Michael Chapman Director (5 results)

Vintage studio still photograph of Glenda Jackson from the 1972 film. Based on the 1970 H.E. Bates novella. Set during WWII, Alice (Jackson) runs a farm in the English countryside and helps a young deserter, Barton (Oliver Reed), hide from the army. A remarkable performance from Reed. Set in and shot on location in Wiltshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with some light soiling and edgewear at top.…

Combined Continuity script for the 1986 film. A young girl in Paleolithic Europe is separated from her tribe and subsequently attacked by a cave lion. When she is taken in by a clan of Neanderthals she must prove herself worthy of being a member of their community. Set in Europe, shot on location in Canada. Tall white titled self-wrappers, with back wrapper missing, noted as Combined Continuity on the front wrapper, with credits for director Michael Chapman. 123 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Fine, unbound.…

Early Treatment script, dated 1957, for the pilot episode of the 1959-1961 television series, here under the working title "The Ghost Squad." Based on the 1959 book by John Gosling, which detailed his experience as a member of an undercover team of Scotland Yard detectives. The first of two television series based on Gosling's memoir, followed by "The Ghost Squad" in 1961. Beige titled wrappers, noted as Treatment on the front wrapper, dated 10-4-57. Title page present, noted as FULL TREATMENT, with credits for screenwriter Michael Gilbert. 65 leaves, with last page of text numbered 64. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong.…

Draft script for the 1983 British comedy film. Noted as copy No. 58 in manuscript ink on the title page. Bound in with the script are ten pages of Xerographically duplicated storyboards for the short film-within-the-film, "The Crimson Permanent Assurance." The final Monty Python film to star actor and writer Graham Chapman, before his death in 1989, and a return to the sketch comedy format which characterized the group's earlier television series. Shot on location in Queensway, Strathblane, and Lancashire, England. Red untitled Script Specialists wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated March, 1982. 115 leaves, with last page of text numbered 115. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with five pink revision pages laid in at the rear of the script, dated 26/5/82. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with light foxing throughout, bound internally with two silver brads.…

Vintage press kit for the 1983 film. Black and white pocketed folder, containing 14 black and white photographs, and 9 gatherings of promotional reading material. The last film to feature all six Monty Python members before Graham Chapman's death in 1989. Shot on location in Queensway, Strathblane, and Lancashire, England. Folder, photographs, and promotional material Near Fine. …