica, where she meets Clara Mayfield (Goldberg) who helps her overcome her grief with her no-nonsense straight talk. The mother… invites her back to Baltimore to raise their young son (Harris), and Clara is eventually compelled to reveal dark secrets about her past. Pink titled wrappers. Title page present, dated April 8, 1987, noted as Fourth Draft, with credits for screenwriter Medoff and writer Olshan. 128 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine with some mild sunning, bound with two gold brads.
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Off Beat (Original screenplay for the 1986 film)
Michael Dinner (director); Mark Medoff (screenwriter); Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna (starring)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1985
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- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDraft script for the 1986 film. With a manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting copy No. 356. Missing five pages, likely as used or issued. A young librarian poses as a police officer for a one-time charity dance event, but attempts to maintain the ruse when he catches the attentions of a young, attractive policewom…an. Light blue illustrated titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 12, 1985, with credits for director Michael Dinner and screenwriter Mark Medoff. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 5/20/85 and 7/16/85. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Full provenance available.
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Children of a Lesser God (Original screenplay for the 1986 film)
Randa Haines (director); Mark Medoff (play, screenwriter); Hesper Anderson (screenwriter); William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco (starring)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1982
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond Draft script for the 1986 film. A vintage script created for internal distribution, four years prior to the film's release, with copied manuscript annotations throughout noting deletions and editorial revisions, copied punch holes, and one manuscript pencil annotation, noting the name "Morrison" on the title page. Based o…n Mark Medoff's Tony Award-winning 1979 play. A speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the school's janitor, a deaf woman who has resigned herself to a life of isolation and silence due to her reluctance to learn to communicate with the hearing. Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Best Leading Actress for Marlee Matlin (making Matlin the first deaf recipient of an Academy Award). Set and shot on location in Saint John, New Brunswick. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 4, 1982, noted as Second Draft, with credits for screenwriter Mark Medoff. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication, largely second generation, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
