Mrs. Harris (Two original screenplays for the 2005 television film)

Phyllis Nagy (director, screenwriter); Shana Alexander (book); Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Chloë Sevigny (starring)

Published by Scarsdale Pictures, Los Angeles, 2004

About this Item

Two Draft scripts for the 2005 HBO film, one White Draft script and a Revised Draft script with blue, pink, and yellow revision pages, both copies belonging to uncredited crew member Chris Scher. White Draft script, dated January 21, 2004, includes a memorandum as the front leaf, bound in, regarding changes from previous January 12th and January 19th drafts. Based on the 1983 book "Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower" by Shana Alexander, about the murder of well-known cardiologist and best selling Scarsdale diet author Herman Tarnower by his ex-lover Jean Harris. Featuring brilliant performances by Annette Bening as Harris, the jilted lover of the manipulative Tarnover, played by Ben Kingsley. Nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker, construction accountant/estimator/buyer, and carpenter on over 20 movies, including "The Last Seduction" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1994), "The Horse Whisperer (1998), "Joy Ride" (2001), and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas, including "The Bridge" (2014), "Ozark" (2017), and "Yellowstone" (2018). Set in Purchase, New York. "White" Draft script: Front wrapper integral with "Memorandum," dated January 21, 2004. Title page present, dated January 21, 2004, noted as WHITE, with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Revised Draft script: Front wrapper integral with title page, dated January 21, 2004, with credits for screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue, pink, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 2/20/04 and 3/16/04. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mrs. Harris (Two original screenplays for the 2005 television film)
• Publisher: Scarsdale Pictures, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 2004
• Seller catalogs:
  • Television Scripts
  • True Crime
  • Films with Literary Sources
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