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More imagesVCR 221 B. Baker Street (Original shooting script for the 1987 hybrid VHS board game)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (characters); Jay Moriarty (board game, screenwriter); Stephen Sustarsic, Mark Chambers, Tedd Anasti, Marley Clark (screenwriters); John Banas (director); Stuart Devenie, Gerald Bryan (starring)
Published by Antler Productions, Los Angeles, 1987
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerShooting Script for the 1987 hybrid VHS board game, copy belonging to screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic, with manuscript pencil and ink annotations of his name and an address on the title page. An internally duplicated copy with the majority of pages with copied punch holes, with occasional manuscript pencil annotations checking ch…aracters or scenes. A unique and important example of video game construction from the heart of its era, one that invoked Sherlockiana into its concept. Deluxe 304-page script, housed in a large generic pink three-ring binder, with ten-page dividers (nine labeled) for each of the game's ten mysteries. Each mystery includes a title page noting screenwriter(s) and draft date, a one or two page Short Rundown, and a cast page, followed by the segment's script. Three "Promo" segments are interspersed throughout the script to assist and instruct players through gameplay. Bound in following the script is a six-page Staff List, two copies of a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/3/87, and a 15-page Shooting Schedule dated 8/7/87. Laid in the binder's pockets are two copies of a four-page Shooting Schedule, dated 8/9/87 and a copy of directions to "The Complex" in West Los Angeles. "221B Baker Street" was a popular board game developed by Jay Moriarty and produced by Antler Productions in 1975, in which players solve up to 75 mysteries with Sherlock Holmes and his associate, Dr. Watson, by using clues provided by visiting locations on the game board and using Scotland Yard Badges and Skeleton Keys cards to control opponents access to locations. In 1987, on the centennial anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first published Sherlock Holmes story, the novella "A Study in Scarlet," Moriarty and Antler Productions released two new adaptations of the popular board game: A video game, produced by Datasoft for the Commodore 64/128, the Apple II, and the Atari St/Ste systems. And the VCR board game, featuring ten new mysteries, and a videocassette of dramatized briefings and enactments (the Shooting Script found here), presented by Dr. Watson (Gerald Bryan), and starring Sherlock Holmes (Stuart Devenie), Dr. Watson, and an assortment of suspects and victims. VCR board games were a short-lived fad in the mid-to-late 1980s in which board games would include a VHS tape to be played at certain points in the game, to act as a timer, reveal clues, or advance a plot. It was an attempt by the game developers to remain relevant by incorporating the latest technological innovations prior to the ascension of modern video game consoles. Screenwriter and producer Sustarsic is best known as an Emmy Award winning screenwriter for the 1988-1991 animated Disney series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," the 2004 Independent Comedy Horror film, "Lucky," and the 2017 animated Disney XD series "Xiaolin Chronicles - Special Edition." Other screenwriting credits from Sustarsic's 35 year career in television and film include episodes for "The Jeffersons" (1981), "One Day at a Time" (1982), "Alice" (1985), "Newhart" (1989), "Alf" (1990), and "Dilbert" (2000), among many others. Front wrapper integral with first uncredited title page, dated 1987, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT. Second title page dated 1987, with credits for screenwriters Mark Chambers, Jay Moriarty, and Stephen Sustarsic. 304 leaves, with last page of text numbered 13. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, Pages Near Fine overall with first title page separated, housed in a Near Fine generic pink three-ring binder. Staff List and Shooting Schedules saddle-stapled with a single staple to the top left corner. Near Fine.
