Some people have asked about the availability of the original
screenplays for Kubrick's films. They can be ordered directly from:
Script City
8033 Sunset Blvd.
PO Box 1500
Hollywood, CA 90046
U.S.A.
US Phone: 213-871-0707 (inquiries)
1-800-676-2522 (orders only)
They accept payment by credit card over the phone. Call for current
prices (around $25) and details on "buy 2, get 1 free" offer.
It is my understanding that the following titles are available.
Paths of Glory (missing pages)
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
I have personally seen only the 2001 and Dr. Strangelove screenplays.
Each is very revealing. The 2001 piece reflects a degree of evolution
similar to the novel, with a very different HAL9000 encounter, a lengthy
narrative and a definitive explanation of HAL's breakdown. It ends as
the stargate sequence begins. The Dr. Strangelove screenplay is also
very different and includes the famous pie-fight ending. Major Kong
never gets the doors open and dives the bomber into the target. Once
again a narrative is present, an alien historian recounting the episode
of an obscure planet, its history recently found by archeologists.
(C.P.)
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