Nomads: the Producer's Comprehensive Production Archive

Los Angeles & London: Unpublished, 1986. Remarkably extensive Eliott Kastner archive of the production of Pierce Brosnan's first leading role in which he played a French anthropologist in New York who discovers a group of urban nomads who are not who they seem. The pile of documents sits 10 inches thick and comprises, in brief: Production - Central Files Kastner: Chain of Title original and copy documents October 1983 to February 1986; Settlements of Agreement, Assignments of Rights, Registration of Copyright, Library of Congress Certificate of Recordation, Certificate of Authorship etc with loose copies and originals of similar c.100 pages; Collected Correspondence- 'All Past Correspondence Including Casting Notes for Nomads, MGM/UA Entertainment Co, Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA - photocopies of letters 1981/1982, approx 100 pages, yellow card covers ref John McTiernan, Jane Fonda declining a role, and casting of Eileen Flax. 'Nomads' the new novel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, paperback, Bantam 1984, no annotations. UNBOUND letters and ephemera - some 80 separate items - dated 1981 to 2006. Heads of Agreement and other legal correspondence re finance, development, production, title registration, title transfer to EK, distribution, advertising and reviews, etc; filming schedules; Agreement for services of Pierce Brosnan; Cast Wish-lists; Staff and Crew List - addresses, June 1984; services of Bill Conti, composer; services of Ted Nugent re 3 songs written and performed; litigation re unpaid fees; Music Cue Sheet as at 12/1985; Ted Nugent's request to retain copyright for purpose of including film song ("Strangers") on his next album "Little Miss Dangerous"; translations; film release; list of theatres for opening/release on March 7,1986; accounts; x2 colour negatives film scenes; x2 Cast Photos, b/w; and others. Various letters from Dana Vemisa thanking EK for "beginning my career in this country." June 24, 1984; Nina Foch (played the Real Estate Agent), 15 May 1984, re champagne on opening night; hand-written, Nina Foch personal stationery. Publicity photos x8, (27x21cm), colour; film photos/stills x20 (25x21cm) x8 colour/x12 b/w. Several scripts: Nomads by John McTiernan, review and comments of Script ("An eskimo hunter stands alone on a desert of ice,..."), 9pp; 'Nomads' by John McTiernan, May 5, 1984, Script, 111 Pages, A4, brown legal card covers, silver prong bound; 'Nomads' by John McTiernan, French translation of script, K-195E, ("Traducion: Betty dugowson, Paris"), 142 Pages, copy, bound with bulldog clip; 'Nomads' by John McTiernan, K-195F c.112, revised draft 14 December 1981, 125 Pages, copy, A4 yellow paper, green plastic binder. Extensive production material, especially detailed on post-production with Music Spotting Notes; English Spotting List, 40 pp; Combined Continuity Script - Feature, 51 Pages etc. Hand-written scenes from Nomads (6 sides, A4) with signature of Dillon Kastner (younger half-brother of Cassian Elwes, and son of EK); spiral bound Pukka pad. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1986