Grace of My Heart (Original screenplay for the 1996 film)

  • N.p.: My Heart, Inc, 1995
By Allison Anders (director, screenwriter); Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz (starring)
N.p.: My Heart, Inc, 1995. Draft script for the 1996 film, copy with the manuscript marker annotation of copy number 73 on the title page. From the archive of crew member Chris Scher.

Loosely inspired by the career of Carole King. Illeana Douglas stars as Edna Buxton, an aspiring singer/songwriter from Philadelphia who hopes to make it in the music industry in the early 1960s. After changing her name to Denis Waverly and moving to New York, she finds success as a songwriter in the Brill Building music scene. Featuring music written in the styles of the era by Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, Gerry Goffin, and Jill Sobule.

Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker, construction accountant/estimator/buyer, and carpenter on over 20 movies, including "The Last Seduction" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1994), "The Horse Whisperer (1998), "Joy Ride" (2001), and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas, including "The Bridge" (2014), "Ozark" (2017), and "Yellowstone" (2018).

Set in and shot on location in New York and Los Angeles.

Front wrapper integral with title page, dated February 15, 1995, with credits for screenwriter Allison Anders. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.

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