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Culver City, CA: HBO Pictures / TriStar Pictures, 1984. Shooting script for the 1985 film. With a one page typescript memorandum laid in and annotated, dated 11/24/85. An early feature film effort from Home Box Office (HBO), ultimately distributed by TriStar, and an early lead role for actor Tom Hanks. Lawrence Bourne (Hanks) is a spoiled rich kid who has just graduated from Yale University with a massive gambling debt, one his father refuses to pay. When his debtors begin to come after him, he hops a Peace Corps flight to Thailand, assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with Tom Tuttle from Tacoma (Candy) and Beth Wexler (Wilson). Turns out the bridge is in the middle of a proxy war fought between the CIA, communist guerilla forces and a local drug lord. Set in Thailand, shot on location there, as well as Venezuela and New Haven, CT. Brown untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 10, 1984, noted as Shooting Script, with credits for screenwriters Ken Levine, and David…
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by Meyer, Nicholas (director); Ken Levine, David Isaacs (screenwriters); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson (starring)
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Volunteers (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)
by Meyer, Nicholas (director); Ken Levine, David Isaacs (screenwriters); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson (starring)
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Santa Monica, CA: Shepherd / Walter F. Parkes, 1984. Shooting script for the 1985 film, with rainbow revisions.
A wealthy, womanizing playboy joins a Peace Corps mission to Thailand accompanied by a crew of all-American gomers as a last-minute escape from his gambling debts. The second unconventional buddy film for Tom Hanks and John Candy, following Ron Howard's "Splash" (1984).
Set in Connecticut and Thailand, and shot on location in Mexico and Connecticut.
Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 10, 1984, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriters Ken Levine and David Isaacs. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129B. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/10/84 and 11/9/84. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
A wealthy, womanizing playboy joins a Peace Corps mission to Thailand accompanied by a crew of all-American gomers as a last-minute escape from his gambling debts. The second unconventional buddy film for Tom Hanks and John Candy, following Ron Howard's "Splash" (1984).
Set in Connecticut and Thailand, and shot on location in Mexico and Connecticut.
Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 10, 1984, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriters Ken Levine and David Isaacs. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129B. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/10/84 and 11/9/84. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
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- Publisher Shepherd / Walter F. Parkes
- Place of Publication Santa Monica, CA
- Date Published 1984
- Keywords Film Scripts | Comedy | 1980s Cinema | Asian Interest | Cold War | Drugs and Alcohol
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Volunteers (Original screenplay for the 1985 film)
by Nicholas Meyer (director); Keith Critchlow, Ken Levine, David Isaacs (screenwriters); Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson (starring)
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