TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Separated Material
Administrative Information
Bibliography
Description of Series
Series I. Film and Theatre Projects,
1973-1990, nd,
Series II. Research Files,
1970-90, nd,
Series III. Works by Other Authors,
1978-1990, nd,
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Warren Skaaren:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center
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| Creator: | Skaaren, Warren,
1946-1990 |
| Title: | Warren Skaaren Papers
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| Dates: | 1946-1991 (bulk 1970-1990) |
| Abstract: | The primary focus of this
collection is the screenwriter's work in the late 1980s. Included are drafts
and revisions, treatments, synopses, story analyses, charts, clippings,
bibliographies, maps, shooting schedules, continuity notes, storyboards,
memorabilia, photographs, posters, correspondence, and audio and video
cassettes. Motions pictures documented included
Batman,
Beetlejuice,
Beverly Hills Cop II,
Days of Thunder, and
Top Gun. |
| RLIN record #: | TXRC95-A94 |
| Extent: | 64 boxes, 1 oversize
folder, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize film boxes (26.9 linear feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin |
Screenwriter Warren Edward Skaaren, son of Morris and Pearl Skaaren, was
born in Rochester, Minnesota, on March 9, 1946. He graduated from Rochester
Community College in 1966 and enrolled at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
There he met Helen Griffin, whom he married on March 7, 1969 (separated, 1989).
Upon his graduation from Rice in 1969 with a degree in art, Skaaren, who had
served as student body president during his final year of college, moved to
Austin to work for Texas governor Preston Smith first as a human resources
program analyst and then as an urban development coordinator. Skaaren lived in
Austin for the remainder of his life.
In 1971, while working for Smith, Skaaren wrote a formal proposal to
establish the Texas Film Commission and was influential in its creation. He
served as the Commission's first executive director and remained in that
position until March 1974, when he resigned to form the Skaaren Corporation, a
media consulting firm. At the same time, he was a founder of FPS, Inc., a
Dallas-based television and film production company, and later served as
chairman of its board of directors. Skaaren also worked on documentaries,
commercials, and various other projects.
Breakaway, a documentary about Walter Yates'
life in the Alaskan wilderness which Skaaren wrote and directed, was released
in 1978.
In 1983, under the sponsorship of Fred Fox, Skaaren completed the script
Of East and West, about the Nepalese
soldiers the Gurkhas. Although the script was never produced, it gained Skaaren
an agent, Mike Simpson at the William Morris Agency, and attracted the
attention of Dawn Steel at Paramount, who hired Skaaren to rewrite the
screenplay of
Fire with Fire. Following that, Skaaren was
hired to rewrite the script of
Top Gun; its box-office success established
his reputation as a "script doctor." Skaaren went on
to work on the scripts of
Beverly Hills Cop II,
Beetlejuice, and
Batman.
Skaaren and his wife had seven foster children, and he was a founding
director of the Travis County Foster Parents Association. In addition, he
served on the board of directors of the Deborah Hay Dance Company. Skaaren
established the Laurel Foundation, a private charitable trust, in 1986, and was
also involved with the East West Center, a macrobiotic dietary provider.
Skaaren died of bone cancer in Austin, Texas, on December 28, 1990. His
papers were donated to the HRHRC in 1993.
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The primary focus of the collection is on Skaaren's work as a
screenwriter in the late 1980's. Included are drafts, revision pages,
treatments, synopses, story analyses, outlines, charts, memos, notes,
clippings, bibliographies, transcripts, maps, newsletters and other printed
matter, shooting schedules, continuity notes, storyboards, memorabilia,
photographs, negatives, slides, stills, posters, correspondence, business
cards, brochures, audio and video cassettes, invoices, receipts, distribution
statements, agreements, and certificates of authorship, all ranging in date
from 1946-1991 (bulk, 1970-1990). Arrangement is in three series: Film and
Theatre Projects; Research Files; and Technical Files. The Research Files
series is arranged in three subseries: Story Ideas, Various Subjects, and
Technical Files. While Skaaren's works have been arranged alphabetically,
Research and Technical Files have been reordered by subject. Materials within
folders remain in the order in which they arrived.
All of Skaaren's significant works are represented in the collection,
including his first projects,
Breakaway and
Fire with Fire, and his most successful
films,
Top Gun,
Beverly Hills Cop II,
Beetlejuice,
Days of Thunder, and
Batman. Early script drafts by other
authors, Skaaren's own multiple drafts, revision pages, notes, memos, final
shooting scripts, and credit arbitration documents reveal the changes made to
screenplays over time. Although Skaaren was known for his ability to rewrite
scripts by other authors, he also wrote original screenplays, poetry, and songs
that were never produced or published. Among scripts that were never produced
are
Flawless,
The Crimson Eagle, and
Lillie and Beck. Skaaren's final works, a
play he wrote for Heloise Gold entitled
Maggs: The 10,000-Year-Old Woman and the
unproduced screenplay
Beetlejuice in Live, are also present in the
collection.
Because Skaaren kept letters and memos with the manuscripts of his
works, correspondence is scattered throughout the collection. Among notable
correspondents are producers Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Peters, Don Simpson, and
Doug Wick; writer, producer, and director Ted Flicker; directors Tim Burton and
Tony Scott; actors Tom Cruise and Michael Douglas; Grace Reiner of the Writer's
Guild of America; personnel at Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers; and Mike
Simpson at the William Morris Agency.
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| Correspondents |
| | Bruckheimer,
Jerry. |
| | Burton, Tim, 1960-
. |
| | Burton, W. Amon,
Jr. |
| | Canton, Mark. |
| | Cash, Jim. |
| | Corn, Harvey R. |
| | Cruise, Tom, 1962-
. |
| | Douglas, Michael, 1944-
. |
| | Eisner, Eric. |
| | Epps, Jack. |
| | Eszterhas, Joe. |
| | Ferguson, Larry. |
| | Flicker, Ted (Theodore
J.). |
| | Fonda, Jane, 1937-
. |
| | Fox, Fred K. |
| | Guber, Peter. |
| | Hooper, Tobe, 1943-
. |
| | Kane, Bob. |
| | McDowell,
Michael. |
| | McKeown,
Charles. |
| | Menil, John de. |
| | Negri, Pola, 1897-
. |
| | Nelson, M. L. |
| | Owens, William A., 1905-
. |
| | Parsley, William
J. |
| | Peters, Jon. |
| | Reiner, Grace. |
| | Scott, Tony, 1914-
. |
| | Simpson, Don. |
| | Simpson, Mike. |
| | Smith, Preston, 1912-
. |
| | Towne, Robert. |
| | Wick, Douglas. |
| | Wittliff, William
D. |
| | Yates, Walter. |
| Organizations |
| | Bryanston Distributors,
Inc. |
| | Columbia
Pictures. |
| | FPS, inc. |
| | Gang, Tyre, Ramer &
Brown. |
| | Guadalupe Entertainment,
Inc. |
| | The Laurel
Foundation. |
| | O'Melveny &
Myers. |
| | Paramount Pictures
Corporation. |
| | Warner Bros. |
| | Writers Guild of America,
West. |
| Subjects |
| | Automobile racing
drivers. |
| | Automobile racing--United
States. |
| | Batman (Fictitious
Character). |
| | Comic strip characters in
motion pictures. |
| | Hong Kong Island (Hong
Kong). |
| | Motion picture
authorship. |
| | Motion picture
locations. |
| | Motion picture
plays. |
| | Motion picture producers and
directors--United States. |
| | Motion Pictures,
American. |
| | Motion
Pictures--Distribution. |
| | Screenwriters. |
| | Screenwriters--Credits. |
| Document types |
| | Audio tapes. |
| | Blueprints. |
| | Business cards. |
| | Cartoons (humorous
images). |
| | Comics. |
| | Film stills. |
| | First drafts. |
| | Legal documents. |
| | Obituaries. |
| | Photographs. |
| | Screenplays. |
| | Scripts. |
| | Sheet music. |
| | Sound
recordings. |
| | Tax records. |
| | Video
recordings. |
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Books, primarily used by Skaaren in his research, that arrived with
the collection have been cataloged separately with the Center's book holdings.
Videos that Skaaren acquired for purposes of research, for personal interest,
and as screen tests, dailies, and preview prints of films he worked on are also
part of the collection.
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Gift, 1993
Katherine Mosley, 1994-95
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More information about Skaaren and his works may be found in
"The Man Hollywood Trusts" by Emily Yoffe (
Texas Monthly, vol. 17, no. 9, Sept. 1989)
and
"Death of a Screenwriter" by Kevin Phinney (
Premiere, vol. 4, no. 7, March 1991).
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Series I. Film and Theatre Projects,
1973-1990, nd,
54 boxes
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| Skaaren's film and theatre projects include projects which produced
a script and projects on which Skaaren served in some capacity other than as a
writer. Research material, drafts, revision pages, notes, memos, production
material, photographs, stills, posters, articles and reviews, contracts,
financial records, credit arbitration documents, and similar material relating
to Skaaren's film projects comprise the largest series in the archive.
Arrangement is by the final title given to a project (with variant titles
supplied in brackets in the folder list), and thereunder by material relating
to the writing of a script, including drafts and research files; information
about the film's production, publicity, and release; agreements and payments;
and screenwriting credit arbitration. |
| Books, notes, clippings, and other research material compiled by
Skaaren and his research assistant, Linda Vance, reveal the amount of research
behind Skaaren's work. Multiple drafts, outlines, and scene revisions of a
screenplay, including those by other authors, trace its evolution, while memos
and notes, including details of meetings and telephone calls, reveal the
dynamic involvement of the studio, producers, director, actors, and writers in
the revision process. Character motivation charts, action flow charts, and
script outlines show Skaaren's particular concern with character and story
structure. |
| Arbitration materials provide insight into the contributions of
various script writers on a single project, the determination of credit by the
Writer's Guild, and the importance of that formal credit. The financial aspect
of projects can be seen in contracts, agreements, payments, clippings from
Variety, and distribution payments. |
| Skaaren's first projects, the documentary
Breakaway which he wrote and directed; a
screenplay about University of Texas football player Freddie Steinmark; and
Fire with Fire, which began Skaaren's
career as a "script doctor," are represented in the
archive. Because Skaaren suggested the title of
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, was hired
to sell its distribution rights, and acquired its sequel rights, material
relating to that film is also present. Of particular interest are the original
drawing on which Skaaren first wrote the title and material concerning problems
with the movie's distributors. |
| Extensive materials for Skaaren's most successful projects,
Top Gun,
Beverly Hills Cop II,
Beetlejuice,
Days of Thunder, and
Batman, are present. Original film
projects that never reached the production stage include
Flawless, created for actress Jane
Fonda;
The Crimson Eagle, a third installment
in the
Romancing the Stone series; and
Lillie and Beck, a story set against the
Spanish Civil War.
Spooks, written with Grant Fehr, was to
be a film about two men's encounter with a ghost. Plans for making a film about
Norwegian immigrant Cleng Peerson resulted only in correspondence and research
material. Treatments, notes, and a list of potential titles for
Cora's Nightcaller, about the
terrorization of a babysitter, are present.
Electric Death was to be a film about
lightning, based upon Lloyd Ritchey's script
The Night of the Electric Death, to
which Skaaren acquired the rights; the project resulted in much research on
man-made and natural lightning and electrical effects.
Hijo was a film project begun with Bill
Wittliff. Plans were made with Michael Douglas for a movie version of the
television series
Missiojn Impossible. A project to adapt
Bill Brett's novel
The Stolen Steers for film produced
several scripts. Skaaren's final work was an original screenplay for a sequel
to the popular
Beetlejuice, entitled
Beetlejuice in Love. |
| In addition to his film work, Skaaren wrote a play for Heloise Gold,
Maggs: The 10,000-Year-Old Woman, which
was performed at Capitol City Playhouse in Austin in May 1990. Typescripts,
photographs, and a review of the play are present as well. |
| Skaaren's folder titles, as well as those made by his assistant
Linda Vance, who printed and labeled some of Skaaren's files after his death,
have been retained and are indicated in the folder list by single quotation
marks. Indications of draft sequences are transcribed from the title pages,
spines, and covers of manuscripts, with those written in Skaaren's hand being
enclosed in single quotations. Because screenwriting credits changed
frequently, author information is also transcribed from the title pages of the
screenplays. |
| | | Batman--Drafts and related
material |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | | Revised First Draft by Sam Hamm,
6 March 1987 |
| 2 | | | Third Draft by Sam Hamm,
29 Feb. 1988 |
| 3 | | | 'Batman w/ WS comments,' Third Draft by Sam Hamm,
29 Feb. 1988, with holograph notes by Warren
Skaaren,
nd |
| 4 | | | Third Draft by Sam Hamm, revised
15 Aug. 1988 |
| 5 | | | 'Mayor decides to have festival,' revision page,
nd |
| 6 | | | Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988 |
| 7 | | | 'Batman-All,' Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988 |
| 8 | | | Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988 |
| 9-10 | | | Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988 (3 of 3) |
| 2 | | | Fourth Draft by unnamed writer,
25 Aug. 1988, with holograph notes and revisions by
Skaaren,
nd |
| 3 | | | Note from Lucy Fisher of Warner Brothers to Skaaren,
29 Aug. 1988 |
| 4 | | | Project comparison,
29 Aug. 1988, by story analyst Carol Bahoric,
comparing the
25 Aug. 1988 script with the
29 Feb. 1988 script that was revised
27 July 1988 |
| 5 | | | 'Flugel outl. 8-25-88 Script' 'Vicki at the Flugelheim
Museum Action List,' outline, printed out
28 Feb. 1991 |
| 6 | | | 'Final scene action as per 8-25-88 dft,'
nd |
| 7 | | | 'Cross purposes chart' showing characters and their
motivations,
nd |
| 8-11 | | | Script outlines, notes, and suggestions by Skaaren,
30 Aug. 1988, nd |
| 12 | | | 'Napier scene 1,' revision pages,
nd |
| 13 | | | 'Vicki finds out Bruce parents,' revision page,
nd |
| 14 | | | 'Meeting notes 9-1-88,' with Jack Nicholson and Michael
Bessman, Lisa Henson, Mark Canton, Jon Peters, and Terry Semel |
| 15 | | | 'Hand Notes.' First draft 'length outline,'
18 Sept. 1988; list of names and phone numbers,
nd; '3 Act Structure,'
1 Sept. 1988, with list of questions and
accompanying fax note to Tim Burton; 'Prologue to meeting' notes,
nd; 'characteristics of draft,'
nd; notes on heroes and mythology,
nd; chart of 'action intervals,'
nd; notes from meeting with Terry Semel, Steve Pitt,
Lisa Henson, and Mark Canton,
18 Sept. 1988; and other notes. |
| 16 | | | 'WS Outline 9-1-88' '3-Act Structure--Warren Skaaren,'
outline,
1 Sept. 1988 |
| 17 | | | 'Batman Character List 9-3-88,' printout
dated 28 Feb. 1991 |
| 18 | | | Outline of Acts I and II faxed to Tim Burton,
4 Sept. 1988 |
| 19 | | | Outline of Acts I and II faxed to Tim Burton,
4 Sept. 1988, with notes on Burton's comments
added |
| 20 | | | 'Suggested cuts/new scenes,'
5 Sept. 1988 |
| 21 | | | '[Notes on] T[im] B[urton] phone conversation, 11 a.m.,
Monday, September 5, 1988' |
| 22-23 | | | 'WS 3 Act Structure #1,' two drafts,
[5 Sept. 1988] |
| 24 | | | 'Outline,' with additional notes to Tim Burton and other
changes,
6 Sept. 1988 |
| 25 | | | 'Faxed WS Outline,'
6 Sept. 1988 |
| 26 | | | 'Outline WS,'
6 Sept. 1988 |
| 27 | | | 'Studio Notes 9-7-88 Commenting on 9-6-88 Outline,'
Skaaren's notes on telephone conferences |
| 28 | | | Outline,
7 September 1988 |
| 29 | | | Letter from Bob Kane to Skaaren,
11 Sept. 1988, with his critique of the Fourth
Draft |
| 30 | | | Fax from Skaaren to Tim Burton,
12 Sept. 1988 |
| 31 | | | 'Datebook Diary Batman,'
29 Aug. 1988-15 Sept. 1988, printed out
28 Feb. 1991 |
| 32 | | | Research--highlighted photocopy pages from
The World Encyclopedia of Comics,
vol. I and II, Chelsea House Pub.: N.Y.,
1976 |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | Research--Photocopy of
The Encyclopedia of Comic Book
Heroes, vol. I, Batman, by Michael L. Fleisher
1976. Bound. |
| 2 | | | Research material--Comic books. Highlighted photocopies
of
"Shadow of the Batman" by Steve
Englehart, Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin,
March 1986; "Batman: The Joker's Five-Way
Revenge" by Danny O'Neil and Neal Adams; and
"Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder"
by Bob Kane,
nd |
| 3 | | | Draft # 1 by Skaaren,
15 Sept. 1988 |
| 4 | | | 'First draft final,' Draft #1 by Skaaren,
15 Sept. 1988 |
| 5 | | | Project comparison by story analyst Carol Bahoric,
16 Sept. 1988, comparing Skaaren's
15 Sept. 1988 draft with the
25 Aug. 1988 draft |
| 6 | | | 'Skaaren 1st Draft Length Outline,'
18 Sept. 1988 |
| 7 | | | Summary of script outlines, some with holograph
additions,
Aug. 1988-18 Sept. 1988 |
| 8 | | | 'Markup Batman 1st Draft,' copy of Draft #1 by Skaaren,
15 Sept. 1988, with his holograph notes and
revisions,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | 'T[im] B[urton] phone cut notes for 2nd dft 9-19-88,'
with holograph notes by Skaaren |
| 2 | | | Draft #2 by Skaaren,
21 Sept. 1988 |
| 3 | | | Draft #2 by Skaaren,
22 Sept. 1988 |
| 4 | | | Draft #2 by Skaaren,
22 Sept. 1988, bound |
| 5 | | | Draft #3 by Skaaren,
28 Sept. 1988, bound |
| 6 | | | Draft #3 by Skaaren,
28 Sept. 1988, with holograph notes,
bound |
| 7 | | | 'Bat. 10/88+,' Batman production telephone list,
3 Oct. 1988; notes from meeting with Jack Nicholson,
Sean Young, Robert Wuhl, Mark Canton, Jon Peters, T. M., and Michael Keaton,
3 Oct. 1988; notes from meeting,
7 Oct. 1988; notes on Nietzche; notes from meeting
with Keaton, Tim Burton, Peters, and Canton,
5 Oct. 1988; notes from meeting with Wuhl,
6 Oct. 1988; notes from meeting with Terry Semel,
Canton, Marion Dougherty, Keaton, Wuhl, and Peters,
7 Oct. 1988; notes on 2nd draft faxed from
Guber-Peters to Burton and Skaaren,
27 Sept. 1988; main unit One Line schedule,
6 Oct. 1988; and notes on screenwriting,
nd |
| 8 | | | Draft #4 by Skaaren,
4 Oct. 1988, printed out
March 1991 |
| 9 | | | Draft #5 by Skaaren,
6 Oct. 1988 |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | Printout of Jack Nicholson's lines from Draft #5, with
note from Skaaren to Nicholson,
6 Oct. 1988 |
| 2 | | | Copies of sections of Draft #5, bound |
| 3 | | | Draft #5 by Skaaren,
6 Oct. 1988, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 4 | | | '10-7-88 Changes full draft,' Draft #5 by Skaaren,
6 Oct. 1988 |
| 5-12 | | | Revision pages,
7 Oct., 9 Oct. 1988 |
| 13 | | | Fifth Draft 'by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren,'
6 Oct. 1988 with revision pages,
10 Oct.-12 Dec. 1988, and holograph notes and
revisions,
nd |
| 14-38 | | | Revision pages, including 'Dinner Scene,' 'Vicki's
Apartment,' 'Post-Batwing Crash,' 'Belltower Sequence,' and 'Finale,'
12 Oct.-12 Dec. 1988, nd |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | Fifth Draft 'by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren,'
6 Oct. 1988, with revision pages,
10 Oct.-14 Dec. 1988 |
| 2 | | | 'Revised Dining Room and Belfry Pages,'
6, 14 Jan. 1989, faxed to Chris Kenny
18 Jan. 1989 |
| 3 | | | [Final Script] Fifth Draft 'by Sam Hamm and Warren
Skaaren,'
6 Oct. 1988, with revision pages
10 Oct.-14 Jan. 1989 |
| 4 | | | 'Batman Memos In,' studio inter-office memos, with notes
on scripts, and faxes to Skaaren,
24 Aug.-24 Nov. 1988 |
| 5 | | | 'Batman Memos Out,' faxes and memos from Skaaren to Tim
Burton, Jon Peters, Peter Guber, Terry Semel, Mark Canton, Chris Kenny, and
Margaret Adams,
15 Sept.-2 Dec. 1988 |
| | | Batman--Production |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 6-7 | | | 'Batman Expenses,' receipts, invoices, list of faxes,
and travel vouchers,
Sept. 1988 |
| 8 | | | 'London' 'Cards and info. London and U.K. from 1988,'
brochures, business cards, and receipts,
Aug., Oct. 1988 |
| 9 | | | Holograph notes on production crew and London art
galleries,
nd |
| 10 | | | Resumes of key production personnel: Paul Engelen, Terry
Ackland-Snow, John Evans, Derek Meddings, Leslie Tomkins, Peter Guber, Jon
Peters, Anton Furst, Ray Lovejoy, Roger Pratt, and Nick Dudman,
June 1988, nd |
| 11 | | | 'Names/numbers/addresses,' with notes to Jack Nicholson
and Kim Basinger,
nd |
| 12 | | | Travel and set photographs, including photographs of
Skaaren, Nicholson, Wuhl, Burton, and Peters,
Oct.-Dec. 1988, with some negatives
included |
| 13 | | | Photograph of Skaaren, Robert Wuhl, Jon Peters, Mark
Canton, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton, and Jack Nicholson [taken by Sean Young],
nd |
| | | Batman--Publicity and Movie
Release |
| box | folder |
| 6 | 14 | | | Fax letter from Mike Simpson to Skaaren,
16 May 1989 |
| 15 | | | Publicity photographs of Skaaren taken by Danna
Byrum |
| 16 | | | 'Batman Publicity,' clippings,
1988-89 (oversize box) |
| 17 | | | 'Batman Premiere Programs,' movie premiere invitations,
tickets, parking pass, and programs,
June 1989 |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 1 | | | 'Batman reimbursement letter,' Skaaren to Nancy
Kirkpatrick of Warner Brothers,
24 June 1989 |
| 2 | | | Congratulatory correspondence from employees of the
William Morris Agency,
June 1989 |
| 3 | | | Comic Scenes Magazine, no.14,
August 1990, containing an interview with Skaaren.
With letter from Pat Jankiewicz to Skaaren,
11 Aug. 1990 |
| | | Batman--Movie
Memorabilia |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 4 | | | Official Movie Souvenir Magazine,
1989 |
| 5 | | | Coaster,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 8 | 1 | | | Candy holders,
nd |
| 2 | | | Cereal box,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 6 | | | Trading cards, two incomplete sets,
1989 |
| 7 | | | 'Batman Humor,' original comic strip sketch of
"Eyebeam," by Sam Hurt,
22 May 1989 |
| 8 | | | 'Batsignal,' computer drawing of the Batsignal,
nd |
| 9 | | | Painting of the Batsignal, by Anandas [?] Houser,
28 June |
| | | Batman--Fan Mail |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 10 | | | Letter from William Haggard to Skaaren,
nd |
| 11 | | | 'Firmage l [et] t [e] r Batman,' Linda Vance to Charles
K. Firmage,
13 Feb. 1990 |
| | | Batman--Employment and
Payment |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 12 | | | 'Deal and contract,' correspondence, writer's agreement,
and certificate of authorship,
31 Aug.-4 Nov. 1988 |
| 13 | | | Payments from Warner Brothers,
8 Sept.-18 Oct. 1988 |
| 14 | | | Gross estimates and gross comparison, fax sent to
Skaaren by Warner Brothers,
24 June 1989 |
| 15 | | | Distribution statement,
28 Dec. 1989 |
| | | Batman--Screenwriter's Credit
Arbitration |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 16-17 | | | 'Batman Arbitration Statement,' arbitration material,
including correspondence,
9 Feb.-10 March 1989; outline,
10 Dec. 1988; and script of 'Belltower sequence'
finale,
12 Dec.-5 Jan. 1989; and Skaaren's statement of
contribution,
March 1989 |
| 18 | | | 'Markup Final Draft,' photocopy of final script with
Skaaren's highlighting and holograph notes re. his contributions |
| 19 | | | 'Batman Arb [itration] Trail,' memos, revision pages,
and script outlines sent by Skaaren to Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Peter Guber,
Terry Semel, Mark Canton, Chris Kenny, and Kim Basinger,
May 1988, Sept. 1988-Jan 1989 |
| 20 | | | Note from R. Mardigian to Skaaren,
nd; on photocopy letter from Mike Simpson to William
Morris Agency employees,
18 April 1989 |
| | | Beetlejuice--Drafts and Related
Material |
| box | folder |
| 7 | 21 | | | 'Outline McDowell Draft 2-10-85' |
| 22 | | | Screenplay by Michael McDowell, pp. 1-5,
10 Feb. 1985 |
| 23 | | | 'Beetlejuice 1st D [ra] ft McD [owell],' screenplay by
Michael McDowell,
10 Feb. 1985, with holograph notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 9 | 1 | | | 'Beetle [juice] McDow [ell Draft] #1,' photocopy of 1st
Draft by Michael McDowell with holograph notes by Skaaren |
| 2 | | | 'Beetle [juice] Mc [Dowell Draft #] 2,' 2nd Draft by
Michael McDowell,
1 June 1985, with holograph notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 3 | | | 'Beetlejuice (9/85) [Draft] #3 D-3,' 3rd Draft by
Michael McDowell,
Sept. 1985 |
| 4 | | | Notes re. conversations with Tim Burton, David Bombyck,
and Eric Eisner,
4 March, 16 April 1986, nd |
| 5 | | | List of computer macros used in writing the screenplay,
nd |
| 6 | | | Letter from Skaaren to Mark Canton, Eric Eisner, and Tim
Burton,
11 March 1986. With two copies of first draft of
'New Outline' script outline by Skaaren,
11 March 1986 |
| 7 | | | Two Drafts of 'New Outline,' script outline by Skaaren,
11 March 1986; notes on acts,
nd; cartoon by Gary Larson,
nd; notes on 'areas to concentrate on,'
nd; and lists of characters,
nd |
| 8 | | | 'Paper Original' First Draft by Skaaren, original
printout,
15 April 1986 |
| 9 | | | 'Thoughts on Be[e]tlejuice,' notes,
nd |
| 10 | | | 'Warren's work copy scratch draft,' First Draft by
Skaaren,
15 April 1986, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 11 | | | 'Warren's markup of 1st Draft,' First Draft by Skaaren,
22 April 1986, with holograph revisions,
nd |
| 12 | | | Letter from Skaaren to Eric Eisner,
28 April 1986 |
| box | folder |
| 10 | 1 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
28 April 1986, original printout |
| 2 | | | 'Markup for 1st Draft Revised,' First Draft by Skaaren,
with holograph notes and revisions,
28 April 1986, `Notes for 1st Draft Revised taken
from Tim B[urton]' |
| 3 | | | Memo from Tim Burton to Eric Eisner,
13 May 1986 |
| 4 | | | Notes on discussion with Tim Burton,
29 May 1986 |
| 5 | | | Letter from Skaaren to Tim Burton,
4 June 1986 |
| 6 | | | First Draft Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
5 June 1986, original printout |
| 7 | | | First Draft Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
5 June 1986 |
| 8 | | | 'Beetlejuice 1st D[ra]ft Rev[ised] 6-4-86 Markup'
'Warren's Markup for 1st Draft Rev.--2nd Draft,' copy of First Draft
Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
5 June 1986, with holograph revisions |
| 9 | | | Memo from Skaaren to Eric Eisner and Tim Burton,
15 June 1986 |
| 10 | | | First Draft Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
15 June 1986, original printout |
| 11 | | | 'Beetlejuice 1st D[ra]ft Rev[ised] 6-15-86,' First Draft
Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
15 June 1986 |
| box | folder |
| 11 | 1 | | | 'Markup for 2nd Draft,' copy of First Draft
Screenplay--Revised by Skaaren,
15 June 1986, with holograph revisions,
nd |
| 2 | | | 'Notes via phone 6-24-86 with David Bombyck,'
26 June 1986 |
| 3-6 | | | Revision pages, with memos from Skaaren to Tim Burton
and David Bombyck,
26 June-2 July 1986 |
| 7 | | | Memo from Warner Brothers Creative Staff to file,
7 July 1986 |
| 8 | | | Memo from Skaaren to Tim Burton and David Bombyck,
11 July 1986 |
| 9 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
11 July 1986, original printout |
| 10 | | | Revision pages,
nd |
| 11 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
11 July 1986 |
| 12 | | | Revision pages, with memo from Skaaren to Tim Burton and
David Bombyck,
13 July 1986 |
| 13 | | | 'Revisions post 6-86,' revision pages, with memo from
Skaaren to David Bomb[yck],
29 July 1986 |
| 14 | | | Memo from Skaaren to Tim Burton and David Bombyck,
5 Aug. 1986 |
| 15 | | | 'Markup for 2nd Draft Revised 8-4-86,' Second Draft by
Skaaren,
11 July 1986, with holograph revisions |
| 16 | | | Second Draft Screenplay Revised by Skaaren,
4 Aug. 1986, original printout |
| 17 | | | Second Draft Screenplay Revised by Skaaren,
4 Aug. 1986, with some holograph
revisions |
| box | folder |
| 12 | 1 | | | Revision pages,
nd |
| 2 | | | 'Markup,' Second Draft Screenplay Revised by Skaaren,
4 Aug. 1986, with holograph revisions |
| 3 | | | Script Notes,
2 Dec. 1986, nd. With memo from Skaaren to Tim
Burton re. finale,
3 Dec. 1986 |
| | | Beetlejuice--Production |
| box | folder |
| 12 | 4 | | | 'Timing,' prepared by Marie Kenney,
15 Dec. 1986 |
| 5 | | | 'Beetle[juice] Shooting 1-3-87' 'Working Draft Revisions
1-2-87,' Second Draft Screenplay Revised 1/2/87 Working Draft by Skaaren, with
holograph notes and revisions |
| 6 | | | 'One-Line Shooting Schedule,'
5 Jan. 1987 |
| 7 | | | Memo from Skaaren to Tim Burton re. finale,
12 Jan. 1988 |
| 8 | | | 'Beetlejuice Rev[ision]s
1987.' 'After viewing notes,'
Dec. 88; final scene 'revisions to outline,'
20 Jan. 1987; and revision pages,
28 Jan. 1987 |
| 9 | | | Second Draft Screenplay Revised by Skaaren,
3 Feb. 1987, with some holograph
revisions |
| 10 | | | 'Changes in time and matching continuity for blue/white
draft,'
23 Feb. 1987 |
| 11 | | | 'Be[e]t[lejuice] Markup 3-3-87' 'Notes pre-shooting
2-29-87,' Second Draft Screenplay Revised by Skaaren,
3 Feb. 1987, with holograph notes and revisions,
[3 March 1987] |
| 12 | | | 'Rev[ision]s,
3-3-87;' 'Tim Burton' notes,
nd; notes on meeting with Catherine O'Hara and
Jeffrey Jones,
29 Feb. 1987 |
| 13 | | | 'Beetlejuice Revisions 3-3-87,' revision
pages |
| 14-15 | | | Photocopy storyboard,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 13 | 1 | | | Photocopy storyboard,
nd (3 of 3) |
| 2 | | | Shooting script with continuity notes and markings,
nd |
| 3 | | | Shooting report with comments on takes,
nd |
| | | Beetlejuice--Publicity and Movie
Release |
| box | folder |
| 13 | 4 | | | 'Photos,' of Tim Burton in Austin, taken at the film set
and theater openings, and publicity stills,
nd |
| 5 | | | Ticket to movie preview, promotional stickers, and
promotional brochures
nd |
| 6 | | | Publicity photographs,
nd |
| 7 | | | Pressbook, including opening announcement story,
credits, and production information,
nd |
| 8-10 | | | 'Promo and Reviews,' clippings of articles and reviews,
1988 (oversize box) |
| | | Beetlejuice--Employment and
Payment |
| box | folder |
| 13 | 11 | | | Correspondence between the William Morris Agency, Warren
Skaaren, Warner Brothers, and David Geffen Co.,
May-Dec. 1986 |
| 12 | | | Writer Loanout Agreement,
25 April-15 May 1986 |
| 13-14 | | | Expenses. Receipts, invoices, and expense vouchers,
Jan.-June 1986 |
| 15 | | | '[Beetlejuice] documents,' payment from the Geffen Film
Company,
April 1986-Sept. 1987 |
| 16 | | | Weekend box office results,
25 April 1988 |
| 17-19 | | | 'Beetlejuice Profits,' distribution statements, residual
earnings, receipts, and check stubs,
Sept. 1988-June 1990 |
| | | Beetlejuice--Screenwriter's Credit
Arbitration |
| box | folder |
| 14 | 1 | | | Certificate of Authorship,
23 April-3 June 1986 |
| 2 | | | Draft letter from Skaaren to Michael McDowell,
nd, and list of names and addresses,
nd |
| 3 | | | Letter from Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. to
Warner Brothers re. screenwriting credits,
28 Aug. 1987 |
| | | Beetlejuice in Love [
Beetlejuice II] |
| box | folder |
| 14 | 4 | | | Synopsis, faxed from the William Morris Agency,
1 Nov. 1989 |
| 5-8 | | | Notes, including comparison to
Beetlejuice,
nd |
| 9 | | | Outline by Skaaren,
27 Dec. 1989 |
| 10 | | | Script flow chart,
nd |
| 11 | | | Research--Photocopy pages of the opera
Romeo e Giulietta,
nd |
| 12 | | | Research--'Opera Arts,' clippings,
1989-90 |
| 13 | | | Research--Opera Programs,
1989-90, with notes on Bettlejuice by
Skaaren |
| 14 | | | Research--
"We Are the World," published sheet
music by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie,
1985 |
| 15 | | | Research--'BJ Mythology,' photocopies from Carl Jung's
Man and His Symbols,
nd, and fan mail for the Beetlejuice cartoon,
1990 |
| 16 | | | Printout screenplay with holograph revisions,
nd |
| 17 | | | 1st Scratch Draft by Skaaren,
14 April 1990 |
| 18 | | | 1st Scratch Draft by Skaaren,
14 April 1990 |
| 19 | | | Scratch Draft by Skaaren,
24 April 1990 |
| box | folder |
| 15 | 1 | | | Scratch Draft by Skaaren,
24 April 1990, with holograph notes |
| 2 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
5 May 1990 |
| 3 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
10 July 1990 |
| 4 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
10 July 1990, bound |
| 5 | | | Expense receipt,
4 May 1990 |
| 6-7 | | | 'Deal and Contract,' Certificate of authorship, writer
loanout agreement, and related correspondence,
Oct. 1989-Jan. 1990 |
| | | Beverly Hills Cop II--Drafts and
Related Material |
| box | folder |
| 15 | 8 | | | 'Cop II Ferguson,' screenplay by Larry Ferguson, with
holograph notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 9 | | | 'Scene Breakdown,'
22 Sept. 1986, three copies, two with holograph
revisions by Skaaren,
nd |
| 10 | | | Shot Lists,
28 Sept., 12 Oct. 1986 |
| 11 | | | Memos from Michael London to Don Simpson, Jerry
Bruckheimer, Tony Scott and Skaaren re.
30 Sept.-11 Oct. 1986 screenplay revisions by Dennis
Klein |
| 12 | | | Letter from Don Simpson to Skaaren,
8 Oct. 1986 |
| box | folder |
| 16 | 1-2 | | | 'Klein Cop II,' Tentative Revisions by Dennis Klein,
5 Oct.-20 Oct. 1986 |
| 3 | | | 'My Outlines Cop II,' notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 4 | | | New Scene Outline by Skaaren,
10-14 Oct. 1986 |
| 5 | | | 'Cop II-Script Notes,' notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 6 | | | Flow charts with holograph notes,
nd |
| 7 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
17 Oct. 1986 |
| 8 | | | '1st Draft Markup,' copy of First Draft by Skaaren,
17 Oct. 1986, with holograph notes and
revisions, |
| 9 | | | Script notes by Tony Scott,
18, 23 Oct. 1986, with holograph notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 10 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
21 Oct. 1986 |
| 11 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
21 Oct. 1986, with holograph revisions,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 17 | 1 | | | '2nd Draft Markup,' Second Draft by Skaaren,
21 Oct. 1986, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 2 | | | Third Draft by Skaaren,
24 Oct. 1986 |
| 3 | | | 'Markup 3rd Draft,' Third Draft by Skaaren,
24 Oct. 1986, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 4 | | | Screenplay 'by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren' with
revision pages,
27 Oct.-12 Nov. 1986, and holograph
revisions |
| | | Beverly Hills Cop II--Drafts and
Related Material--Production |
| box | folder |
| 17 | 5 | | | 'Dec. 86 Shooting Script' 'by Larry Ferguson and Warren
Skaaren' with revision pages,
24 Oct.-16 Dec. 1986 |
| 6 | | | 'Cop 2-Page Changes,' revision pages with cover letters
from Skaaren,
10 Oct. 1986-6 Feb. 1987 |
| 7 | | | 'Cop II Final shooting,' 'by Larry Ferguson and Warren
Skaaren' with revision pages,
24 Oct. 1986-6 Feb. 1987 |
| | | Beverly Hills Cop II--Publicity and
Movie Release |
| box | folder |
| 18 | 1 | | | Advertising,
1987 (oversize box) |
| 2 | | | 'Cop II Publicity,' Mailgram from William Morris Agency
to Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer,
29 May 1987, and invitation to movie premiere,
1987 |
| 3-4 | | | 'Cop II-P.R. and Reviews,' clippings,
1987 (oversize box) |
| | | Beverly Hills Cop II--Employment and
Payment |
| box | folder |
| 18 | 5 | | | 'Fed. Ex. Correspondence,' Federal Express and Network
Courier receipts,
Oct. 1986 |
| 6 | | | 'Cop 2-Expenses,' receipts,
Oct. 1986 |
| 7 | | | 'Cop II-Profits,' distribution statements and
correspondence,
1987-90 |
| 8 | | | Payments and residual earnings,
1986-89 |
| 9 | | | 'Cop II-Documents,' Memorandum of Agreement, with
correspondence,
Nov.-Dec. 1986 |
| | | Beverly Hills Cop II--Screenwriter's
Credit Arbitration |
| box | folder |
| 18 | 10 | | | 'Cop II Arb[itration] Markup' of Final Shooting Script
with revisions,
24 Oct. 1986-6 Feb. 1987 |
| 11 | | | 'Cop 2 Arbit.,' arbitration material,
Feb.-April 1987, with highlighting and holograph
notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 12 | | | Letter from William Morris Agency to Paramount Pictures
re. writing credits,
28 April 1987 |
| 13 | | | 'Ferguson vs. WGA,' correspondence with Jones, Day,
Reavis and Pogue,
June 1987-May 1990, with clippings re. the case,
1987-88 |
| box | folder |
| 19 | 1-7 | | | Ferguson v. WGA, court documents,
April 1987-April 1990 |
| | | Bonney's Place |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 1 | | | 'W.S. Note and Treatment,' novel breakdown and story
treatment,
nd |
| | | Breakaway |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 2 | | | The Proposed Sequences, typescript,
nd |
| 3 | | | Script Continuity typescript, with list of typing
errors,
nd |
| 4 | | | Title card,
nd |
| 5 | | | 'Walter Yates,' Photographs, correspondence, filming
notes, and clippings,
June 1975-Sept. 1979, nd |
| | | Cleng Peerson |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 6 | | | 'Kleng Peerson: Film re. Early Norwegians in USA/Texas'
'Kleng Peerson--Letters and Correspondence with Author and Sorenson,'
correspondence,
May 1976-Oct. 1977 |
| 7 | | | Clippings, newsletters, and brochures re. Cleng Peerson,
Norway, and the Norwegian Society of Texas,
1976-77 |
| | | Cora's Nightcaller [
Night Calls] [
A Man as Mad as Midnight] [
Close Calls at Midnight] |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 8 | | | 'Night Calls on Cards,' notecards,
25 Jan. 1979 |
| 9 | | | 'Night Calls--4 Drafts and Title Progression,' three
typescript drafts with holograph revisions, holograph notes, and typescript
list of titles,
25 Jan. 1979 |
| 10 | | | 'Nightcaller Treatment,' two typescript treatments,
25 and 29 Jan. 1979 |
| 11 | | | Treatment, typescript with holograph revisions,
29 Jan. 1979. With letter from Skaaren to Bob
Broder,
4 Feb. 1979 |
| | | The Crimson Eagle [
Romancing the Stone III] |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 12 | | | Research--
Romancing the Stone, flow chart
'marked up for action sequences,'
nd; and
Romancing the Stone viewing
outline,
nd |
| 13 | | | Highlighted outline of
Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom,
nd |
| | | | The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell
Hammett, read by Tony Roberts, Random House Audio Books, audio cassettes,
nd (housed with sound recordings) |
| box | folder |
| 20 | 14 | | | Notes for meeting with Michael Douglas,
21-22 Jan. 1987 |
| 15-16 | | | 'Crimson Eagle Research,' research and travel notes,
notes from meetings with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, script notes,
technical notes on writing screenplays, script outline, notes on Hong Kong,
transcripts of audio cassettes, clippings, receipts, and messages,
Feb.-March 1987 |
| box | folder |
| 21 | 1-2 | | | 'Crimson Eagle Research,' clippings, notes, photocopies,
and character sketches,
1985-87 |
| 3-4 | | | Hong Kong guidebooks,
1987, nd |
| 5 | | | Maps of Macau and Hong Kong,
nd |
| 6 | | | Research--articles on China and Hong Kong from National
Geographic, vol. 87, no. 2,
Feb. 1945 and vol. 156, no. 5,
Nov. 1979 |
| | | | 'Oral notes made in Hong Kong doing on-site research for
"Crimson Eagle" script,' three audio
cassettes,
nd (housed with sound recordings) |
| box | folder |
| 21 | 7-9 | | | Research--photographs and negatives, including
photographs of Michael Douglas, Helen Skaaren, and Skaaren's dog,
March-April 1987 |
| box | folder |
| 22 | 1-3 | | | Research--photographs and negatives |
| 4 | | | First Draft,
30 June 1987, original printout |
| 5 | | | First Draft,
30 June 1987 |
| 6 | | | '1st Markup,' First Draft,
30 June 1987, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 7 | | | Notes on screenplay, including notes from conversations
with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner,
7 Aug. 1987, nd |
| 8 | | | Second Draft,
15 Oct. 1987, original printout |
| box | folder |
| 23 | 1 | | | Second Draft,
15 Oct. 1987 |
| 2 | | | Second Draft,
15 Oct. 1987, with holograph notes and revisions by
Mike Simpson,
nd |
| 3 | | | 'RTS #3 Expenses,' receipts and memos,
March-Oct. 1987 |
| 4 | | | 'RTS #3-Deal and Biz,' agreements, certificate of
authorship, and related correspondence,
Jan. 1987-March 1988 |
| 5 | | | 'RTS Charts,' flow charts and outlines,
April 1987, nd |
| 6 | | | Studio notes on scripts,
May-July 1987 |
| 7 | | | Correspondence,
March-July 1987 |
| 8 | | | 'RTS Arb[itration] Trail,' correspondence re. the
screenplay, with outlines and revision pages,
Feb.-Oct. 1987 |
| | | Days of Thunder [
Truax] [
Slow Hand] [
Snakedance] [
Don't Look Back] [
Rider on the Storm] [
Daytona USA]--Drafts and Related
Material |
| box | folder |
| 23 | 9 | | | Flow chart,
Feb. 1987 |
| 10 | | | Notes and outline,
27 June 1988, nd |
| 11 | | | Notes,
nd |
| 12 | | | Research--'Memo: The NASCAR Circuit,'
Sept. 1988 |
| box | folder |
| 24 | 1-2 | | | Research--'NASCAR,' research materials, outlines,
transcripts of story meetings,
Nov. 1988, nd. |
| 3 | | | Research--'NASCAR, etc.,' clippings, programs,
brochures,
1988-89 |
| 4-5 | | | Research--'NASCAR, racing, etc.' research material,
clippings and notes by Linda Vance,
1985-89 (oversize box) |
| 6 | | | Research--'Bibliography of racing books,'
nd |
| 7 | | | Research--Title Research,
8-14 Dec. 1988 |
| 8 | | | Research--'Kulwicki's interview with potential sponsor,'
transcript,
nd |
| | | | Research--'Rockingham Raceway,' 'Al Kulwicki,' three
audio cassette tapes,
20-21 Oct. 1988 (housed with sound
recordings) |
| 9 | | | Research--'Daytona Publicity,' Photographs of Rockingham
Raceway, N.C.,
1988, with negatives (1 of 3) |
| box | folder |
| 25 | 1-2 | | | Research--'Daytona Publicity' |
| 3-4 | | | Research--Photographs of Skaaren in a stock car,
[1988] |
| 5-7 | | | Research--'Palermo 89,' photographs taken in Italy of
Skaaren, Tom Cruise, Mimi Rogers, Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer, and others,
with negatives,
[May 1989] |
| 8 | | | Draft 1.1 by Skaaren,
24 Jan. 1989, original printout |
| 9 | | | 'Markup Racing 1.1, 1-24-89,' Draft 1.1 by Skaaren,
24 Jan. 1989, with holograph notes,
nd |
| 10 | | | Draft 2.0 by Skaaren,
16-20 Feb. 1989, original printout |
| box | folder |
| 26 | 1 | | | Draft 2.0 by Skaaren,
16-20 Feb. 1989 |
| 2 | | | 'Markup' of Draft 2.0 by Skaaren,
16-20 Feb. 1989, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 3 | | | Draft 3 by Skaaren,
16 March 1989, original printout |
| 4 | | | Draft 3 by Skaaren,
16 March 1989 |
| 5 | | | 'Markup Daytona #3,' Draft 3 by Skaaren,
16 March 1989, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 6 | | | Draft 4 by Skaaren,
28 March 1989, original printout |
| box | folder |
| 27 | 1 | | | Draft 4 by Skaaren,
28 March 1989 |
| 2 | | | Revised Fourth Draft by Skaaren,
17 April 1989, with revision pages,
4 April 1989 |
| 3 | | | Draft 5 by Skaaren,
5 May 1989, original printout |
| 4 | | | Draft 5 by Skaaren,
5 May 1989 |
| 5 | | | Draft 6 by Skaaren,
2 June 1989, original printout |
| 6 | | | Draft 6 by Skaaren,
2 June 1989 |
| 7 | | | 'Markup #6,' Draft 6 by Skaaren,
2 June 1989, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 28 | 1 | | | Screenplay by Skaaren,
18 July 1989, original printout |
| 2 | | | Screenplay by Skaaren,
18 July 1989 |
| 3 | | | 'Notes,' memos from Skaaren to Simpson- Bruckheimer and
Tom Cruise, with notes, outlines, and revision pages,
Feb. 1987-1989 |
| 4 | | | 'Cruise Memos In,' memos to Skaaren from
Simpson-Bruckheimer,
Oct. 1988-May 1989, and notes from meetings,
10 Feb. 1989, nd |
| 5 | | | 'Bruckheimer-Simpson,' clippings,
1985-90 |
| | | Days of Thunder--Employment and
Payment |
| box | folder |
| 28 | 6-7 | | | 'Daytona Deal and Contract,' correspondence and writer's
agreement,
Feb.-Dec. 1988 |
| 8 | | | Payments and royalties,
Dec. 1988-May 1989 |
| | | Days of Thunder--Screenwriter's
Credit Arbitration |
| box | folder |
| 28 | 9 | | | '[Eric] Hughes Arb.,' arbitration material,
April 1990 |
| 10 | | | 'D[ays of] T[hunder] Arb[itration] Corresp[ondence and
clippings],'
28 Feb.-21 May 1990 |
| 11 | | | 'D[ays of] T[hunder] Arb[itration] Notes,' notes, memos,
and draft fragments,
Feb. 1987-April 1989; with the original story by Tom
Cruise,
27 April 1987; bibliography of racing books; and
transcript of a meeting with Simpson, Bruckheimer, Michael London, and Hutch
Parker,
1 Feb. 1989 (1 of 2) |
| box | folder |
| 29 | 1 | | | 'D[ays of] T[hunder] Arb[itration] Notes' (2 of
2) |
| 2 | | | 'Characters and locations,' comparison between Robert
Towne's and Skaaren's scripts,
nd |
| 3-5 | | | Skaaren's statement of contribution, two drafts and
final copy,
May 1990 |
| 6 | | | First Draft by Donald Stewart,
12 June 1988 |
| 7 | | | First Draft by Donald Stewart,
12 Jan. 1989 |
| 8 | | | First Draft by Robert Towne,
20 Nov. 1989, with holograph notes by
Skaaren |
| 9 | | | Final Shooting Script by Robert Towne,
Feb. 1990, with holograph notes by
Skaaren |
| box | folder |
| 30 | 1 | | | 'Towne Final,' Final Shooting Script by Robert Towne,
May 1990 |
| 2 | | | 'Towne Final Used for 5-90 Arbitration,' Final Shooting
Script by Robert Towne,
May 1990, with some highlighting. With revision
pages
dated 16 May 1990 |
| 3 | | | Outlines of Towne's drafts by Skaaren, with highlighting
and holograph notes,
14 March 1990, nd |
| | | Doodlebug Days |
| box | folder |
| 30 | 4 | | | 'Texas Independent Pictures
"Doodlebug Days"--Ted Flicker,'
correspondence from Ted Flicker to Skaaren and others,
1971-75. With Flicker's biography and synopsis of
Doodlebug Days,
nd |
| 5 | | | Designs for logo for Texas Independent Pictures,
nd |
| | | Elaine Tyer [
1977 Documentary for evidence in court, directed by
Skaaren] |
| box | folder |
| 30 | 6 | | | Clippings,
nd |
| | | Electric Death [
Night of the Electric
Death] |
| box | folder |
| 30 | 7 | | | Screenplay by Tom E. Knowlton and Warren Skaaren,
nd |
| 8 | | | 'Draft of Electric Death' by Tom E. Knowlton and Warren
Skaaren,
nd |
| 9 | | | 'Copy of Elec. Death,' incomplete typescript with
holograph revisions,
nd |
| 10 | | | 'Clean copy to page 121,' photocopy of incomplete
typescript, with holograph revisions,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 31 | 1 | | | Research--Clippings, brochures, and printed matter,
1973-75 |
| 2 | | | Notes,
nd |
| 3 | | | Notes and clippings,
Oct. 1975, nd |
| 4-5 | | | 'Notes and Research about Environment and Weather, Etc.
to Be Used In a Film,' notes, clippings, and photographs,
1974-77 |
| 6-7 | | | Research--Photographs and slides of real and manmade
lightning,
Feb. 1975, nd |
| 8 | | | 'Location Slides,'
Jan., Feb. 1975. With letters of explanation by
Judith ___,
16 March, nd |
| 9 | | | Correspondence--Lloyd Ritchie,
Oct. 1974-Feb. 1977 |
| 10 | | | 'Option and Correspondence,' notes, agreements, budget,
and correspondence,
1975-79 |
| 11 | | | Registration of a Claim to Copyright, Literary Purchase
Agreement and Assignment, and Option Agreement,
3 Jan. 1974, 1 Jan. 1975, 12 July 1976, and 1 Feb.
1977 |
| | | Fire with Fire [
Captive Hearts] |
| box | folder |
| 31 | 12 | | | "Something's Coming, Something
Good," photocopy article by Sharon Boorstin from
New West,
17 July 1978, with annotations by Skaaren,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 32 | 1 | | | Script notes and research notes,
Dec. 1983-Sept. 1985, nd |
| 2 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
Aug. 1984, printout |
| 3 | | | 'Ruff' First Draft by Skaaren,
Aug. 1984 |
| 4 | | | 'Sept. 84 Final' copy of First Draft by Skaaren,
Aug. 1984, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 5 | | | 'Polish 3 Feb. 1985,' First Polish by Skaaren,
Feb. 1985 |
| 6 | | | 'Marked up version, revisions by WS, 2 April 1985,'
Second Draft by Skaaren,
28 Feb. 1985, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 7 | | | Story analysis by Dan Bronson,
1 March 1985 |
| 8 | | | Revision pages, with letter from Skaaren to Gary
Nardino,
3 March 1985 |
| 9 | | | 'Notes for revised 2nd Draft from Duncan [Gibbins] and
Warren,'
nd |
| 10 | | | 'Revised Second Draft' by Skaaren,
10 April 1985 |
| box | folder |
| 33 | 1 | | | '4-11-85 2nd Draft Rev[ised] Original,' Second
Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
10 April 1985, with typescript
corrections |
| 2 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
10 April 1985 |
| 3 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
16 April 1985 |
| 4 | | | 'Cap[tive] H[e]art 4-17-85,' Revised Second Draft by
Skaaren,
16 April 1985 |
| 5 | | | 'Cap[tive] H[e]art 4-17-85,' Revised Second Draft by
Skaaren,
16 April 1985, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 6 | | | Revised Second Draft by Skaaren,
18 April 1985 |
| 7 | | | Revised Shooting Script by Skaaren,
2 July 1985 |
| box | folder |
| 34 | 1 | | | Revised Shooting Script by Skaaren,
2 July 1985 |
| 2 | | | Articles and reviews, clippings,
1985-86 |
| | | | Poster,
1986 (oversize folder) |
| 3 | | | Agreement, notes, receipts, payments, and arbitration,
1984-86 |
| | | Flawless |
| box | folder |
| 34 | 4 | | | Research. Clippings,
1985-86 |
| 5 | | | 'Notes for Flawless,'
nd |
| 6 | | | First Draft/Scratch by Skaaren,
19 Aug. 1986, original printout |
| 7 | | | 'Markup 8-20-86,' First Draft/Scratch by Skaaren,
19 Aug. 1986, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 8 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
26 Aug. 1986, original printout |
| 9 | | | 'Markup' of First Draft by Skaaren,
26 Aug. 1986, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 10 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
25 Sept. 1986, original printout |
| box | folder |
| 35 | 1 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
25 Sept. 1986 |
| 2 | | | 'Markup 9-26-85,' First Draft by Skaaren,
25 Sept. 1986, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 3 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
19 Nov. 1986, original printout |
| 4 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
19 Nov. 1986 |
| 5 | | | 'Markup' of Second Draft by Skaaren,
19 Nov. 1986, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 6 | | | Notes on meeting between Jane Fonda, Lois Bonfiglio, and
Doug Wick,
2 Dec. 1986 |
| 7 | | | Draft 2.1 by Skaaren,
3 Dec. 1986, original printout |
| 8 | | | Draft 2.1 by Skaaren,
3 Dec. 1986 |
| box | folder |
| 36 | 1 | | | 'Markup,' Draft 2.1 by Skaaren,
3 Dec. 1986, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 2 | | | 'Doug Wick notes on 2.1,'
8 Dec. 1986, with highlighting and notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 3 | | | 'Flawless notes--L[ois] B[onfiglio],'
8 Dec. 1986, with highlighting and notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 4 | | | Outline and memo,
Dec. 1986 |
| 5 | | | Draft 2.2 by Skaaren,
13 Jan. [1987], original printout |
| 6 | | | Draft 2.2 by Skaaren,
13 Jan. [1987] |
| 7 | | | Draft 2.2 by Skaaren,
13 Jan. 1987 |
| 8 | | | Draft Rewrite by R. T. Megginson,
25 Sept. 1987 |
| 9 | | | 'Fonda--Ideas,' notes and outlines,
Oct. 1985-March 1987. On versos: untitled [
The Extremist],
nd |
| 10 | | | Studio notes on script,
Oct. 1986-Jan. 1987 |
| box | folder |
| 37 | 1 | | | Lists of potential directors,
10 Feb. 1987, nd |
| 2 | | | 'Fonda--Correspondence,'
Sept. 1985-Nov. 1986, nd |
| 3 | | | 'Fonda--Expenses,' invoices and receipts,
July-Dec. 1986 |
| 4 | | | Articles, clippings,
Feb., Nov. 1986 |
| 5 | | | Writer's Agreement,
19 March 1986 |
| 6-8 | | | 'Fonda--Documents,' agreements, correspondence, and
payments,
July 1985-May 1988 |
| | | The Freddie Steinmark Story [
Freddie] |
| box | folder |
| 37 | 9 | | | 'Frank Waldman's Script,' First Draft of
The Season of '69 by Frank
Waldman,
18 Oct. 1972 |
| 10-11 | | | 'Freddie Research,' notes and correspondence,
1972-79 (oversize box) |
| box | folder |
| 38 | 1 | | | Treatment by Skaaren,
10 Oct. 1978 |
| 2 | | | '1st Draft,' with holograph revisions,
nd |
| 3 | | | Draft No. 2 by Skaaren,
27 June 1979, original typescript |
| 4 | | | Draft No. 2 by Skaaren,
27 June 1979 |
| 5 | | | Correspondence,
1977-81 |
| 6 | | | Expense receipts,
1978 |
| 7-8 | | | 'Steinmark agreement,' documents and correspondence,
1972-82 |
| 9 | | | Preproduction contract,
14 April 1978 |
| 10 | | | Offering Memoranda,
10 March 1977, 21 Nov. 1977 |
| | | Hijo |
| box | folder |
| 38 | 11 | | | Screenplay fragment by Skaaren and William D. Wittliff,
with corrected draft pages, notes, and notecards,
nd |
| | | Lillie and Beck [
Sarabande] [
River of War] [
Swift River of War]
Spanish Civil War] [
Stillwater] |
| box | folder |
| 39 | 1 | | | Research--Bibliography,
nd |
| 2 | | | Research--Clipping from
National Geographic,
Dec. 1974, and reprint of first issue of
The New Yorker,
nd |
| 3-4 | | | Research--Photocopies of notes and printed matter about
the Spanish Civil War,
nd |
| 5-6 | | | Research--Notes, photocopies, and story outlines,
1983-85, nd. |
| 7-8 | | | Research--'Spanish Civil War Notes,' notes and
photocopies,
1985-86 |
| 9 | | | Outline of First Draft by Skaaren,
nd |
| 10 | | | Outline of First Draft by Skaaren,
nd |
| 11 | | | Scratch Draft by Skaaren,
25 July 1985, original printout |
| 12 | | | 'Scratch Draft by Skaaren,'
25 July 1985 |
| box | folder |
| 40 | 1 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
27 Aug. 1985, original printout |
| 2 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
27 Aug. 1985 |
| 3 | | | 'General Structure for Second Draft,'
3 Oct. 1985 |
| 4 | | | Outlines of Second Draft,
22-25 Oct. 1985 |
| 5 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
20 Jan. 1986 |
| 6 | | | First Draft Revised by Skaaren,
20 Jan. 1986 |
| 7 | | | 'WS Markup for Polish,' First Draft Revised by Skaaren,
20 Jan. 1986, with holograph notes and revisions,
27 May 1986 |
| 8 | | | First Draft Polish by Skaaren,
27 May 1986, original printout |
| box | folder |
| 41 | 1 | | | First Draft Polish,
27 May 1986 |
| 2 | | | Story analysis, meeting notes, outline, and notes,
1985-87, nd |
| 3 | | | 'Spanish Civil War,' agreement and payment,
1984-86 |
| | | Little Things |
| box | folder |
| 41 | 4 | | | Proposed scene outlines,
nd |
| 5 | | | Notes,
4 and 20 March 1985 |
| 6 | | | Correspondence re. agreement and payment,
31 May, 6 June 1985 |
| | | Maggs [play] |
| box | folder |
| 41 | 7 | | | 'Heloise images,' outline,
nd |
| 8 | | | Typescript by Skaaren, with holograph notes and
revisions,
4 April 1990 |
| 9 | | | Notes and photocopy research material,
1989-90 (oversize box) |
| 10 | | | Photographs of Heloise Gold and Skaaren,
nd; review clipping,
28 April 1990; and a printed copy of Gold's
intention of marriage,
nd |
| | | Mission Impossible |
| box | folder |
| 41 | 11 | | | 'T.V. Synopses,' episode synopses, bound, with letter
from Lance Young and William Harberg to Skaaren,
6 Aug. 1987 |
| 12-13 | | | Memos, notes, outlines, clippings, and research notes by
Linda Vance,
1987-88 |
| 14 | | | 'Biz and Deals,' receipts and correspondence,
Jan.-Feb. 1988 |
| | | Mr. Ambassador |
| box | folder |
| 42 | 1 | | | Research--Clippings,
1986 |
| 2 | | | First Draft by Tom Griffin,
nd, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd. With outline by Skaaren,
5 Feb. 1988 |
| 3 | | | Notes by Skaaren on screenplay,
8 April 1987, nd |
| 4 | | | Producer's Draft by Tom Griffin,
June 1987 |
| 5 | | | Script Breakdown,
30 June 1987 |
| 6 | | | '2nd Draft 9-88,' First Draft by Tom Griffin,
11 Feb. 1988. With Script Breakdown,
5 Oct. 1988 |
| 7 | | | Correspondence,
1 and 30 Oct. 1986 |
| 8 | | | Producer Loanout Agreement,
12 Dec. 1986 |
| | | Of East and West |
| box | folder |
| 42 | 9 | | | Research--'Typeset of
"The Ballad of East and West,'" by
Rudyard Kipling,
nd |
| 10 | | | Research--Song lyrics,
nd |
| | | | Research--Eleven audio cassette tapes and three
microcassettes of music and interviews,
1982, nd (housed with sound recordings) |
| 11-14 | | | Research--Photocopies and printed matter,
1976, 1982-83, 1986, nd |
| box | folder |
| 43 | 1 | | | Research--'Alex [andra] David-Neel,' photocopy printed
matter and typescript summary,
nd |
| 2 | | | Research--
Original Rhymes and Recipes by Freddie
[Bowles] the Bartender Bard of Kathmandu, Coronation Edition,
nd |
| 3 | | | Research--Photocopies,
1984-85 |
| 4 | | | Research--'Gurkha-Clippings,' clippings, stickers,
postcards and photographs,
nd, 1978-81 |
| 5-6 | | | Research--Photocopy printed matter, clippings, and
essays,
1984, nd |
| 7 | | | Research--
"British Gurkhas Nepal Brief,"1982 |
| 8 | | | Research--Notes,
nd |
| 9-10 | | | Research--Notes and brochures from trip to London,
Oct. 1983; interview notes,
1982; outlines and other notes,
1982-84; photographs of large dining hall,
nd (oversize box) |
| 11 | | | Set list, preliminary schedule, and notes on production
possibilities,
nd |
| 12 | | | Production budget for 15 Aug. 1983 script,
14 March 1984 |
| 13 | | | Outline and notes,
nd |
| 14 | | | Graph of the story's narrative peaks,
nd |
| 15 | | | Screenplay by Skaaren,
nd, with holograph notes and revisions by Skaaren
and others,
19 April 1983, nd |
| box | folder |
| 44 | 1 | | | 'Gurkha 1st Draft Original' by Skaaren,
nd |
| 2 | | | 'Failed attempt to alter approach to final battle
scene,' revision pages,
4 May 1983 |
| 3 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
5 May 1983 |
| 4 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
5 May 1983, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 5 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
6 Aug. 1983, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 6 | | | 'Gurkha original 2nd Draft Corrected,' printout of
Second Draft by Skaaren,
15 Aug. 1983 |
| 7 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
15 Aug. 1983 |
| box | folder |
| 45 | 1 | | | 'Revision to First Draft,'
15 Aug. 1983 |
| 2 | | | 'Revision to First Draft,'
15 Aug. 1983, with photocopy pictorial glossary from
Byron Farwell's
The Gurkhas |
| 3 | | | Cover,
nd |
| 4 | | | Correspondence,
19 July 1982-23 Oct. 1984 |
| 5 | | | 'Nepal Trip 16 May-6 June 1982,' receipts and travel
information, including copies of Helen's and Warren's passports and driver's
licenses |
| 6 | | | 'Agreement [Fred] Fox 5-12-82,' documents,
correspondence, and notes,
May 1982, Aug. 1985 |
| 7 | | | Reader reports,
14 June 1984, nd |
| | | Peers |
| box | folder |
| 45 | 8 | | | Research material, agreements, receipts, and
correspondence,
March-Dec. 1985 |
| | | Raggedy Man |
| box | folder |
| 45 | 9 | | | 'Raggedy Man--Option,' contracts and correspondence,
1974-76 |
| | | Spooks |
| box | folder |
| 45 | 10 | | | Correspondence, registration of copyright claim, notes,
and drafts,
May 1973-July 1974, nd (oversize box) |
| 11 | | | Screenplay by Grant Fehr,
1974 |
| box | folder |
| 46 | 1-2 | | | Holograph manuscript by Grant Fehr and Warren Skaaren,
1974 |
| 3 | | | Draft No. 2 by Grant Fehr and Warren Skaaren,
nd |
| | | Stolen Steers[
Breakbone Fever] [
Stolen Innocence] |
| box | folder |
| 46 | 4 | | | First Draft--Sketch by Skaaren, with holograph
revisions,
nd |
| 5 | | | First Draft--Sketch by Skaaren, photocopy of corrected
typescript,
nd |
| 6 | | | '1st Draft 2-28-85,' First Draft by Skaaren,
Feb. 1985 |
| 7 | | | First Draft by Skaaren,
Feb. 1985 |
| 8 | | | Script notes by M. L. Nelson, Mitchell Johnson, Bill
Brett, William Owens, and Skaaren,
1983-85 |
| box | folder |
| 47 | 1 | | | 'First Draft Markup' 'Marked up for 2nd Draft,' First
Draft by Skaaren,
Feb. 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 2 | | | Second Draft by Skaaren,
31 July 1985, original printout |
| 3 | | | 'Steers 2nd,' Second Draft by Skaaren,
nd |
| 4 | | | 'Stolen Steers--Nelson's Notes,' Second Draft by
Skaaren,
nd, with holograph notes and revisions [by M. L.
Nelson],
nd |
| 5 | | | 'Stolen Steers--M. L. [Nelson] Draft Sept. 1985,' Second
Draft, with TLS from Nelson to Skaaren,
26 Sept. 1985 |
| 6 | | | 'M. L. [Nelson] D[ra]ft,' Third Draft,
March 1986 |
| 7 | | | Agreement and payment, with correspondence,
July 1984-June 1986 |
| | | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [
Leatherface] |
| box | folder |
| 47 | 8 | | | Screenplay by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper,
1973 |
| box | folder |
| 48 | 1 | | | 'Original drawing for concept of title' by Skaaren,
nd, and advertising layout,
nd |
| 2 | | | Correspondence,
1973-79 |
| 3 | | | 'Some thoughts about Ted Zephro's proposal,'
nd |
| 4 | | | 'T[exas] C[hainsaw] M[assacre] Skaaren Corporation
Expenses,' receipts and correspondence,
May-Nov. 1975, May 1976 |
| 5 | | | 'Chainsaw Phonelog,'
May 1974-June 1975 |
| 6 | | | Expenses and financial information,
nd |
| 7 | | | 'TCM Reports for 12-31-74, 3-31-75, and 9-30-75,'
distribution statements |
| 8 | | | Clippings,
1974-83, nd |
| 9 | | | Agreements and other documents,
1973-74 |
| 10 | | | Agreement,
Aug. 1977 |
| 11 | | | Agreement with Vortex,
1 April 1974, and correspondence,
Oct. 1973-Oct. 1974 |
| 12 | | | 'Policing Agreement--Vortex MAB,' agreement and
documents,
April 1974-June 1977 |
| 13 | | | 'Vortex Contracts,' agreements and correspondence,
1973-77 |
| 14 | | | 'Arthur Klein--Correspondence,'
1974-76 |
| box | folder |
| 49 | 1 | | | 'TCM Bryanston Correspondence,' agreements and
correspondence,
July 1974-May 1975 |
| 2 | | | 'Bryanston--Litigation,' documents and clippings,
June 1976-March 1977 |
| | | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part
II |
| box | folder |
| 49 | 3 | | | Treatment by Rebecca _____,
nd |
| 4 | | | 'TCM II Concept Notes,' notes,
21 July 1975, with notes on
Electric Death,
nd; 1 and 4 Feb. 1976 |
| 5 | | | 'Chainsaw II,' notes. With notes on
Electric Death,
nd |
| 6-7 | | | 'Texas Chainsaw Two,' agreements and correspondence,
Aug. 1975-Sept. 1985 |
| | | Top Gun--Drafts and Related
Material |
| box | folder |
| 49 | 8 | | | Research--Photocopies from unidentified book,
nd |
| 9 | | | Research--
"Mugs-Part 2," transcript of taped
interview,
21 Feb. 1985 |
| 10 | | | 'Cash and Epps Draft,
May 18, 1984,' First Draft by Jim Cash and Jack
Epps, Jr., with holograph notes and revisions [by Skaaren],
nd |
| 11 | | | 'Proser Draft #1 with admiral's comments,' Screenplay by
Chip Proser,
28 March 1985, with revision pages 4
April 1985; holograph notes and additions by Lt.
Semcken Pao and others,
nd; and 'Tony's notes after telephone conversation
with John Sempkin,'
23 April 1985 |
| 12 | | | 'Proser Draft #2,' screenplay by Chip Proser,
22 April 1985, with holograph notes and revisions by
Skaaren,
26 April 1985 |
| 13 | | | Notes on trip to meet with Don Simpson and Jerry
Bruckheimer,
nd |
| box | folder |
| 50 | 1 | | | '5-7-85 1st (Printed) Draft Original,' screenplay by
Skaaren,
6 May 1985, original printout |
| 2 | | | 'First [Draft]' by Skaaren,
6 May 1985 |
| 3 | | | 'Markup for 2nd Draft,' First Draft by Skaaren,
6 May 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 4 | | | 'Polish Draft 5-13-85 Original,' original
printout |
| 5 | | | Polish Draft by Skaaren,
13 May 1985 |
| 6 | | | 'Markup Polish 5-13-85,' Polish Draft by Skaaren,
13 May 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 7 | | | 'Top Gun 2 w/ scene #, 5-13-85,' Second Draft by
Skaaren,
13 May 1985 |
| box | folder |
| 51 | 1 | | | '5-13-85 Top Gun 2 w/ scene,' Second Draft by Skaaren,
13 May 1985 |
| 2 | | | 'Markup,' Second Draft by Skaaren,
13 May 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 3 | | | '3rd Draft Original 5-20-85,' Polish Draft--Revised by
Skaaren, original printout |
| 4 | | | 'Top Gun 3 Markup,' Polish Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
20 May 1985, with holograph revisions and
highlighting,
nd |
| 5 | | | 'T[op] G[un] 5-20-85 w/ scene #,' Polish Draft--Revised
by Skaaren,
20 May 1985 |
| 6 | | | '5-20-85 Mark[e]d from Meet [?],' Polish Draft--Revised
by Skaaren,
20 May 1985, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 7 | | | Polish Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
20 May 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
nd |
| 8 | | | Notes on Skaaren's 'experience on rewriting Top Gun,'
21 May 1985 |
| box | folder |
| 52 | 1 | | | '2nd Draft Rev[ised] 6-1-85 orig[inal],' Second
Draft--Revised by Skaaren, original printout |
| 2 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
1 June 1985 |
| 3 | | | '6-1-85 w/ scene #,' Second Draft--Revised by
Skaaren |
| 4 | | | Shooting Schedule,
17 June 1985, with holograph notes,
nd |
| 5 | | | 'Markup 6-19-85 Rehearsal,' Second Draft--Revised by
Skaaren,
1 June 1985, with holograph notes and
revisions |
| 6 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
1 June 1985, with holograph notes and revisions,
19-20 June 1985 |
| 7 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
1 June 1985, with revision pages,
27 June 1985 |
| 8 | | | Second Draft--Revised by Skaaren,
1 June 1985, with revision pages,
21 June-6 Aug. |
| box | folder |
| 53 | 1 | | | Final Shooting Script by Skaaren,
1 June 1985, with revision pages,
21 June-29 Sept. 1985 and a note
"too many duplication errors--so we got another draft
made" |
| 2 | | | Studio memos and notes,
5 June 1984-16 May 1985 |
| 3 | | | Meeting and script notes, contact list, outlines,
research report, and photocopy research material, |
| 4 | | | Notes on meetings and conversations with Simpson and
Bruckheimer, Dawn Steele, Bob Willard, Pete Pettigrew, Dick, Steven, and Tony
Scott,
12 June, 5 July 1985, nd |
| 5 | | | Notes,
5 July 1985, nd |
| 6-10 | | | Revision pages, outlines, memos, and script notes,
Feb. 1985-March 1986, nd |
| 11 | | | 'Opening MiG Encounter,' revision pages and storyboard
drawings,
29 Sept. 1985, with note from Tony Scott to Skaaren,
nd |
| 12 | | | 'Final MiG Dogfight,' storyboard and notes,
nd |
| 13 | | | Continuity list for music,
7 Jan. 1986 |
| 14 | | | Correspondence,
Jan. 1985-May 1986, nd |
| | | Top Gun--Publicity and Movie
Release |
| box | folder |
| 54 | 1-2 | | | Photographs, contact sheet, and negatives,
July 1985, nd |
| 3 | | | Synopses and notes on screenings,
nd |
| 4 | | | Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom sales manual for the Paramount Distribution Department,
Aug. 1983 |
| 5 | | | 'Top Gun--Press and Publicity,' clippings of articles
and reviews, premiere tickets and program,
1985-87, nd (oversize box) |
| 6 | | | 'Cruise,' clippings about Tom Cruise,
1988 |
| 7 | | | Mad Magazine, No. 267,
Dec. 1986 |
| | | Top Gun--Employment and
Payment |
| box | folder |
| 54 | 8 | | | 'Top Gun--Exp[ense]s,' receipts, invoices, and
correspondence,
Oct. 1984-Oct. 1985 |
| 9 | | | 'Top Gun--Documents and Corr[espondence],' agreements,
correspondence, and payments,
April 1985-Aug. 1986 |
| 10-11 | | | 'Top Gun--Profits,' distribution statements, checks, and
correspondence,
Nov. 1986-Aug. 1990 |
| | | Top Gun--Screenwriter's Credit
Arbitration |
| box | folder |
| 54 | 12 | | | 'Top Gun--Arbitration,' correspondence and statement of
contribution,
Aug.-Nov. 1985 |
| 13 | | | 'Final 11-85' 'Draft Used for 2nd Arbitration,' Final
Shooting Script,
1 June 1985, with revision pages,
21 June-29 Sept. 1985 |
| 14 | | 'Mike Simpson,' correspondence, notes, and payments re.
Skaaren's work,
1984-86. With clippings re. Simpson,
nd |
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| |
Series II. Research Files,
1970-90, nd,
4.5 boxes
|
| The series is divided into three subseries: Story Ideas, Various
Subjects, and Technical Files. |
| Story ideas are those which never produced a script; among these are
undeveloped ideas for screenplays about U. S. Customs agents, the Galveston
hurricane of 1900, consumerism, and other subjects. |
| A small group of clippings and notes about ranch technology,
psychology, owls, and many other subjects of research or personal interest to
Skaaren are also present. Cartoons and articles about unusual subjects that
appealed to Skaaren reveal his sense of humor. |
| Technical aids include materials from a comedy writing workshop
taught by Danny Simon, notes on writing techniques, interviewing, film
financing, and production, as well as on directors, writers, actors, and
producers. Skaaren also gathered travel resource information and business cards
of providers of a variety of services. |
| | | Subseries A: Story Ideas,
1970-1989, nd |
| box | folder |
| 55 | 1-2 | | | 'Various Story Concepts,' notes and clippings,
1975-89, nd |
| 3 | | | 'Characters,' clippings,
1970-87, notes by J. Avant,
1981, and notes by Skaaren,
nd |
| 4 | | | 'Research for screenplay about bail bondsmen--not
pursued further--L[inda] D. V[ance],' photographs, receipts, notes, and
research material,
Oct 1983 |
| 5 | | | 'Carl Sagan's
Contact' 'Research for potential
script--not pursued,' synopsis of Sagan's book by Linda Vance,
12 Oct. 1986 |
| 6 | | | 'CIA Story' 'Never pursued--L[inda] D. V[ance],'
clippings,
nd, Nov. 1986 and memo from Douglas Wick to Skaaren,
Oct. 1986 |
| 7 | | | 'Customs' 'The Cold Hit,' notes,
July 1988, nd. With Skaaren's resume,
nd |
| 8 | | | 'Damages,' clippings and notes,
1986 |
| 9 | | | 'Death of a Guru' 'The Death of Nityananda Singh'
'Research for proposed Screenplay, notes,
30 July 1983, nd |
| 10-14 | | | 'Earthquake Research,' notes by Skaaren and Linda Vance,
clippings, and printed matter,
1976-89, nd |
| box | folder |
| 56 | 1 | | | 'Full Moon Comm[ittee]' 'Screenplay by WS, never
developed,' outlines, notes, and clippings,
1984-85 |
| 2 | | | 'Galveston Hurricane of 1900' 'Screenplay idea--never
pursued,' notes, drafts, and bibliography,
March 1973, nd |
| 3 | | | 'Georgia O'Keefe' 'Research for proposed script re.
O'Keefe and Stieglitz, never pursued,' notes and clippings,
March-Oct. 1986, with letter from Tamara Rawitt to
Skaaren,
29 Sept. 1986, and research notes by Linda Vance,
17 Oct. 1986 |
| 4 | | | 'Keaton Cat Movie' 'Notes made re. cat movie for Diane
Keaton,' notes, clippings, and printed brochures,
Feb. 1982, nd |
| 5 | | | 'The Killer's Son' 'Research for script re.
psycho-killer, etc. not pursued,' notes,
[1984] |
| 6 | | | 'Lifeboat,' clippings, photocopy bibliography, and
notes,
1986-87 |
| 7 | | | 'Milburn, Doug--story ideas,' correspondence, notes, and
first issue of
Magellan's Log,
1973, 1977, nd |
| 8 | | | 'Newcomer,' notes and suggestions by Skaaren on the
first draft by Nevin Schreiner, with clippings,
1984 |
| 9-12 | | | 'Shopping/Malls,' script notes by Skaaren, annotated
bibliography and notes by Linda Vance, and clippings,
1986-89, nd |
| box | folder |
| 57 | 1-2 | | | 'Shopping/Malls 2,' clippings and notes by Linda Vance
1987-89 |
| 3 | | | 'Smoke Eaters,' clippings, notes,
1984-87, nd |
| 4 | | | 'Smuggler's RIP' 'WS was thinking about a script re. U.
S. Customs Service... L[inda] D. V[ance],' photocopy printed material,
clippings, and printed bibliography,
Jan. 1980, Oct. 1988, nd |
| 5 | | | 'Tom Hanks' 'Preliminary ideas for a film for Tom
Hanks--Never pursued L[inda] D. V[ance],' notes, clippings, correspondence,
1984-86, nd |
| 6 | | | 'Doug Wick--other work' 'Research for screenplay about
woman"whistleblower" and problems that follow--never
pursued further--L[inda] D. V[ance],' clippings and DONAHUE transcripts,
1983-84 |
| 7 | | | 'Women from Hell' `Research on future screenplay--never
pursued-- L[inda] D. V[ance],' clippings,
1985, nd |
| | | Subseries B: Various Subjects,
1970-1990, nd |
| box | folder |
| 57 | 8 | | | 'Science,' clippings and notes,
1982, 1984, nd |
| 9 | | | 'New Age Information,' clippings, notes, and
advertisements,
1983-85 |
| 10 | | | 'Runes,' notes,
1989 |
| 11 | | | 'Ranch Tech,' article on windmills,
June 1990 |
| 12 | | | 'Odd Stuff,' clippings,
1988 |
| 13 | | | 'Humor and Cartoons,' clippings,
nd |
| 14 | | | 'Psych.,' clippings,
1975-87 |
| 15 | | | 'Medical Info,' brochures, clippings, and notes,
1982-89, nd |
| 16 | | | 'Reading File,' clippings, notes,
1986-89 |
| 17 | | | 'Owls,' photocopy research material and notes [by Linda
Vance]
nd |
| 18 | | | 'Newspaper Clippings,'
1970-90, nd (oversize box) |
| 19 | | | 'Inventions,' drawing for the "aarow trailwriter" by Skaaren, and brochure and letter
from Arthur D. Little Enterprises,
1983 |
| | | Subseries C: Technical Files,
1971-1990, nd |
| box | folder |
| 58 | 1 | | | 'Comedy Writing--Simon, Danny,' newsletters, notes,
brochure, and list participants from writing workshop taught by Danny Simon,
1982-83 |
| 2 | | | 'Directors,' clippings,
1976-86 |
| 3 | | | 'Distribution Contract Checklist,' typescripts,
outlines, and notes,
nd |
| 4 | | | 'Film Financing,' typescripts and photocopy articles and
excerpts,
nd |
| 5 | | | 'Film Theory,' clippings and typescripts,
1971-78, nd |
| 6 | | | 'Interviewing (How To)' 'Interviewing and Negotiating,'
clippings and notes,
1982-84, nd |
| 7 | | | 'Producing,' clippings,
Aug. 1988, nd. With notes on Skaaren's
Lillie and Beckexperience,
24 Sept. 1985 |
| 8 | | | 'Studio Politics,' clippings, notes,
1976-90 |
| 9 | | | 'Talent--Resumes,'
1990, nd |
| 10 | | | 'Friends,' resume of Ron Bozeman,
nd, and articles by Robert R. Rynearson,
1982 |
| 11 | | | 'Writers--General,' clippings,
1981-87, and copies of
Hollywood Scriptletter,
1980-84 |
| 12 | | | 'Writing Notes: Techniques, Style, Types, etc.' notes,
1971, 1987, nd |
| box | folder |
| 59 | 1 | | | 'Writing--Techn. and Philo.,' clippings and notes,
Dec. 1987-April 1988, nd |
| 2 | | | 'Travel Notes Info.,' clippings and brochures,
1986-89 |
| 3 | | | 'Los Ang[eles] Resources,' brochures, maps, clippings,
and business cards,
1986-87, nd |
| 4 | | | 'New York Resources,' clippings,
1985, 1990 |
| 5 | | | 'Business Cards,' various business cards, with a map of
the Austin area,
nd |
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Series III. Works by Other Authors,
1978-1990, nd,
5 boxes
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| Arranged alphabetically by title, the series includes drafts of the
screenplays
Backdraft,
Edward Scissorhands,
The Killing Fields,
Kramer Versus Kramer,
Rain Man, and
Tender Mercies, among others. Many of
these manuscripts are annotated by Skaaren. A folder labeled
"Script Synopses and Info" also contains notes by
Skaaren and others on treatments, synopses, and scripts written by Skaaren and
other authors. |
| box | folder |
| 59 | 6-7 | | Untitled work [
The Extremist],
nd. Divided into 5 sections: 'Citadel 1987,' 'Citadel
Thirteen Years Earlier 1974,' 'Goldman Ten Years Earlier 1964,' 'Some People
1964-1974,' and 'Marzov 1974' (see also
Flawless notes) |
| 8 | | Backdraft. Draft by Gregory Widen,
11 Oct. 1988, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd |
| box | folder |
| 60 | 1 | | Bel Air Butler. First Draft by Peter
Torokvei,
3 Jan. 1985 |
| | | Blind Luck |
| box | folder |
| 60 | 2 | | | First Draft by Pen Densham, John Watson, and David Wolf,
nd |
| 3 | | | Outlines and script notes,
25 July 1984, nd. In folder labelled 'Blind Luck,'
Martha Honey Story, Everyone's Gone to the Moon' |
| 4 | | | Screenplay by Pen Densham, John Watson, and David M.
Wolf, revisions by Mark Frost and Lance Hill,
28 May 1987, with holograph notes by Skaaren,
4 Dec. 1987 |
| 5 | | Bridal Path. Screenplay by Larry
Lambert,
nd. With letter from Lambert to Skaaren,
7 Dec. 1990 |
| 6 | | Bullet-Proof Hearts. Screenplay by
Thomas Pope,
25 Nov. 1986, with holograph notes [by
Skaaren] |
| 7 | | Coup de Grace. Screenplay by Kim
Henkel,
20 July 1989 |
| | | Detour |
| box | folder |
| 60 | 8 | | | Project publicity material--photograph, clippings,
June 1984. with letter from Peter Wittman to
Skaaren,
30 Aug. 1984 |
| box | folder |
| 61 | 1 | | | Second Draft by David Scott Milton,
5 Aug. 1984 |
| 2 | | Edward Scissorhands. First Draft by
Caroline Thompson,
21 Oct. 1987 |
| 3 | | Everybody Wins. Screenplay by Arthur
Miller,
25 Aug. 1988 |
| 4 | | "Everyone's Gone to the Moon," short
story by Robert C. Duncan, Jr.,
1989. with letter from Duncan to Skaaren,
11 Aug. 1989 |
| 5 | | A Far Off Place. First Draft by Tab
Murphy,
8 April 1987 |
| 6 | | [
A Far Off Place]
Xhabbo (Dream). Film scenario by
Carroll Ballard,
3 Jan. 1988 |
| 7 | | From Time to Time: A Circle-Vision
Adventure[for a theme park]. Draft screenplay with Jeffrey Katzenberg's
notes, with highlighting,
23 May 1990 |
| 8 | | Getting Even. First Draft by Joan
Delaney Pappé,
nd, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd |
| box | folder |
| 62 | 1 | | Hell's Angels: Three Can Keep a Secret If
Two Are Dead by Yves Lavigne,
1989. With note from Michael Besman to Skaaren,
26 April 1990 |
| 2 | | The Houseguest by Thomas Berger,
[1988]. Proofs 'sent to WS 1988 for consideration as a
film.' With page of holograph notes by Linda Vance,
1988 |
| 3 | | Jury Duty. Screenplay by David R.
King and Martha G. Little,
1987, with highlighting and notes [by Skaaren],
nd |
| 4 | | The Killing Fields. Screenplay by
Bruce Robinson,
28 Feb. 1983 |
| 5 | | Kramer Verses Kramer. Revised Second
Draft by Robert Benton,
15 Feb. 1978 |
| 6 | | Machine Gun Kelly. Revised
screenplay by Mike Webb,
17 July 1989, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd. With memo from Wendie Margolis of Price
Entertainment Inc.,
3 Aug. 1989 |
| 7 | | The Martha Honey Story. 'Notes' by
Donna Kanter,
29 April 1989 |
| | | The Peaceful Warrior |
| box | folder |
| 63 | 1 | | | Screenplay by Dan Millman,
Dec. 1987, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd |
| 2 | | | Screenplay by Dan Millman with additional material by
Robert Fisher,
June 1990 |
| 3 | | | Screenplay by Robert Fisher based upon screenplays of
Dan Millman and Don Guest,
6 Jan. 1990, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
nd |
| 4 | | The Private War of Dr. Yamada. 'Copy
#2' of a treatment by Timothy Fox,
1989. With letter from Fred Fox to Skaaren,
nd, and letter from Carol Fox to Skaaren, |
| 5 | | Rainman. Revised Draft by Barry
Morrow,
25 Oct. 1986, with holograph notes [by Skaaren],
13 Jan. 1987 |
| 6 | | Ray's Cafe: A Musical in Two Acts,
book by Marjie Rynearson and William A. Rae and music and lyrics by Ed
Rynearson, draft,
1987 |
| 7 | | The Roommate. Screenplay by Timothy
Fox,
1988. With letter from Fox to Skaaren,
20 Dec. 1988 |
| 8 | | Tender Mercies. Screenplay by Horton
Foote,
8 Oct. 1981 |
| box | folder |
| 64 | 1 | | Tequila Sunrise. 'November 3 3rd
revis[ion]' of draft by unidentified author,
5 July 1987 |
| 2-3 | | 'Script Synopses and Info.' 'Various script treatments for
potential films--received from others--not by WS,' notes by Skaaren and others
on scripts, synopses, and treatments by other authors,
1983-88, nd. |
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