Stephen King CREEPSHOW Original screenplay for the 1982 film 1979 #157027

Description

Creepshow (Original screenplay for the 1982 film)
Author:
Stephen King (screenwriter, starring); George A. Romero (director); Hal Holbrook, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall
Title:
Creepshow (Original screenplay for the 1982 film)
Publication:
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1979
Description:
First Draft script for the 1982 film, "Creepshow," directed by George A. Romero, written for the screen by Stephen King, and starring King, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, and Leslie Nielsen.
An early draft, with the Laurel Group address on the title page. The Laurel Group was sold the film rights by Films Around the World at the point when Romero was picked to direct the film.
In one of the most successful genre pairings of the 1980s, horror maestros Romero and King came together to write a five-story B-movie anthology that paid tribute to the great EC horror comics of the 1950s. The result was a film that belongs in a category with Mario Bava's 1968 "Danger: Diabolik!" and perhaps a few others, wherein the experience of reading a comic book is vibrantly translated to the screen. Another often-ignored fact is this an original screenplay by King, with only two of the five tales in the anthology ("Weeds" and "The Crate") based on his previous published short stories.
Black vinyl titled wrappers, stamped in gilt on the front wrapper. Title page present, with a date of 1979 (3 years prior to the film's release) and a credit for screenwriter King. Tiny holograph ink notation of a first name ("Karen") and a couple of phone numbers at the top of same, indicating that this was probably a working reference copy. 142 leaves, mechanical duplication, white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold screw brads. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box.
Muir 1980s.
Seller ID:
157027
Subject:
Autograph Material, Directors, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Horror
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