1977 · Los Angeles
by Walter Hill (director, screenwriter); Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley (starring)
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Final Draft script for the 1978 film. A unique script in terms of the narrative, with each scene described in fragmented sentences.
Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir, heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967), with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective, driving the detective to the brink of obsession.
Cream titled wrappers, dated May 23, 1977. Title page present, dated May 23, 1977, noted as FINAL, with a credit for Hill. (truncated)
Director Walter Hill's existential neo-noir, heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" (1967), with some of the finest car-chase sequences ever committed to celluloid. The film follows a skilled getaway driver whose elusive escapes torment a self-assured police detective, driving the detective to the brink of obsession.
Cream titled wrappers, dated May 23, 1977. Title page present, dated May 23, 1977, noted as FINAL, with a credit for Hill. (truncated)
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