john schlesinger director (26 Ergebnisse)

Vintage reference photograph from a 1980 re-release of the 1969 film. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, about the unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema, nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Set in New York City, shot on location in Miami, Manhattan, and Big Spring, Texas. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film. A highway is constructed that passes a small tourist town in Florida. The mayor made a deal to secure an off ramp that ends up not being built. The townspeople then paint the town pink to attract tourists. Set in Florida, shot on location in Florida, California, New York, Arizona, and Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1985 film. Based on Robert Lindsey's tale of friendship and espionage, about an American intelligence agent who loses faith in his own country. 8 x 9.75 inches. About Near Fine.

Two vintage full-color still photographs from the 1979 American-English-German film. Set during WWII on American army bases in Great Britain. Many of British military personnel have prejudices against the "Yanks," mostly when it comes American men interacting with British women. Winner of two BAFTA awards (1980), and Lisa Eichhorn was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, and a few faint creases, else Near Fine.

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK film. Studio rubber-stamps on the versos. Julie Christie's second film credit under the direction of John Schlesinger, where she plays an amorous model who sleeps her way to the top. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with tape ghosts on the versos, and corner creases overall.

Vintage lobby card for the US release of the 1967 British film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, about a young, flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire, England. 14 x 11 inches. Light wear at the corners, else Near Fine.

Collection of 6 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1979 American-English-German film. Set during WWII on American army bases in Great Britain. Many of British military personnel have prejudices against the "Yanks," mostly when it comes American men interacting with British women. Winner of two BAFTA awards (1980), and Lisa Eichhorn was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall, and a few faint creases, else Near Fine.

Vintage US one sheet poster for the 1965 film. When pondering the ultimate Julie Christie film during her "It girl" phase of the mid-1960s, it's a photo finish between this film and director Schlesinger's "Billy Liar" (1963). From another perspective, the third in a trilogy of films about youth in London during the 1960s that began with "A Kind of Loving" in 1962. A seminal British film on every level. 27 x 41 inches, folded. Near Fine.

Final script for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to actor Howard Hesseman, with his name in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper, and a note regarding a meeting with a makeup artist on the title page. Laid in with the script are several copied production documents, including a shooting schedule dated 7/10/1980, and sketches of characters in the film. The small town of Ticlaw has only one attraction: an amusement park. When construction builds a new freeway nearby, with no exit into Ticlaw, the town will do anything to alter the project in their favor. Director John Schlesinger's first film of the 1980s. Shot on location in Apopka, Mount Dora, and Sarasota, Florida. Hot pink titled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 24, 1979, noted as FINAL SCRIPT, with credit for screenwriter Edward Clinton. 171 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages dated X to X. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with offsetting on the front wrapper.

Revised Draft script for the 1987 film, with rainbow revisions. Based on the 1982 novel "The Religion," by Robert Stuart Nathan writing as Nicholas Conde. A police psychiatrist attempts to uncover the culprits behind a series of ritualistic child murders linked to a voodoo cult. Set in New York, shot on location in New York City and Ontario, Canada. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 6/18/86, with credit for screenwriter Mark Frost. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/17/86 and 6/18/86. Pages Very Good plus, with title page and first page of text detached from the binding. Bound with two gold brads.

Draft script for the 1969 film. Copy belonging to the film's still photographer Ron Munkasci, with his name in red manuscript ink at the top right corner of the title page. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy about an unlikely friendship between a would-be gigolo and an ailing con artist. Cornerstone film of the New Hollywood cinema, nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Set in New York City, shot on location in Miami, Manhattan, and Big Spring, Texas. Dark blue titled wrappers, noted as DRAFT SCREENPLAY at the bottom right, and with the logo for JEROME HELLMAN PRODUCTIONS at bottom center. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt, novelist James Leo Herlihy, producer Jerome Hellman, and director John Schlesinger, noted as "A JEROME HELLMAN-JOHN SCHLESINGER PRODUCTION." 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine with some offsetting to the title page due to a newspaper clipping (still present) laid in, wrapper Very Good plus. National Film Registry.

Draft script for the 1975 film. Based on the 1939 novel by Nathanael West, and equal to it as a dark, funny, and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of those caught up in it. Nominated for two Academy Awards, considered by many to be Donald Sutherland's finest performance, and one of the most underrated films of the 1970s. Teal studio wrappers with a die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Waldo Salt, novelist Nathanael West, producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/31/73 and 10/12/73. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.

Vintage borderless photograph on the set of the 1965 film, showing director John Schlesinger and stars Julie Christie, Laurence Harvey, and Dirk Bogarde relaxing between takes. With the stamp of distributor the Rank Organization on the verso. A cynical look at Swinging London, about a fashion model who sleeps her way into high society, only to be left empty and alone when she finally marries a rich prince. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Julia Christie, and nominated for two more, including Best Picture and Best Director. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing to corners, a tiny closed tear, and some light edgewear.

Vintage one sheet poster for the 1976 film) One of the best thrillers of the 1970s, built on a great story, great characters, and exceptional performances by Hoffman and Olivier. Hoffman plays a marathon runner in New York City who is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international diamond ring conspiracy run by former Nazi dentist Olivier. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Olivier. Set in and shot on location in New York City. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1967 British film, showing director John Schlesinger talking with actress Julie Christie between takes. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, about a young, flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, with light creasing at the corners.

Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 film, all three showing Julie Christie in costume as Bathsheba Everdene. Mimeo snipes and provenance labels on the versos. Based on Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, about a young, flirtatious heiress who is relentlessly pursued by three young men. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location throughout Dorset and Wiltshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph of director John Schlesinger dancing with actress June Ritchie on the set of the 1962 British film. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. Based on the 1960 novel. Along with "Billy Liar" (1963), Schlesinger's first feature film is perhaps the quintessential document of middle-class life in Northern England during the early 1960s. Alan Bates plays a young and somewhat ambitious factory worker who becomes carelessly involved with a young woman and gets her pregnant, resulting in suffocating consequences for both parties. Set and shot on location in Manchester. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Original British quad poster for the 1975 US film. Printed in England by Leonard Ripley. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s, Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust" translates Nathanael West's masterpiece into a dark, funny, and ultimately devastating commentary on the Hollywood system and its effect on the lives and dreams of an array of characters lost in it. Since its release, the film has come to be considered by many Donald Sutherland's finest performance, as well as a grand achievement in terms of script, cinematography, acting, and design. Nominated for two Academy Awards. 30 x 40 inches, folded as issued. Very Good plus, with staple holes to the top edge, and a notation in manuscript ink on the verso.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1975 film, showing a blonde, bobbed Karen Black smoking a cigarette while perched in the trunk of a car. Printed mimeo snipe in German on the verso. Based on the 1939 novel by Nathanael West. One of the most haunting and truly underrated films of the 1970s, New Hollywood's postmortem of old Hollywood. Set in 1930s Hollywood, shot on location throughout Hollywood and Los Angeles, California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 film, showing actors Jon Voight, Paul Rossilli, Viva, and Dustin Hoffman. French distributor stamp on the verso. Based on the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. One of the earliest films to receive an X rating and the only X-rated release to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture, also winning for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Nominated for four other Academy Awards, including Best Actor for both Hoffman and Voight, and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Miles. Set and shot on location in Big Spring, Texas, New York City, and Miami, Florida. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners. National Film Registry.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of John Schlesinger directing Alan Bates and June Ritchie on the set of the 1962 British film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Rank Film Distributors. Based on the 1960 novel by Stan Barstow. Along with "Billy Liar" (1963), Schlesinger's first feature film is perhaps the quintessential document of middle-class life in Northern England during the early 1960s. Alan Bates plays a young and somewhat ambitious factory worker who becomes carelessly involved with a young woman and gets her pregnant, resulting in suffocating consequences for both parties. Set and shot on location in Manchester. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.

Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1965 film, showing actors Dirk Bogarde and Julie Christie. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, and one with the stamps of The Rank Organization and the Israel Film Archive. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. In Swinging London, a married fashion model leaves her husband for a handsome, sensitive television director, but finds herself increasingly dissatisfied with his bookishness and jealousy. Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Julie Christie. Set and shot on location in London, Paris, and Rome. Approximately 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus overall.

Collection of eight vintage reference photographs from the 1965 British film, and one vintage photograph of actors Monica Vitti and Dirk Bogarde at the film's premiere in London in September 1965. Four with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A cynical look at Swinging London, about a shiftless fashion model who sleeps her way into high society, only to be left empty and alone when she finally marries a rich prince. Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Actress for Julie Christie and Best Original Screenplay. Set and shot on location in London, Paris, and Rome. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Four vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film, all four showing director John Schlesinger on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. A working class teenager living with his parents in a small Yorkshire town spends his time dreaming and compulsively lying to others in order to distract himself from his boring job as an undertaker's clerk. A key film in the British New Wave, balancing the experimental techniques of the French New Wave with the gritty disillusionment of kitchen sink realism. Shot on location in Bradford, Yorkshire. 10 x 8 inches. About Very Good, moderately edgeworn. One with light toning, and one with light creasing that has been reinforced with paper tape on the verso. Criterion Collection 121.

Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the US release of the 1969 film. Jon Voight plays a naive Texan who moves to New York to hustle his body and finds himself in an unlikely friendship with an ailing con artist played by Dustin Hoffman. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, and nominated for four others. Set in New York and Texas, shot on location in New York, Texas, Florida, and New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame, archivally mounted, with UV glass. National Film Registry.

Zustand: Very Good. 2 letters -- one from Bangor and one from the Arts Coucil, Feb 1954. The first is 3 pages signed discussing a portarit which P C was doing of him and asking for a refund of 5 shillings as some techical requirement (blowing it up to 10 by 8) was not carried out, the second aldo signed encloses a cheque (not present) and looks forward to seeing the en- largements. There is also a carbon copy of P C's reply about a possible costume for the shoot. Very good. Signedes.