The Gingerbread Man series (8.3 linear feet) consists of material from the 1998 film directed by Robert Altman. The script was written by John Grisham and revised by Clyde Hayes, starring Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey, Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Robert Duvall, and Famke Janssen.
The correspondence sub-series consist of several handwritten cards and personal notes from Harvey Weinstein, Robert Duvall, Paul Mazursky, Al Pacino, and a card addressed to actress Embeth Davidz. The legal material includes items related to disputes regarding a residential house rented as an editing space. A portion of the legal material is from the law offices of Jerome Walsh. The business and financial sub-series contains several different versions of the budget and documentation of the financial relationship between this picture and Altman's Sandcastle 5 production company.
Several versions of the script include a first draft by Grisham and a "sanitized" version. The production and post-post production material includes documents related to agreements for product placements within the film. Additionally there are items related to a disagreement with Polygram Pictures, the film's distributor, over the final editing of the film. This includes letters of support from other directors and material from several test screenings of the film.
The publicity and distribution sub-series contain correspondence and memos regarding several publicity screenings attended by celebrities and the press as well as box office reports. The articles and reviews sub-series include a number of articles related to the editing dispute with Polygram Pictures.
