lukas heller screenwriter (6 resultados)

Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. Base on the Lionel Davidson novel, "Night of Wenceslas" (1960), about a man who gets caught up in Cold War espionage, in a romantic spy-spoof. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, and a few moderate creases.

Two vintage photographs, a portrait photograph of Jan-Michael Vincent, and a studio still photograph of George Peppard from the 1977 film. Based on the 1969 novel by Roger Zelazny. Four survivors of World War III attempt to drive across the wasteland that is now America in search for survivors. Shot on location in Arizona and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 US film. Mimeograph snipes and rubber-stamps on the versos, layout annotations on the recto of 1 still. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century, wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. A story set in the Sahara desert, shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.

First Draft script for the 1965 film. Included are production notes dated November 1965 (laid in) and an architectural sketch of the "sky truck" noted as "REVISED / APR. 22. '65," As deluxe a script for this film as we have seen, and a highspot for noted director Robert Aldrich. One of the great adventure films of the twentieth century, wherein a cargo plane with fewer than a dozen men goes down in the Sahara in a sandstorm. One of the men is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before food and water are depleted. Black titled wrappers, noted as 2ND DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated April 6th. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Heller and novelist Trevor. 178 leaves, mechanical duplication, with blue and pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/15/65 and 4/27/65. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine with a small fingernail-size bruise at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Bound internally with three gold brads.

Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 film, one showing actors Beryl Reid and Susannah York, the other showing director Robert Aldrich. A tyrannical, aging actress is a long-standing staple on a soap opera, but her increasingly unstable behavior causes the producers to kill off her character. As she spirals out of control, she lashes out at her lover, a young and beautiful actress. Director Aldrich spent $75,000 fighting the film's mature rating (earned as a result of its explicit content, most notably a sex scene between two women) which limited the film's screening and advertisement platforms, but was unsuccessful. Shot on location in London. Approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 British film, showing actress Sylva Koscina undressing. Stamp of photographer Georg Michalke on the verso. Based on Lionel Davidson's 1960 novel "The Night of Wenceslas," about an ordinary man who is unknowingly pulled into a Cold War plot. 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine.