Will Eisner Characters (1 results)

Third Draft script for the 1987 television film which aired on ABC on July 31, 1987. Bound in following the script is a two page Staff and Crew List, dated March 7, 1986, a 19 page Shooting Schedule, dated 3/7/86, a ten page Revised Shooting Schedule, dated 3/9/86, an eight page Revised Shooting Schedule, dated 3/21/86, and a second two page Staff and Crew List, dated March 26, 1986. Laid in is a Call Sheet, dated March 11, 1986. Not to be confused with the 2008 film directed by Frank Miller starring Gabriel Macht and Eva Mendes. Based on the comic book character created by Will Eisner in 1940. Created as a pilot for ABC's proposed 1986 Fall series, the project was shelved after ABC changed ownership, with the new management finding the pilot "too offbeat and morbid." ABC shelved the pilot without even arranging for test screenings and eventually released it too late for the possibility of a series pickup and with little to no promotion. Sam J. Jones stars as Denny Colt, a Central City Police Department detective, who, after an assassination attempt, in which he is believed to be dead by the general public, becomes the Spirit, a mysterious masked vigilante in a blue suit and fedora, who is not bound by the rules of regular cops. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated March 10, 1986, noted as THIRD DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. 131 leaves, with last page of script numbered 84A. Xerographic duplication on yellow leaves, rectos only, with salmon and cherry revision pages throughout, dated 03/19/86 and 03/24/86. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.