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Red Alert (Original screenplay for the 1977 television movie)
by William Hale (director); Harold King (novel); Sandor Stern (screenwriter); William Devane, Adrienne Barbeau, M. Emmet Walsh (starring)
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1977. Final Revised Draft script for the 1977 television movie. Based on the 1977 book by Harold King. Included is a vintage production photo of William Devane from the film, with a snipe on the verso with the CBS television logo.
A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room, believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred, and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers, from the dawning era of computer technology.
Set near Minneapolis, shot on location in Houston, Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center.
White titled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 17, 1977, noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern, novelist Harold King, executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams, and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves, with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads.
Newman 104.
A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and seals off the reactor room, believing that a dangerous explosion has occurred, and trapping the crew inside. One of a string of speculative films to feature either nuclear power plant disasters or dangerous fictional computers, from the dawning era of computer technology.
Set near Minneapolis, shot on location in Houston, Texas at NASA's Manned Space Center.
White titled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 17, 1977, noted as FINAL REVISED DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Sandor Stern, novelist Harold King, executive producers Gerald I. Isenberg and Gerald W. Abrams, and producer Barry Goldberg. 103 leaves, with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph on blue stock. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads.
Newman 104.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 140265
- Title
- Red Alert (Original screenplay for the 1977 television movie)
- Author
- William Hale (director); Harold King (novel); Sandor Stern (screenwriter); William Devane, Adrienne Barbeau, M. Emmet Walsh (starring)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1970s Cinema | Action Film | Television | Television Movie | Television Scripts | Exploitation | Apocalypse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Television Scripts; Television; Apocalypse; Action Film;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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