Lot 106
 

The Marc Wolff Collection: Three Original Production Scripts: Entrapment (1999), Ishtar (1987), Euro Trip (2004)

Entrapment (1999), Original Shooting Script for the film starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Screenplay by Scott Frank, Story by Ron Bass and Michael Hertzberg, Previous Drafts by Ron Bass, Don McPherson and William Broyles, Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles, California, dated July 3, 1998, white printed label laid down on title-page, ‘Script number 85 . . . ‘, unbound, 125-pages on white sheets, including pink, blue, and Golden Rod revision pages, and the film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 21 x 31cm.

Ishtar (1987) the adventure comedy film produced by Warren Beatty starring Dustin Hoffman, with the film’s working title. ‘Untitled Comedy’ and numbered 23A, 62E on title-page, within mustard coloured card covers, ink ownership of Marc Wolff and his annotations to front cover, 174-pages on white sheets including yellow and blue revision sheets, scenes involving the helicopter and pilot on pages 110-111 highlighted in blue green and orange marker pen by Marc Wolff, with ‘Untitled Comedy Ishtar’ handwritten in black marker pen across the spine. 21 .5 x 28.5cm.

Euro Trip (2004) Screenplay by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer for the teen comedy film starring Scott Mechlowicz,

‘Untitled Montecito Project’ , Blue Sea Productions Inc., Dreamworks Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Beverley Hills, California, dated April 22, 2003, ink ownership of Marc Wolff and numbered 87 on cover page, 117-pages on white sheets with blue revision sheets, and film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine. (3)

Provenance: The Collection of Marc Wolff, Award winning Aerial Unit Director/Stunt Pilot.

Marc Wolff has worked with Directors including, Stephen Spielberg, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Kenneth Branagh, Danny Boyle, Ron Howard, Brian De Palma, J.J. Abrams, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Wolfgang Petersen, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, Mike Leigh, Michael Apted, Alejandro Inarritu, Mike Newell, Bryan Singer, Roger Spottiswoode, Tony Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jan De Bont, Zack Snyder, Edward Zwick, Justin Lin, Jon Favreau, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Richie, David Yates, Dexter Fletcher and Martin Campbell, to name a few.

In 1990, Marc was the first person to fly a hot air balloon in Red Square, Moscow for Disney’s film, The Time Keeper, and during the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, he flew the helicopter for the section flying along the River Thames, the pre-recorded sequence known as ‘Happy and Glorious’, flying straight through Tower Bridge, and piloted the helicopter the late Queen Elzabeth II appeared to parachute from above the Olympic Stadium.

Marc Wolff’s awards include, The BSC Award for 'Technical Excellence and Contribution to the Art of Aerial Cinematography', The International Moving Image Society Award for 'Services to the International Film Industry ‘, and the 1993 Award for Best Stunt for his work as aerial coordinator and stunt pilot in the film Cliffhanger, when his team transferred stunt man, Simon Crane, from the back of a DC9 airliner to the door of a Lockheed Jetstar business jet. The stunt performed near Durango, Colorado in November 1992 was a year in planning and cost one million dollars to rehearse and shoot.

Sold for £40


Condition Report

Entrapment – some creasing to a few lower edges of revision sheets otherwise internally clean and bright and overall good condition.

Ishtar - with signs of wear to card covers and revision sheets from use on the production.

Euro Trip - with coffee stain affecting front and back cover pages and a few edges of internal pages.

 

The Marc Wolff Collection: Three Original Production Scripts: Entrapment (1999), Ishtar (1987), Euro Trip (2004)

Entrapment (1999), Original Shooting Script for the film starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Screenplay by Scott Frank, Story by Ron Bass and Michael Hertzberg, Previous Drafts by Ron Bass, Don McPherson and William Broyles, Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles, California, dated July 3, 1998, white printed label laid down on title-page, ‘Script number 85 . . . ‘, unbound, 125-pages on white sheets, including pink, blue, and Golden Rod revision pages, and the film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 21 x 31cm.

Ishtar (1987) the adventure comedy film produced by Warren Beatty starring Dustin Hoffman, with the film’s working title. ‘Untitled Comedy’ and numbered 23A, 62E on title-page, within mustard coloured card covers, ink ownership of Marc Wolff and his annotations to front cover, 174-pages on white sheets including yellow and blue revision sheets, scenes involving the helicopter and pilot on pages 110-111 highlighted in blue green and orange marker pen by Marc Wolff, with ‘Untitled Comedy Ishtar’ handwritten in black marker pen across the spine. 21 .5 x 28.5cm.

Euro Trip (2004) Screenplay by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer for the teen comedy film starring Scott Mechlowicz,

‘Untitled Montecito Project’ , Blue Sea Productions Inc., Dreamworks Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Beverley Hills, California, dated April 22, 2003, ink ownership of Marc Wolff and numbered 87 on cover page, 117-pages on white sheets with blue revision sheets, and film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine. (3)

Provenance: The Collection of Marc Wolff, Award winning Aerial Unit Director/Stunt Pilot.

Marc Wolff has worked with Directors including, Stephen Spielberg, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Kenneth Branagh, Danny Boyle, Ron Howard, Brian De Palma, J.J. Abrams, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Wolfgang Petersen, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, Mike Leigh, Michael Apted, Alejandro Inarritu, Mike Newell, Bryan Singer, Roger Spottiswoode, Tony Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jan De Bont, Zack Snyder, Edward Zwick, Justin Lin, Jon Favreau, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Richie, David Yates, Dexter Fletcher and Martin Campbell, to name a few.

In 1990, Marc was the first person to fly a hot air balloon in Red Square, Moscow for Disney’s film, The Time Keeper, and during the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, he flew the helicopter for the section flying along the River Thames, the pre-recorded sequence known as ‘Happy and Glorious’, flying straight through Tower Bridge, and piloted the helicopter the late Queen Elzabeth II appeared to parachute from above the Olympic Stadium.

Marc Wolff’s awards include, The BSC Award for 'Technical Excellence and Contribution to the Art of Aerial Cinematography', The International Moving Image Society Award for 'Services to the International Film Industry ‘, and the 1993 Award for Best Stunt for his work as aerial coordinator and stunt pilot in the film Cliffhanger, when his team transferred stunt man, Simon Crane, from the back of a DC9 airliner to the door of a Lockheed Jetstar business jet. The stunt performed near Durango, Colorado in November 1992 was a year in planning and cost one million dollars to rehearse and shoot.

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