1986 · London
by Gavin Millar (director); William Boyd (screenwriter); Evelyn Waugh (novel); Denholm Elliott, Donald Pleasence, Michael Hordern (starring)
London: Independent Television, 1986. 3rd Draft script for the television movie. Based on the 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh, which in turn was based on Waugh's own experiences working at the Daily Mail. Working copy, with manuscript annotations in blue, red, and black ink and pink highlighter throughout, as well as handmade tape tabs marking the scenes. Laid in are a number of original and photocopied newspaper articles dealing with the production, six pages of background information on their Moroccan shooting location, and four pages of call sheets from Morocco.
A tale of sensationalist foreign correspondents covering a war in Ishmaelia, desperately (truncated)
A tale of sensationalist foreign correspondents covering a war in Ishmaelia, desperately (truncated)