GRADUATE, THE (Mar 29, 1967) Final draft screenplay and bound set of breakdown sheets

[Los Angeles]: 1967. Vintage original archive of material from the 1967 film belonging to an unknown crew member, including one annotated Final Draft script and a bound set of manuscript breakdown sheets. Screenplay annotations primarily note scene changes, with occasional mentions of transportation in the film.

• Screenplay: Beige wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Title page present, noted as Final Draft, dated March 29, 1967, noting production No. 20055, with credit for screenwriter Buck Henry. 162 leaves, with last page of text numbered 176. Early xerographic duplication, rectos only. Light rusting on the wrapper versos near the binding, bound internally with three silver brads, near fine in very good wrappers.
• Bound breakdown sheets: Beige wrappers with title noted in manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper. Lacking title page, presumably as issued. 154 leaves, with last page numbered 154. Early xerographic duplication, rectos only. Light rusting on the wrapper versos near the binding, brad bound. Near fine in very good wrappers.

Classic 1960s film, a satirical tale of the suffocation of the middle class, told through a recent college graduate’s ersatz relationship with an older married woman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Director for Mike Nichols.