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The autobiography of Malcolm X : a screenplay

Title: The autobiography of Malcolm X : a screenplay / by David Mamet, 1983.
Author: Mamet, David

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Berg Coll+ Mamet A98 1983	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

Additional Authors

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

Description

156 p.; 29 cm.

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Note

Unproduced screenplay based on the work by Malcolm X and Alex Haley.
On t.p.: "Rosenstone/Wender Agency ... New York City, NY" and "November 1983."
This screenplay was apparently submitted by Mamet's agency to Spike Lee. At one point, Richard Pryor wanted to play the title role and Sidney Lumet would direct. The history of the film's production and the various scripts, actors, and directors considered for it is recounted, in part, in Ann Thompson's article, "Malcolm, Let's Do Lunch," in Mother Jones, v. 16, no. 4 (July-Aug., 1991), p. 24.

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Binding (note)

Bradbound into William Morris Agency's pale blue paper covers with the agency's name and logo gilt-stamped on top wrapper.

Call Number

Berg Coll+ Mamet A98 1983

OCLC

42449546

Author

Mamet, David.

Title

The autobiography of Malcolm X : a screenplay / by David Mamet, 1983.

Reproduction

Photocopy of typescript.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Binding

Bradbound into William Morris Agency's pale blue paper covers with the agency's name and logo gilt-stamped on top wrapper.

Local Note

Berg Collection copy with penciled notes regarding printing in an unknown hand on t.p.

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Added Author

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll+ Mamet A98 1983