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Screenplays, 1985 - 2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

This series contains approximately 125 screenplays considered for production by Paramount between approximately 1985 and 2005. These are mostly working review copies or shooting screenplays that were in the office of John E. Ferraro, an executive at Paramount during that time. While some screenplays were produced, others were not.

Box #1, A - Croc:
The Abyss
Addams Family Values
American Beauty
Angels in America, Part I: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika
Apt Pupil
Arac Attack
Arlington Road
Barton Fink
Blaze of Glory
The Blouse Man
The Blue Iguana
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire
The Cider House Rules (undated version)
The Cider House Rules (1990 version)
Cletis Tout
Columbus
Columbus Slaughters Braves
The Courier
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee II (Crocodile Dundee Returns)

Box #2, Crow - F:
The Crow
Cruel Intentions
Cuba and the Night
CW2
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Clown Cried
Dead Man Walking
Deep Blue Sea
The Defective Detective
Dial M for Murder
Double Jeopardy
Dracula
Eddie Krett’s Final Exam
The Education of Little Tree
The English Patient
Family Man
Fashion Wars (first draft)
Fashion Wars (rewrite)
Flawless
Frankenstein
Funny Peculiar

Box #3, G - K:
The Ghost of the Green Monkey
Ghosts
The Giant
Godspeed
Godspeed, Lawrence Mann
The Good Citizen
The Guide
The Green Mile
Hart’s War
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Higgins & Beech
Himbos
Honor Thy Family
The Hot Zone
The Hunt for Red October
In and Out
James Barry
Jeffrey
Joint Venture
K2
Kevin & Perry (2 scripts)

Box #4, L - O:
The Legend of Bagger Vance (1997 script)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (1998 script)
The Long Kiss Goodbye
Lost in Space
Mafia Wives, Inc.
Major League
Major League II
Mata Hari
Metal Fighter
The Mexican
Montecristo
Mot
My Alexander
My Life as a Dog at Sea
The Mummy
Nature of Enchantment
Nell
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Object of My Affection
O’Keefe
One Night at McCool’s
The Opposite of Sex
Our Lucky Break

Box #5, P - S:
The Pacific Queen
The Patriot
The Piano Lesson
Plague Season (2 copies)
Pootie Tang
The Prince of Thieves
Pulp Fiction
The Quiet American
The Reluctant Groom
Romeos
The Royal Way
Saving Private Ryan
Sede Vacante
Serpentine
Seven
The Sixth Sense
Shadow of the Vampire
Sleepwalker
Sliding Doors
A Son of the Circus
Spaceless
A Special Interest
Spring Break Lawyer
Sunburned

Box #6, T - Z:
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Thirteen Days
Trick
True Romance
U-571
The Wedding Planner
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
The Whole Nine Yards
Who’s Dying for Pasta
Word of Honor
Zero Solution

Dates

  • 1985 - 2005

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.2 Linear Feet (6 record cartons)

Language of Materials

English