Steve Tesich Screenwriter (4 results)
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Eyewitness [Janitor] (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
Peter Yates (director); Steve Tesich (screenwriter); William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, James Woods (starring)
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1979
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- Signed
- 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 1981 film, seen here under the working title "Janitor." SIGNED by screenwriter Steve Tesich on the title page. Laid in with the script is a studio still photograph of Tesich and director Peter Yates on the set. A janitor becomes the lead suspect in a murder investigation in the building where he works…, leading a beautiful local television reporter to cover the story. The second film collaboration between Yates and Tesich, following "Breaking Away" two years prior. Set and shot on location in New York. Blue untitled Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Title page present, dated October 31, 1979, noted as Fourth Draft, with credit for Tesich. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 112. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/10/79 and 3/13/80. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir.
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Four Friends (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
Arthur Penn (director); Steve Tesich (screenwriter); Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler (starring)
Published by Filmways Pictures, New York, 1980
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised Draft script for the 1981 film. Included is a second script, a revised draft in wrappers containing the latest revisions, and two shooting schedules, one detailing shooting dates beginning Week Three, and one detailing dates beginning about Week Nine. Notations throughout both scripts in manuscript ink and pencil. Based…on screenwriter Tesich's own coming-of-age in Indiana in the 1960s. Danilo (Wason), Georgia (Thelen), David (Huddleston), and Tom (Metzler) are four friends growing up in a 1960s industrial town. Told through a series of vignettes in the eyes of Danilo, the film chronicles each friend as they come to accept that their lives may have become something they never thought possible. Shot on location in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. One of director Penn's final and lesser known films, after "The Missouri Breaks" (1976) and before "Target" (1985). First script without wrappers or title page, a rainbow copy with several sets of revision pages (pink, yellow, goldenrod, blue, gray, green), dated variously between 7/7/80 and 8/29/80. Second script in blue Studio Duplicating Service wrappers, with no title page, a revised draft dated 8/29/80 throughout. Shooting schedules corner-stapled. All items Very Good plus overall.
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The World According to Garp (Original screenplay for the 1982 film)
George Roy Hill (director); John Irving (novel); Steve Tesich (screenwriter); Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow (starring)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1981
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- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFinal Draft script for the 1982 film. Rainbow copy, with a manuscript ink annotation on the title page, noting copy No. 209. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s, a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel's idiosyncrasies directly to the screen,…and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close, respectively. Shot on location in New York and New Jersey. Blue titled PanArts/Warner Brothers wrappers. Title page present, dated January 1981, noted as Final Draft, with credits for screenwriter Steve Tesich and novelist John Irving. 170 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink, blue, and yellow undated revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, with soil on the fore-edge of the title page, wrapper Very Good, slightly yapped at the edges and lightly soiled, bound internally with three gold brads.
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The World According to Garp (Original oversize photograph from the set of the 1982 film)
George Roy Hill (director); John Irving (novel); Steve Tesich (screenwriter); Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow (starring)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1982
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage borderless oversize reference photograph from the 1982 film, showing director George Roy Hill with actor Robin Williams on the set. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving. One of the best literary adaptations of the 1980s, a great example of a successful and uncompromised translation of a novel'…s idiosyncrasies directly to the screen, and a triumph of ensemble acting. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for John Lithgow and Glenn Close, respectively. 11.75 x 8.75 inches. About Fine.
