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First edition thus, of this play based on Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of a pair of short stories by Ryunoske Akutagawa, a psychological murder mystery set in Heian era Japan.
First edition thus, of this play based on Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of a pair of short stories by Ryunoske Akutagawa, a psychological murder mystery set in Heian era Japan.
First edition in English of Beckett's influential and enigmatic "tragicomedy in two acts."
First edition of this early handbook on writing film scripts by a silent-film screenwriter who was credited on over eighty productions.
Limited first edition of this play written early in Carver's career, which "revealed the depths of [his] anguish" at being locked into a domestic life (30).
Signed first edition of this beautifully-produced book charting the first cross-country America road trip, based on a Ken Burns documentary of the same title.
First printing of this pair of screenplays by the iconic Italian director, including that of his first film "Luci del varietà " ("Variety Lights").
First printing of this trio of screenplays by the iconic Italian director, including the oft-referenced and imitated "I Vitelloni," an inspiration for George Lucas's "American Graffiti."
Signed first edition thus, with illustrations by Foreman, of this short symbolic play about each of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS, taking place in several locations across the US.
Warmly inscribed first edition of this play inspired by a con artist who ingratiated himself with New York's elites.
Inscribed first edition of the scarce autobiography of Jesse L. Lasky, one of the founders of Paramount Pictures and a profoundly important figure in American film.
First printing of the script of the beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical based on Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION.
First hardcover issue of Alan Dean Foster's ghostwritten novelization, released as part of the Science Fiction Book Club and published months before the film's release
First printing of this collection of "teleplays" for Black audiences by a Black writer, chronicling "the Black struggle to 'make it' in white America during the decade of the sixties" (Foreword).
Uncommon first printing of this documentary film in book form, the story of the Nazi occupation of France and the Vichy government's collaboration with them, told through various interviews.
Signed uncorrected proof copy of this carefully constructed memoir about the making of Sayles' 1987 film.
First edition thus, a handsome edition of the two plays, with production notes about the first performance of EQUUS.
First printing of this collection of eight plays by the Pulitzer-winning writer, director, and actor, including collaborations with Patti Smith.
Inscribed first edition in English of this play about Stalin's Counter-Intelligence SMERSH and its political prisoners, originally conceived while the author was serving a sentence of hard labor in the Gulag.
First printing of the book adaptation of Spielberg's ambitious, high-tech, and awe-inspiring film.
First printing of this Tony Award-winning play, the story of the conflicts within a Black family that are exposed when the son returns home from the military.
First UK edition of the script for Tennessee Williams's controversial 1956 film, which the National League of Decency attempted to ban, in beautiful blue goatskin binding by Asprey.
First edition of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
Inscribed first edition, first printing of Tennessee Williams' semi-autobiographical memory play, his first stage success.
First printing of Williams's most enduring play, a New Directions publication in the original dust jacket (carefully restored).