Johnny Got His Gun (Original screenplay for the 1971 film) by Trumbo, Dalton (director, novel, screenwriter); Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Donald Sutherland, Jason Robards (starring) - 1971

Beverly Hills, CA: The Bruce Campbell and Dalton Trumbo Company, 1971. Draft script for the 1971 film, housed in the rare custom black binder with a pictorial front board depicting the film's iconic poster image. The script contains several illustrations depicting how two sequences are to be shot: a minimal but expressionistic departing lovers sequence between Joe and Kareen, and a fantasy dream sequence featuring two giraffes. Three pages contain musical notations, "Little Girl Voice," when Joe first regains consciousness, and "Song of the Freaks," from the fantasy carnival sequence. Directed and written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo, based on his 1939 anit-war novel, winner of the National Book Award, about a Word War I soldier, whose injuries trap him in his own body, unable to move, see, speak, or hear, and only able to communicate the horrors of his existence by banging his head in Morse code. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in California. Illustrated black, hard vinyl folder. Title page present, with credits for author and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. 151 leaves, with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with yellow, pink, and white revision pages throughout,dated 9/15/69, or undated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three screw brads.