HEATHERS (Nov 17, 1987) Revised Second Draft film script by Daniel Waters

Los Angeles: New World Pictures, 1987. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8 1/2″ (28 x 22 cm), 109 pp. Script designated as Revised Second Draft by Daniel Waters and dated November 17, 1987. Printed New World Pictures studio wrappers, brad bound, near fine.

Heathers is a teen black comedy (and debut) film directed by Michael Lehmann. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker and Penelope Milford. Its plot portrays four teenage girls — three of whom are named Heather — in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.

Waters wrote Heathers as a spec script and originally wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct the film, out of admiration for Kubrick’s own black comedy film Dr. Strangelove. Waters intended the film to contrast the optimistic teen movies of the era, particularly those written by John Hughes, by presenting a cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire. (Wikipedia)