1986 · Culver City, CA
by James Hong, Jane Lynch, Judge Reinhold, Richard Kind (starring); Brian Gilbert (director); Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais (screenwriters); Thomas Anstey Guthrie (novel); Mary Rodgers (novel)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1986. Fourth Draft script for the 1988 film.
A modern-day adaptation of the 1882 novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, updated in 1972 by Mary Rodgers as "Freaky Friday." After touching a magical Tibetan skull, a divorcé and his young son swap bodies, leading to a number of humorous mishaps. The third feature film adaptation of Guthrie's novel.
Set and shot on location in Chicago, Oak Park, and River Forest, Illinois.
Red titled wrappers, noted as copy No. 88 in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated December 11, 1986, noted as Fourth Draft, with credits (truncated)
A modern-day adaptation of the 1882 novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, updated in 1972 by Mary Rodgers as "Freaky Friday." After touching a magical Tibetan skull, a divorcé and his young son swap bodies, leading to a number of humorous mishaps. The third feature film adaptation of Guthrie's novel.
Set and shot on location in Chicago, Oak Park, and River Forest, Illinois.
Red titled wrappers, noted as copy No. 88 in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated December 11, 1986, noted as Fourth Draft, with credits (truncated)