Andersonville. Screenplay by David W. Rintels
signed first edition
1996 · Baton Rouge, LA
by RINTELS, DAVID W. & JOHN FRANKENHEIMER
Baton Rouge, LA: Gideon Books / Louisiana State University Press, 1996. First Edition. Paperbound. Signed by director, John Frankenheimer, who contributed the foreword: “Best wishes, John Frankenheimer.” With an introduction by Civil War historian James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. As new in printed wrappers. Includes the complete original screenplay for the acclaimed television film, Andersonville, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Carmen Argenziano, Jayce Bartok, Frederick Coffin, Cliff De Young, Denis Forest, and Justin Henry. Set during the Civil War, Andersonville tells the grim story of the notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp. From John Frankenheimer’s foreword: “Andersonville is the most difficult film I have ever directed. David Rintels’ script - thoroughly researched, meticulously written and carefully structured - was, from page one, a director’s proving ground.” Frankenheimer won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special for Andersonville. John Frankenheimer is the director of many great films, including Birdman of Alcatraz starring Burt Lancaster, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Train (1964), Seven Days in May (1964), The Iceman Cometh (1973), French Connection II (1975), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) with Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando, Ronin (1998) with Robert DeNiro, and Reindeer Games (2000) with Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron. David Rintels has won three Emmy Awards and has three times won Outstanding Script of the Year honors from the Writers Guild of America. (Inventory #: 16052E)