7th May, 2025 13:00
The Marc Wolff Collection: Three Original Production Scripts: A Bright Shining Lie (1988) and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000) -
A Bright Shining Lie (TV movie, 1998) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Ron Hutchinson, based on the book by Neil Sheehan, HBO Pictures, Los Angeles, California, dated 12 March 1987, Marc Wolff’s annotations on title-page include ’96 Vietnam’ with his further annotations to the reverse of the last page of script and extensive pink highlights to relevant pages involving pilots, helicopters, spotter planes, and choppers, 126-pages on white sheets, 21 x30cm.
Ring of Fire (Released as The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, TV Series, 2000)
A Screenplay by Gavin Scott, with additional illustrated title-page with production code number 13 in black ink to top, brad bound within red card covers, 96-pages on white sheets including 12 full-page illustrated pages, highlighted throughout in blue and orange pen by Marc Wolff, with the film’s working title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 22 x 30.5cm. (2)
The first television series to be recorded in high-definition video, specifically, using the digital camera, HDCAM, manufactured by Sony.
An Empty Sky by Sarah Hanna, First Draft Script, dated February 2002, unbound, 117-pages on white sheets, 21 x 30cm. (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
signs of wear to card covers and title-pages, some curling to corners of pages from use on the production, internally clean and bright.
The Marc Wolff Collection: Three Original Production Scripts: A Bright Shining Lie (1988) and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000) -
A Bright Shining Lie (TV movie, 1998) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Ron Hutchinson, based on the book by Neil Sheehan, HBO Pictures, Los Angeles, California, dated 12 March 1987, Marc Wolff’s annotations on title-page include ’96 Vietnam’ with his further annotations to the reverse of the last page of script and extensive pink highlights to relevant pages involving pilots, helicopters, spotter planes, and choppers, 126-pages on white sheets, 21 x30cm.
Ring of Fire (Released as The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, TV Series, 2000)
A Screenplay by Gavin Scott, with additional illustrated title-page with production code number 13 in black ink to top, brad bound within red card covers, 96-pages on white sheets including 12 full-page illustrated pages, highlighted throughout in blue and orange pen by Marc Wolff, with the film’s working title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 22 x 30.5cm. (2)
The first television series to be recorded in high-definition video, specifically, using the digital camera, HDCAM, manufactured by Sony.
An Empty Sky by Sarah Hanna, First Draft Script, dated February 2002, unbound, 117-pages on white sheets, 21 x 30cm. (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.
