The Firm (Original screenplay for the 1993 film)

  • N.p.: N.p., 1992
By Sydney Pollack (director); Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter (starring); John Grisham (novel); David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfiel (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1992. Draft script for the 1993 film. Laid in with the script are three blue pages dated February 14, 1992, noted as "Casting."

Based on John Grisham's 1991 novel, about a promising young lawyer who begins to untangle a web of violence and secrecy at his new law firm. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter.

Shot on location in Memphis, Tennessee, in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, in Mt. Baker, Washington, in Marion, Arkansas, in Washington DC, and in the Cayman Islands.

Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 2, 1992, with credits for novelist Grisham, and screenwriters Robert Towne and David Rayfiel. 144 leaves, with last page of text numbered 138. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 11/2/92 and 2/14/93. Pages Very Good plus, lightly toned on the fore-edges, bound with two gold brads.

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