Elaine May (screenwriter), Otto Preminger (director) SUCH GOOD FRIENDS (Jun 4, 1971) Rev. film script

New York: Otto Preminger / Sigma Productions, 1971. Vintage original film script with holograph notation “Jack Stager Stills” in ink at top right corner, printed wrappers, 11 x 8 1/2″ (28 x 22 cm) internally bound with a metal clasp, 157 pp. Title page has printed date of June 4, 1971, with ink stamp “104” as well as holograph notation “July 26 – August 30 1971” in red ink at upper right corner. Revision pages on blue paper with dates ranging from Jun 9-28, 1971. Two pages of call sheets laid-in dated Aug 27 and 30, 1971, and stapled 4 pp. crew sheet on blue paper dated “Revised 5 August 1971”. Minor edge wear to wrappers, overall near fine.

Such Good Friends was one of Elaine May’s first two film scripts (here she was credited under the pseudonym Esther Dale). Shooting started on July 7, only a couple of weeks after the June dates in the script, so this has to be a very close to final draft. (Wikipedia)

Collation (note all revision pages dated from June 1971): [title], 1-19, 20 (06/10), 21-26, 27-27a (06/10), 28-33, 34 (06/10), 35-37, 38-39a (06/10), 40-62, 68-68a (06/09), 69, 70-70a (06/09), 71-83, 84-84c (06/28), 85-87, 88 (06/10), 89-94, 95 (06/10), 96-102, 103 (06/09), 104, 105 (06/09), 106-130, 131-133 (06/09), 134-139, 140-141 (06/10), 142-147, 148-148a (06/10), 149-157.