Bert I Gordon VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS Original screenplay for the 1965 #141952

Description

Village of the Giants (Original screenplay for the 1965 film, annotated copy belonging to actor Hank Jones)
Author:
Bert I. Gordon (director, screenwriter); Alan Caillou (screenwriter); H.G. Wells (novel); Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Ron Howard (starring)
Title:
Village of the Giants (Original screenplay for the 1965 film, annotated copy belonging to actor Hank Jones)
Publication:
Moore Park, Australia: Embassy Pictures, 1965
Description:
Final Draft script for the 1965 film. Copy belonging to actor Hank Jones, who played the role of Chuck, with his name to the front wrapper in black ink. With 19 pages of deleted scenes laid in.
Loosely based on the 1904 H.G. Wells novel "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth." Another of director Bert I. Gordon's "big" films, in which some element or character grows to monstrous size, only this time he had the novel idea to combine the sci-fi trope with a teenage beach film, with "Village of the Giants" as the laughably campy result. A group of teenagers (including Beau Bridges) accidentally stumbles upon a way to grow themselves to unusually large size and terrorizes a small town, until a young Ron Howard (the nerdy "Genius" character) figures out how to turn them small again.
Set in the small fictional town of Hainesville, California, shot on location in Los Angeles.
White titled front self wrapper and blue rear wrapper, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated April 13, 1965, with credits for screenwriter Alan Caillou, and story writer Bert I. Gordon. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 130 leaves, with last page of text numbered 135. Mechanical duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 4-19-65 and 4-27-65. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads.
Seller ID:
141952
Subject:
1960s Cinema, Comedy, Exploitation, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Science Fiction
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