Film

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Final shooting script has original drawing by Wittliff and is autographed by Wittliff and Willie Nelson. Produced by Nelson and Wittliff. Directed by Wittliff. Script Supervisor Cate Hardman Roach. Film was edited in Wittliff's offices by Eric A. Williams and Stephen Purvis. Slides removed from original sleeves and put in archival sleeves. Marked original sleeves are in front of re-sleeved slides.

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A western starring Gary Busey and Willie Nelson. This series contains drafts of the script, costumes, photographs by Wittliff, the script supervisor's files, the editing and sound notes, publicity, distribution, and clippings of reviews and interviews. The archive also contains the dailies on film reels and a 16mm print of the film.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Final shooting script has original drawing by Wittliff and is autographed by Wittliff and Willie Nelson. Produced by Nelson and Wittliff. Directed by Wittliff. Script Supervisor Cate Hardman Roach. Film was edited in Wittliff's offices by Eric A. Williams and Stephen Purvis. Slides removed from original sleeves and put in archival sleeves. Marked original sleeves are in front of re-sleeved slides.

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...

Series Description From the Series:

The Screenplays are arranged chronologically according to when they were written. The order does not reflect the order in which the films were released. The date following the title in parentheses is the release date. Photographs, film, and videotape may not be duplicated without permission from the Wittliff estate.

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This series is comprised of a conversation between Bob Dylan and Shepard, circa mid 1980s to early 1990s. No transcript currently exists for these 3 audiocassettes, but the tapes have been transferred to CD as listening copies. Also included are the typescript and galleys for an interview of Shepard by Paris Review, regarding Shepard’s writing process, 1997, and an interview with Shepard on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air”, August 1996.

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

A western starring Gary Busey and Willie Nelson. This series contains drafts of the script, costumes, photographs by Wittliff, the script supervisor's files, the editing and sound notes, publicity, distribution, and clippings of reviews and interviews. The archive also contains the dailies on film reels and a 16mm print of the film.

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Original oversized watercolor sketches of costumes for various plays and film projects.

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Jewell, Cathy, October 18, 1990

Halpern, Daniel, October 25,1990

Jewell, Cathy, October 25, 1990

Hill, Steve, December 18, 1990

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Jewell, Cathy, January 14, 1991

Berman, Lois, January 17, 1991

Newman, Paul, May 15, 1991

Eberle, Martin, June 28, 1991, Includes six 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 black and white photographs of Shepard and others

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"R.J."(initials only), October 8, 1992

Callens, Johan (to Lois Berman), October 30, 1992

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Callens, Johan (to Lois Berman), October 1, 1993

Kulkhe, K., October 6, 1993

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Shelley, Guy, March 15, 1994

Boals, Judy, April 15, 1994. Includes poster and slides from a Paris production of Icarus’s Mother.

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Boals, Judy, March 24, 1995. Includes Theater Hall of Fame program

Scope and Contents O'Hearn, Patrick, March 12, 1996West, Robert, Jr., March 17, 1996Jones, O-Lan, March 21, 1996Boals, Judy, April 19, 1996Boals, Judy, April 22, 1996Kirchwey, Karl, April 22, 1996Morris, Tom (to Judy Boals), April 24, 1996Houghton, James, April,25, 1996McKimmie, Ilyse, May 1, 1996West, Robert Jr., May 1, 1996Boals, Judy, May 2, 1996Oliver, Liz, May 2, 1996...

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Notice from Academy of Arts and Letters re: death of Alan Ginsberg, April 5, 1997

Aronowitz, Al, May 1, 1997

Adolphe, Bruce (to Judy Boals), August 14, 1997

"Santo,” October 21, 1997

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Shepard, Sam (to Magic Theater ), April 29, 1998

Boals, Judy, July 23, 1998

Callahan, Michael (to Judy Boals), September 14, 1998

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"Freddie and Lara" (first names only)

McAdams, "Coach"

Multiple authors (first names only)

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Topics include the publication of Shepard’s works in magazines and journals as excerpts, as well as in their entirety; correspondence with agent Lois Berman. Aside from general correspondence, this series also includes correspondence from Joseph Chaikin and Barry Daniels and correspondence from Shepard’s son, Jesse, as noted [Restricted]. For Shepard’s 40-year correspondence with Johnny Dark, see the Southwestern Writers Collection 106, The Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark Collection.

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Lawson, Wayne, November 10, 1982