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Correspondence, 1970-1972
This series contains letters and memos pertaining to the film, including business correspondence and fan mail.
Countdown (1968)
The Countdown series (.25 linear feet) consists of materials from the 1968 film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay was written by Loring Mandel and based on the novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls. The actors in the film include James Caan, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley and Michael Murphy.
The photograph sub-series include contact sheets, color photographs and negatives from an apparent trip to Cape Canaveral for the Gemini II launch. Additional materials include transparencies of a space capsule in orbit.
The articles and reviews include reviews from both the original theatrical release and the television broadcast in January of 1978.
Early Work
0.75 Linear Feet
This series documents Nancy Savoca's education and early film projects. Educational materials include class notes and coursework from Savoca's time at Columbus High School, Queens College, and New York University, as well as a personal letter. The series also contains correspondence, storyboards, treatments, scripts, and research materials related to the film projects Bad Characters, Malore di uno Italiano, Sweating Blood, and Ev'ry Picture Tells a Tale, as well as materials related to a videotape produced for comedy troupe The Paranoids. Resumés for Nancy Savoca and Rich Guay document their professional experience throughout the early 1980s.
Fine Line Features, 1994-1997
This series focuses on Liz Manne's time at Fine Line Features as Executive Vice President of Marketing, with specific internal reports from several projects (Hoop Dreams, Spanking the Monkey, Shine, Deconstructing Harry, and The Sweet Hereafter) and other business operations.
Gabriel Miller-Clifford Odets Collection, 1931-2013
6.5 Linear Feet — 3 record center boxes, 3 manuscript boxes, and 2 oversize boxes
This collection is organized into eight series.
The Books Series consists of published stage plays and screenplays written by Odets, books belonging to or inscribed by Odets, biographical publications about Odets, novels that Odets adapted into screenplays, and stage plays written by other Group Theatre writers. The bulk of the Correspondence Series is Odets's letters to his friend Bill Kozlenko. Other letters sent by Odets to a variety of correspondents are also included.
The Contracts Series consists of contracts Odets signed with movie studios.
The Manuscripts Series consists of scripts, notes, and test scenes from Odets's various projects, including a scrapped film called Joseph. Also included are proofs of The Time Is Right: The 1940 Journal of Clifford Odets, published posthumously in 1988.
The Photographs Series includes portraits and photos of Odets, portraits of Odets's first wife Luise Rainer, and photos of film and stage productions of Odets's works.
The Magazines Series comprises magazines with articles or advertisements about Odets or his works or colleagues, organized chronologically.
The bulk of the Ephemera Series are playbills and lobby cards for Odets's plays and movies. Also included are one sheets, small flyers, pressbooks, and tickets. Two of the pamphlets feature Odets's writing, while the pamphlet by Margaret Brenman-Gibson is an analysis of Odets and his work.
The A/V Series consists of two LPs: a recording of the original Broadway cast of the Golden Boy musical adaptation and a recording of Odets in conversation with Herman Harvey.
Hal Cooper Papers, 1938-2003 (majority within 1970-1990)
12 Linear Feet
The majority of the Hal Cooper Papers consists of scripts for television shows that he directed and sometimes produced. The scripts are divided into two series, Scripts and Production Notes and Bound Scripts and Production Notes. The two series have similar content but have been divided due to the different format. The rest of the collection is material related to these shows, as well as to Hal Cooper's early career and the career of his first wife, Pat Meikle.
Ira Deutchman Papers, 1967-2016
53.00 Linear Feet (100 Manuscript Boxes, 2 Record Center Boxes , 2 oversize boxes, and 1 small box, 54 oversize folders)
The Ira Deutchman Papers were donated to the University of Michigan Special Collections Library Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection in 2015. The collection encompasses Ira Deutchman's 40 year career in independent film making as a producer, production company executive, and educator.
The Ira Deutchman Papers are arranged into sixteen series: Personal, Production Companies, Film and Project Files, Film Organizations, Film Miscellaneous, Film Scripts, Film Conferences and Seminars, Film Festivals, Books, Film Catalogs, Theatre, Artifacts/Memorabilia Oversized, Audio and Moving Image, Digital Media, and Posters
John Sayles
The John Sayles series includes material related to Sayles' personal life and acting career as well as interviews and articles unrelated to specific projects.