Papers of John Boorman at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
This collection is open for research.
Boorman was born in Carshalton, Surrey, England, and attended the Salesian School
in Chertsey, Surrey. His experiences growing up during the "London Blitz" in World
War II and then at a British army training camp during the Korean War would later be
recounted in his most autobiographical films (respectively,
Hope and Glory and
Queen & Country).
Following military service, Boorman became gradually involved in television
journalism and documentary filmmaking, and was appointed head of the BBC's
Documentary Unit in 1962.
Within a few years, he was offered the opportunity to direct his first full–length
feature film:
Catch Us If You Can
(1965), a musical–comedy starring the Dave Clark Five.
Immediately Boorman showed his versatility with his next movie, the influential
crime–thriller
Point Blank
(1967), starring Lee Marvin. Boorman and Marvin
collaborated again, this time with the legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, on
the World War II survival drama
Hell in the Pacific
(1968). Boorman won his first Cannes Film Festival Best
Director Award for the Fellini–esque comedy
Leo the
Last
(1970) and had his first major box–office success with
the controversial thriller
Deliverance
(1972), adapted from the novel by James Dickey.
Deliverance earned three Academy Award nominations,
including Best Picture and Best Director.
Boorman won a BAFTA Fellowship in 2004 and a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2014. He has also received a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) and the French Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters medal.
He has seven children from two marriages, many of whom have participated in his
films. He has lived in Ireland for several years and has been actively involved in
the Irish film industry.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Directed by John Boorman;
II. Unrealized Projects; III. Telsche Boorman’s Projects; IV. Produced by John
Boorman; V.
Projections; VI. National Film Studios of
Ireland; VII. Journals; VIII. Audio-Visual; IX. Miscellaneous; X. Trophies and
Awards; XI. Reel–to–Reel Films.
The "Directed by John Boorman" series includes correspondence, original screenplay
drafts, photographs, sketches and storyboards, financial records, realia, and other
voluminous production materials for all of Boorman's feature films, as well as short
films and documentaries. "Unrealized Projects" contains pre–production materials for
films that Boorman was preparing to direct but ultimately never made, including an
ambitious adaptation of
The Lord of the Rings (three
decades before Peter Jackson's version). "Telsche Boorman's Projects" consists of
mainly screenplays written by his daughter and frequent collaborator, Telsche
Boorman (1957-1997). "Produced by John Boorman" contains materials for films in
which Boorman served only as a producer, including
Angel (1982), directed by his protégé Neil Jordan. The "
Projections" series includes materials for the eponymous
film journal co–founded and edited for many years by Boorman. "Miscellaneous"
includes personal correspondence spanning several decades, as well as original
drafts of Boorman's published diary on the making of
The
Emerald Forest
, titled
Money into Light
(1985), and his published memoir,
Adventures of a Suburban
Boy
(2003). The "Trophies and Awards" series includes Academy Award
Certificates of Nomination for
Deliverance, plaques
and certificates for
Hope and Glory, and a 2010
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Film & Television Academy.
"Reel–to–Reel Films" consists of 35mm prints of nearly all of John Boorman's
directed films, as well as an original trailer for
The
Emerald Forest
.
Series:
I. Directed by John Boorman
Scope and Content Note
Primarily materials pertaining to Boorman's feature films, as well as his
short films and documentaries.
Subseries:
Catch Us If You Can [a.k.a.
Having a Wild Weekend] (1965)
Box 1
Agreement. April 27,
1966
Correspondence. 1965-1967
Call Sheets and Continuity Reports
Clippings
Screenplay (bound). January
1965
Screenplay fragments
Subseries:
Point Blank
(1967)
Correspondence. Perkins, Anthony. 1967–1968
Correspondence. Triola, Michelle. June 5, 1967
Correspondence. Re: Contract. 1967
Correspondence. 1966–1969
Correspondence. 1968–1991
Photographs – Casting
Agreements
1st Report: Encino Preview. August 8, 1967
Press Reviews
Publicity
Postcards (Promotional)
Notes
Box 95 (Oversize)
Lee Marvin's Shoes from
Point
Blank
Subseries:
Hell in the Pacific
(1968)
Box 2
Correspondence. Re: Toshiro Mifune. 1967–1969
Correspondence. 1967–1971
Screenplay. December 4,
1967
Screenplay, 1st revision. February 13, 1968
Screenplay, Revised. August 16,
1968
Screenplay. "Hashimoto's Version." [Undated]
Screenplay. "Amalgamated Version." [Undated]
Screenplay. [Undated]
Screenplay with Revisions. [Undated]
Screenplay. "Ditto Masters"
Storyboards
Photographs
Title Ideas
Journal
Main Titles
Script Distribution and Schedules
Itineraries
Contracts and Agreements
Expenses
Marvin and Mifune Loops
Dubbing
Reviews – U.S.
Reviews – British
Reviews – French
Micronesian
Reporter
Notes
American Broadcasting Company
Boorman's U.S. Residency
Miscellaneous
Subseries:
Leo the Last
(1970)
Box 3
Correspondence. 1969-1970
Correspondence. Re: Cannes, including Best Director Award.
1970
Screenplay. November 1968–January
1969
Screenplay, Revision #2. January 31, 1969
Screenplay with Annotations. [Undated]
Screenplay, Master Copy. [Undated]
Script Fragments
Script Breakdown
(2 folders)
Photographs
Facts
Interviews
Title Suggestions
Character Biographies
Production Progress Reports
Casting
Cast List
Unit List
Credit Lists
Progressive Schedules
Financial
Agreements
Picture Footages
Music
Miscellaneous
Box 96 (Oversize)
Photo Album
Subseries:
Deliverance
(1972)
Box 4
Correspondence. James Dickey and John Boorman. 1970–1972
Correspondence. Re: Screenplay Credit. 1971
Correspondence. 1970–1972
Correspondence. 1971–1975
Correspondence. Re: Technicolor Desaturation. 1971
Correspondence. Re: Credits. 1971
Correspondence. Re: Warner Bros. 1971–1972
Correspondence. Re: "Dueling Banjos." 1972–1973
Correspondence. Re: Ratings Controversy.1972–1973
Correspondence. Re: Awards. 1973
Locations – Clippings and Correspondence
Cast and Crew Lists, Info, Correspondence
Screenplay, 1st Draft. August
10, 1970
Screenplay, 1st Draft with Notes. August 10, 1970
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. January
11, 1971
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. Undated
Screenplay, [2nd Draft] with Notes. Undated
Screenplay, Final. May 3,
1971
Screenplay, Revised Final. May
30, 1971
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Draft, Fragment. January 11, 1971
(2 folders)
Screenplay, Revised Fragment. May 24, 1971
Screenplay, Fragment, Revised Scene. May 27, 1971
Screenplay, Alternate Version, Notes. June 6–7,
1971
Screenplay, Scenes 48–49. May
14, 1971
Screenplay, Scenes 48–49. June
18, 1971
Screenplay Notes
Screenplay Fragment, Notes, Sketches
Line Script Copy
Sketches and Logos
Hand–Drawn Sketches of Scenes
Cast and Crew Info, Call Sheets
Contracts and Agreements
(2 folders)
Personal Expenses, Banking Receipts
Post–Production
Box 5
Photographs
(4 folders)
Photographs and Publicity Stills (photocopies)
Contact Sheets
(2 folders)
Box–Office
Notes
Notebook (includes casting ideas)
Notebook
Chattooga File
Clippings – Dickey's Novel
Box–Office Clipping. November
8, 1972
Reviews – U.S.
(4 folders)
British Reviews
(2 folders)
Irish Reviews
French Reviews
(2 folders)
Cinema Essay on
Deliverance
Box 97 (Oversize)
Certificate
Storyboards
Agreement
Photographs
Box 121 (Oversize)
Directors Guild Award
Box 122 (Oversize)
Dueling Banjos Gold Records
Box 125 (Oversize)
Commemorative Plate and Clapperboard
Box 135 (Oversize)
Megaphone Award From Crew
Subseries:
Zardoz
(1974)
Box 6
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Connery, Sean. 1973
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Rampling, Charlotte.
1973
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Reynolds, Burt. 1973
Correspondence. Stoppard, Tom. 1974
Correspondence. Muldoon, Mark. [1974?]
Correspondence. Re: Casting. 1973
(2 folders)
Correspondence. Re: Publicity. 1973
Correspondence. Re: Novelization. 1974
Correspondence. 1972–1974
Correspondence. 1973–1981
Correspondence. Reactions. 1974–1976
Press Kits
Biographies
Synopsis and Story Guides
Music
Special Effects, Studio Interiors, Sound
Box 7
Photos
Auditions and Photographs
Shooting Schedules
Captions
Production
Production Notes
Production Budget
Contact and Unit Lists
Audience Profile
Censorship
Post–Production
Filming John Boorman
Credits
Introductions
Contracts and Agreements
(3 folders)
Box 8
Contact Sheets
(2 folders)
Essay: "Latent Content and Sexual Themes in
Zardoz"
"Who's Arthur Frayn?" (bound), with
Correspondence
Peter Persic Materials
"
Zardoz: A Paper by Peter
Persic" (bound)
Box 9
Pre–Production
Screenplay, Original Draft. Undated
Screenplay, Early Draft [
The
Hunt
], with original binding. Undated
Screenplay, Early Draft. Undated.
(3 folders)
Screenplay. June 1972
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. September
1972
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. December
1972
(3 folders)
Screenplay. April 1973
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 4th Draft. Undated
Box 98 (Oversize)
Sketches
Box 99 (Oversize)
Binder
Clippings
Production Materials
Box 123 (Oversize)
Zardoz Mask
Box 137 (Oversize)
Set Designs
Box 143 (Oversize)
Sketches
Box 158 (Oversize)
Photographs
Subseries:
Exorcist II: The Heretic
(1977)
Box 10
Correspondence. Screenplay Submissions. 1975–1976
Correspondence. Factory Sale Info. 1975–1976
Correspondence. Von Sydow, Max. 1976
Correspondence. Fletcher, Louise. 1976
Correspondence. Henreid, Paul. 1976
Correspondence. Thank–Yous. 1976
Correspondence. Requests. 1976
Correspondence. Travel. 1976
Correspondence. MPAA. April 8,
1976
Correspondence. Reynolds, Burt. 1976
Correspondence. Bergman, Ingmar. 1976
Correspondence. 1976
Correspondence. "Get Well" Re: Boorman Illness. [1976]
Correspondence. Fan Letters. 1977
Correspondence. Ciment, Michael. December 2, 1978
Pre-Production
Screenplay, Rough 2nd Draft. October 17, 1975
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. December
22, 1975
Screenplay, 4th Draft. Undated
Screenplay, January 26, 1976
(2 folders)
Box 11
Screenplay. February 10,
1976
Screenplay. March 16,
1976
Screenplay, Selected Scenes and Sketches. March 16, 1976
Screenplay, 8th Draft. May 12,
1976
Screenplay, "For Cutting and Pasting." May 12, 1976
Screenplay. May 14,
1976
Screenplay. July 12,
1976
Screenplay, 9th Draft. July 26,
1976
Screenplay. July 26,
1976
Screenplay, "Spillage Pages." Undated
Screenplay. Revisions
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous Script Pages
Screenplay, German Version
Screenplay, Italian Version
Box 12
Storyboards
(2 folders)
Photographs
Photographs – John Boorman
Photographs – John Boorman and Cast on the Set
Contact Sheets
(4 folders)
Schedules and Crew Lists
Chronology
Progress Reports
(2 folders)
Music
Special Effects Tests
Special Photography
Locusts
Valley Fever
Medical Insurance
Box 13
Title Test
Legal. Re: Screenplay Controversy
Financial – Overseas
Financial – Total Gross
Sound and Voices
Notes and Memos
Casting Ideas
Publicity
Locations
Shooting Schedules
Post–Production
Reviews
Featurette Proposal
"On the Wings of a Demon." Corrected and Uncorrected Copies.
(4 folders)
Box 100 (Oversize)
Clippings and Publications (French and German)
Subseries:
Excalibur
(1981)
Box 14
Correspondence. Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas. March 31, 1981
Correspondence. Douglas, Kirk. June 23, 1981
Correspondence. Stoppard, Tom and Miriam. September 5, 1980
Correspondence. 1975–1979
Correspondence. 1976–1982
Correspondence. 1980–1981
Correspondence (bulk
1981)
(2 folders)
Correspondence. 1981–1982
Correspondence and Clippings
Articles
Photographs – John Boorman
Photographs – Boorman on set
Photographs – Premiere
Photographs – General
Photographs – Movie
Photographs – Production
(2 folders)
Photographs – Displays
Photographs – Photocopies
Photographs – Slides
Production Materials – Shooting Schedules, Call
Sheets
Production
Contracts and Agreements
(7 folders)
PR Materials
Box 15
Storyboards
(2 folders)
PR Materials
Press Clippings
Release Dates/Screen Credits
Music
Titles
Casting/Crew/Props
Casting Notes
Corrections to Dialogue/Unit Lists
Shipping Lists
Budget and Expenses
"Telsche Boorman's Folder"
(2 folders)
Dialogue – German
Notes
Box 16
Synopsis
Camera Notes
Second Unit and Special Effects
Thesis: "Aspects of the Arthurian Legend...."
Thesis: "John Boorman's
Excalibur...."
10–Year Anniversary Program
Royal Charity Premiere Program
Foreign Versions
(3 folders)
Exhibition Comment Books
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous
Box 17
Original Treatment
Merlin Lives [Excalibur].
Treatment
Merlin Lives [Excalibur],
Original 1st Script. Undated
Screenplay, 1st Draft. October
1975
(3 folders)
Screenplay, Pallenberg Version. February 2, 1977
Original Script Fragments. [1977]
Screenplay. May 11,
1979
Screenplay. January
1980
Screenplay with Notes. January
1980
Screenplay. Undated
(4 folders)
Continuity Script
(2 folders)
Script Time Estimate
Screenplay – German
Box 18
Clippings
(6 folders)
Box 19
Clippings
(2 folders)
Box 101 (Oversize)
Scrapbooks – Sketches
Box 102 (Oversize)
Contact Sheets
Box 124 (Oversize)
Helen Mirren's Armor
Subseries:
The Emerald Forest
(1985)
Box 19
Correspondence. 1983–1987
Screenplay, 3rd Draft, Bound. [1984]
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. Undated
Continuity
Press Kits
Production Notes
Casting
"Location," Screenplay on Making of
Emerald Forest
Box 20
Photoprint of Call Sheets
Photographs – Boorman Directing
Photo Album
Contact Sheets
(3 folders)
Negatives
Negatives, Slides
Box 21
Publicity
(2 folders)
Contracts and Agreements
Financial Agreement
(2 folders)
Status Reports
Casting
Interviews
Reviews – U.S.
(4 folders)
Reviews – French, British, Spanish
Greeting Cards
Miscellaneous
Box 103 (Oversize)
Publicity Materials
Box 156 (Oversize)
Storyboards
Box 162
Posters
Subseries:
Hope and Glory
(1987)
Box 22
Correspondence. 1986-1987
Correspondence. Re:
Premiere.
1987
Correspondence. Brownlow, Kevin. September 11, 1987
Correspondence. Boorman, James. February 22, 1988
Correspondence. Fan Mail. 1987-1988
Correspondence. Auster, Paul. Undated
Box 23
Clippings
Various Secretary Notes
Oscar Articles
Research
Promotional Postcards
Screenings
Profit Participation
Publicity Art with Annotations
Radio and BFI
Black–and–White Stills List with Captions
Agreements
"All That I Was, is Gone." Thesis by Michael
Worrall
Miscellaneous
Box 24
Contracts and Agreements
Heads of Agreement
Cast Biographies
Production Information
Photo with Correspondence
Photos with Instructions
Photos – Miscellaneous Promotional
Photographs – John Boorman
Photographs – John Boorman, Academy Awards
Photographs – Sets
Photographs – Boorman's Family
(2 folders)
Photographs – Family and Cast
Photographs – Boorman's Family and Cast Members
Photographs – Stills from Movie
(7 folders)
Film Strips
Slides and Prints
Photographs – Photocopies
Box 25
Photographs – Stills from the Movie
(11 folders)
Box 26
Color Transparencies
(10 folders)
Box 27
Color Transparencies
(9 folders)
Box 28
Contact Sheets
(14 folders)
Box 104 (Oversize)
Poster
Box 105 (Oversize)
Photographs – Prints
Box 106 (Oversize)
Photo Books (3) and Contact Sheets
Box 107 (Oversize)
Slides
Box 108
Slides
Box 119
Screenplay. 1st Draft. January
11, 1986
(2 folders)
Screenplay. 2nd Draft. February
17, 1986
(3 folders)
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. April
28, 1986
(3 folders)
Screenplay, 4th Draft. July 14,
1986
(3 folders)
Screenplay, Release Script. May
19, 1987
Screenplay. Undated
Handwritten Script. Undated
(2 folders)
Typeset Proofs. May 14, 1987
(2 proofs)
Typeset Proofs. June 17, 1987
(3 proofs)
Box 161 (Oversize)
Posters
Subseries:
Where the Heart Is
(1990)
Box 29
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Sean Connery. [1988]
Correspondence. Plummer, Christopher. 1989
Correspondence. Thurman, Uma. [1989?]
Correspondence. Fan Mail. 1988–1989
Correspondence. 1988-1990
Screenplay, "Telsche's Script." Undated
Screenplay, Undated Early Draft.
Screenplay, 1st Draft. 1988
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. April
1988
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. May
1988
Screenplay, 3rd Draft Revised. May
1988
Screenplay, 3rd Draft, "Americanization." August 1988
Screenplay, 4th Draft. September
1988
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 5th Draft. October
1988.
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 6th Draft. November
1988
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 6th Draft. November
1988 (Bound)
Screenplay, 9th Draft. April
1989
Screenplay, 9th Draft. April
1989
Box 30
Screenplay with Notes. [1988]
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Half. Undated
Dialogue Master Spotting List. Revised. January 8, 1990
(Bound)
Alterations to Dialogue Master Spotting List
Miniature Character Notes
Photographs – Color Prints
Photographs
Photographs [?]
Photographic Sequence
Budget
Credits
Box 31
Notes – Telsche Boorman
Documentary Proposal
Music Cues
Production Materials
Press Kit Selection
Casting
Book Agreement
Draft Schedule
Sets and Cast Breakdown
Costume Breakdown Budget
Post–Production Budget
U.S. Reviews
British Reviews
Irish Reviews
German Reviews
Miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Box 109 (Oversize)
Production Materials
Box 110 (Oversize)
Production Materials
Box 111 (Oversize)
Set Designs
Costume Designs
Subseries:
I Dreamt I Woke Up
(1991)
Box 120
Correspondence. Archer, John. 1991–1995
Screenplay. June 18,
1991
Screenplay with Notes. Undated
Screenplay Notebook
Warner Brothers Clips
Invoices
Subseries:
Beyond Rangoon
(1995)
Box 32
Gold Revision. January 28,
1993
Buff Revision. February 3,
1993
Salmon Revision. February 4,
1993
Cherry Revision. February 5,
1993
White Revision. February 7,
1993
2nd Blue Revision. February 8,
1993
2nd Pink Revision. February 9,
1993
2nd Yellow Revision. February
21, 1993
Blue Revision. December 23,
1993
Pink Revision. December 30,
1993
Yellow Revision. January 7,
1994
Green Revision. January 15,
1994
Script Amendments
Back Projection Plates
Continuity Notes, Slates 1–476
(5 folders)
Research Materials
(2 folders)
Postcard Collection – Burma
Box 33
Locations
(3 folders)
Production Reports
Memos and Faxes. 1994–1995
Production Meetings and Notes
Shots and Sketches
Shooting Schedule
Crew Lists
Box 34
Photos – Patricia Arquette
Production
Art Department – Tony Pratt
Screenplay Revisions. 1993
Shooting Schedule and Shot List
Miscellaneous
Box 35
Correspondence and Contracts: Patricia Arquette
Correspondence and Contracts: Cast
(2 folders)
Correspondence. McDormand, Frances. Undated
Correspondence. General
Production
Sketches and Set Designs
Insurance
Shot Lists
Box 36
Inventory Lists
Travel Itinerary
1994 Planner
Screenplay. November 5,
1993
Production Information
Faxes/Memos May–December 1993
(2 folders)
Final Shooting Script. May
1994
Box 37
Crew Deals – Memos
Credits/Titles
Correspondence. 1993–1994
(2 folders)
Production Notes
Board Scene Breakdown
French Press
Box 38
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Michelle Pfeiffer. May 9, 1993
Correspondence. Aung Ko. 1993–1995
Correspondence. 1993–1995
(4 folders)
Pre–Production
Production
Resumes
Cost Reports
Technicolor Reports
Miscellaneous
Box 39
Wardrobe Continuity
Costume Continuity
Crew Contracts
Local Actor Contracts
(2 folders)
Budget Information
(2 folders)
Special Extras
Amended Shooting Script
Script Notes/Changes
(4 folders)
Box 40
Budget
(3 folders)
Molly Madden, Re: Looping
Script Notes
"DP Info"
Frank Dees, Re: Cuts
Casting
48th Cannes Program
Box 41
Film House Press Clippings
Burma Events
Letters of Congrats
Publicity Photos
Location Photos
Screenplay. January 5,
1994
Screenplay. December 30,
1993
Aung Ko
Unlabeled Script
Script Alternations. January
15, 1994
Blue/Pink Script Revisions
"For Action" Script. January
18, 1994
Screenplay. January
1994
White Script Revision. February
7, 1994
Cherry Script Revision. February 5, 1994
Salmon Script Revision. February 4, 1994
Buff Script Revision. February
3, 1994
Gold Script Revision. January
23, 1994
Screenplay. December 29,
1993
Screenplay. Revision. January
15, 1994
2nd Green Revision. March 29,
1994
Yellow Script Revision. January
7, 1994
Aung Ko Dialogue Revisions
Script Revisions
Box 42
Cut Script
2nd Yellow Revision. February
21, 1994
Green Revision. January 15,
1994
Yellow Script Master. January
7, 1994
Screenplay. January
1994
Screenplay. December 28,
1993
2nd Salmon Revision. April 2,
1993
Pink Revision. February 9,
1993
2nd Blue Revision. February 8,
1993
Miscellaneous Production
Script Notes
Script Draft. August 12,
1993
Edited Script Draft
Screenplay. November 24,
1993
Script Notes
Draft, John Boorman Notes
Thailand Script
Screenplay. October 14,
1993
Screenplay. August 11,
1993
"The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Burma." By
Bertil Lintner
Box 43
Original Script. Undated
Screenplay. November 5,
1993
Screenplay. August 12, 1993
(2 folders)
Screenplay. Draft
Screenplay. November 24,
1993
Screenplay. October 25,
1993
Screenplay. November 5,
1993
Box 111 (Oversize)
Set Designs
Poster Art
Wardrobe Keys
Box 142 (Oversize)
Matted Location Photos
Box 144 (Oversize)
Matted Location Photos
Box 152 (Oversize)
Matted Location Photos
Box 153 (Oversize)
Matted Location Photos
Box 154 (Oversize)
Matted Location Photos
Box 163 (Oversize)
Posters
Subseries:
Two Nudes Bathing
(1995)
Box 44
Screenplay, 1st Draft. August
16, 1994
Screenplay Blue Revision. September 26, 1994
Screenplay, Pink Revision. December 29, 1994
Miscellaneous Script Materials
Synopsis and Notes
Photos – John Hurt
Photos – Casting
(2 folders)
Photos
Contact Sheets and Negatives
Financial
Travel
Publicity
Press Kit
Reviews
Subseries:
The General
(1998)
Box 45
Correspondence. 1998
Correspondence. Neeson, Liam. Re: Best Director – Cannes,
1998
Correspondence. Boorman, Daisy. Re: Best Director – Cannes,
1998
Correspondence. Re: Best Director – Cannes, 1998
(2 folders)
Screenplay. 1995
Screenplay, 1st Draft Revised. May 1, 1997
I Once Had a Life [The
General]
, Second Draft. July 3, 1997
(4 folders)
Script Breakdown
Complete Script Breakdown
Shot List Week 1–11
Frances Cahill Script
Tango One, Screenplay for
unrelated TV movie about Martin Cahill. Undated
Casting – Photographs
(3 folders)
Photos and Slides
Stills and Reference File
Box 46
Blueprints – Set Designs
Promotional Postcards
Casting – Sheet and Notes
Production Materials
(7 folders)
Budget and Expenses
Insurance Summary
Contracts and Agreements
(3 folders)
Unit Publicity File
Music
Journals
Box 47
Press Files
(5 folders)
Delivery Files
(4 folders)
Subtitle Spotting List
(2 folders)
Cast and Unit Lists
Reviews
Box 48
Clippings
(12 folders)
Bound Photocopies of Clippings
(German)
Subseries:
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait
(1998)
Box 120
Correspondence. Marvin, Pam. 1990-1992
Correspondence. Vilkowsky, Bob. August 13, 1997
Lee Marvin Manuscript, by Pam Marvin
Lee Marvin's Account of Being Wounded in Saipan
Research Materials
Miscellaneous
Subseries:
The Tailor of Panama
(2001)
Box 49
Correspondence. Cornwell, David (John Le Carré). 1999–2001
(3 folders)
Correspondence. Cornwell–Boorman–Koster. 1999–2001
Correspondence. Cornwell, Jane. April 4, 2001
Correspondence. Moscoso, Miraya, President of Panama.
December 28,
1999
Correspondence. Government of Panama. 1999–2000
Correspondence. Antonioni, Michelangelo. October 17, 2000
Correspondence. Hurt, John. February 28, 2000
Correspondence. 2000–2001
(4 folders)
Correspondence. Publicity. 2000–2001
(4 folders)
Correspondence. A–E
(2 folders)
Correspondence. M–Q
Box 50
Screenplay, 1st Draft. August
27, 1999
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. October
4, 1999
(8 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. October
4, 1999;
Revised
January 6, 2000
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. November
15, 1999
Screenplay, 3rd Draft – Panama Notes. November 15, 1999
Screenplay, 4th Draft. January
12, 2000
(3 folders)
Screenplay, 4th Draft Revised. February 10, 2000
Box 51
Screenplay, 5th Draft. February
10, 2000
(3 folders)
Screenplay, 5th Pre–Draft – JB Work in Progress. February 14, 2000
Screenplay, 5th Draft (–Issued). February 16, 2000
Screenplay, 5th Draft. February
16, 2000 (Bound)
Screenplay, Final Master. February–March 2000
Script Changes
Script Notes/Storyboards
Combined Dialogue Continuity and English Dialogue Spotting
List
(2 folders)
Shot List Week 1–11
Script – Spanish Pages
Box 52
Pre–Production
(2 folders)
Production Meetings
Festivals
Panama Reference – David Cornwell
(3 folders)
Box 53
Inscribed Photo of Geoffrey Rush
Photographs
Art Department
(4 folders)
Set Designs
Costume Designs
Locations
Camera Department
Call Sheets
Daily Production Reports
Miscellaneous Production Papers
Shooting Schedule and DOODs
Post–Production
(3 folders)
Captions
Box 54
Financial
Box 55
Postcards
(2 folders)
Publicity Wrap Report
Internet Coverage
Positif Magazine.
June 2001
French Publicity
Box 56
Writer's Agreement
Phone Directory
Crew, Budget, Schedule
Breakdowns
Regional Press Clippings
(2 folders)
Clippings – Irish Press
Box 112 (Oversize)
Set Designs
Poster Art
Box 118 (Oversize)
Prints
Contact Sheets
Box 157 (Oversize)
Lobby Cards
Subseries:
In My Country
(2004)
Box 57
Correspondence. 2003-2004
(3 folders)
Correspondence. Re: David Wilson Requests
Correspondence. Reuters/EPK/Cannes
Correspondence. French Programming
Correspondence. "Making of"
Correspondence. "Ubunth" Documentary
Screenplay, 5th Draft. September 9, 2002
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 15th Draft. November 30, 2002
Screenplay. 19th Draft. February 7, 2003
Screenplay. Undated
Inscribed Script. Undated (Bound)
Script Elements
(3 folders)
Script Materials
Box 58
Photographs – Boorman
Photographs – Juliette Binoche and Samuel L.
Jackson
Photographs – On Set
(2 folders)
Photographs – CU (Close–Up) Young Boy
Photographs – Contact Sheets and Slides
Photographs – Slides
Photographs – Miscellaneous Accompanying
Materials
Production Materials
(6 folders)
Box 59
Research
(2 folders)
Production Notes
Post–Production Info
Media Calendar
Collection Agency
Music Materials
(5 folders)
Petty Cash
Subseries:
The Tiger's Tail
(2006)
Box 60
"The Double." Treatment
Screenplay. 2006
Screenplay, 8th Draft. Undated
"John's Old Script Pages"
Schedule
Cast/Crew/Contact Lists
Call Sheets
Progress Reports
Clippings
Subseries:
Queen & Country
(2014)
Correspondence. Thewlis, David. November 18, 2013
Screenplay, Revised Draft. September 4, 2013
Screenplay, Revised Pages. November 3, 2013
Notebook
Shooting Schedule, Unit List
"Best Shoot Ever" Broadside
Series:
II. Unrealized Projects
Scope and Content Note
Materials pertaining to films with which Boorman was involved but never
made.
Subseries:
The Lord of the Rings
Box 61
Correspondence. Hill, Joy. Re: Meeting with J. R. R. Tolkien.
1970
Correspondence. Pallenberg, Rospo. 1970
Correspondence. 1970-1971
Fax Messages
Screenplay, 1st Draft. Undated
(2 folders)
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. Undated
Screenplay, "copy from which final draft was taken."
Undated
Screenplay. Undated
(2 folders)
Timings
Casting Possibilities
(2 folders)
Song Lyrics
Design Ideas
Financial
Legal
Character Briefs
Crew and Crowds
Isis: The Oxford University
Magazine.
February 13,
1971
Journal
Subseries:
Broken Dream
Box 61
Correspondence. Jordan, Neil. 1979
Correspondence. Pallenberg, Rospo. 2004
Screenplay, 2nd Draft. Undated
(2 folders)
Screenplay. February 10,
1979
Screenplay. March
1982
Box 62
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. February
19, 1991
Screenplay, 4th Draft. May 11,
1991
Screenplay, 4th Draft, with annotations by Telsche Boorman.
May 11,
1991
Screenplay, 5th Draft. 1991
Screenplay, 7th Draft. 2008
(2 folders)
Screenplay. Undated
(3 folders)
Script Notes
Notes and Script Excerpts
Storyboards (Photocopies)
Pre–Production
(3 folders)
Contracts and Agreements
(3 folders)
Financial
Artwork
Costumes
Music
Box 63
Casting
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Subseries:
Knight's Castle
Box 63
Cast Contracts and Correspondence
Internal Memos
Screenplay. October 20,
2000
Screenplay. November 30,
2000
Screenplay. January 4,
2001
Screenplay. January 8, 2001
(4 folders)
Screenplay. March 30, 2001
(2 folders)
Screenplay. May 18, 2001
(2 folders)
Screenplay. June 12,
2001
Screenplay. Undated
Box 64
Pre–Production
(7 folders)
Contracts and Agreements
(2 folders)
Production Materials
Casting
Shooting Schedule
Storyboards (Photocopies)
Art Department
Special Effects Budget
Costume Research
(3 folders)
Photographs
Post–Production Schedule
Box 65
Expenses
Crew Contracts
Completed Bond
Studio Babelsberg
Miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Box 103 (Oversize)
Costume Pajamas
Photographs
Blueprints
Box 113 (Oversize)
Set and Costume Illustrations
Box 165 (Oversize)
Set Designs
Subseries:
Naked without a Gun
[Knuckle]
Box 66
Knuckle. Original Play Script
by David Hare. Uncorrected Proof. 1974
Correspondence. Stoppard, Tom. 1974–1975
Correspondence. Orme, Charles. 1974–1975
Correspondence. Ramsey, Margaret. 1974–1975
Correspondence. Norris, David. 1975
Screenplay, 1st Draft. November 1974
Screenplay, [2nd Draft?]. February
1975
Screenplay, 3rd Draft. March
1975
Screenplay. Undated
(8 folders)
Expenses
Research
Crew and Casting
Contracts
Warner Bros.
International Business Management
Notes
Miscellaneous
Subseries:
Other Projects
Box 67
The Americans. Synopsis, Notes
(2 folders)
Bram. Treatment
China '52. Treatment and
Correspondence
The Chymical Wedding.
Research
The Chymical Wedding. Casting
and Correspondence
The Chymical Wedding.
Screenplay and Correspondence
The Dark Knight.
Treatment
The Diamond Smugglers.
Treatment
Don Quixote. Correspondence
and Budget
Endangered Species. Screenplay
and Notes
Famine. Correspondence and
Agreement
Fearless Heart. Screenplay and
Correspondence
Final Analysis.
Correspondence
A Friend of the Corpse.
Screenplay
A Friend of the Corpse.
Schedule and Budget
The Gift.
Screenplay
Glasnost.
Treatment
Halfway House. Handwritten
script
Halfway House.
Screenplay
Box 68
Halfway House.
Screenplay
Halfway House. Screenplay and
Notes
Halfway House. Screenplay,
Notes, Illustrations
I Hear America.
Agreement
I Hear America. Correspondence
and Outline
Jungle Book.
Correspondence
Kim. Screenplay
(3 folders)
Kim. Budget
Estimate
Kim. Notes,
Agreements
Kindred Spirits. Screenplay
(2 folders)
The Last Run. Correspondence
and Estimated Budget
The Last Run. Screenplay by
Alan Sharp
The Last Run.
Notes
The Last Run.
Sketches
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe
. Screenplay
(3 folders)
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe
Storyboards
Box 69
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe
. Storyboards
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe
. Correspondence, Notes
The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe
. Shot Breakdown, Sets, Props
Lulu. Treatment
Mary, Mary.
Treatment
Mary, Mary.
Research
Memoirs of Hadrian. Screenplay
(2 folders)
No Cars.
Screenplay
Our Loving Father.
Presentation
The Passion.
Correspondence
Portrait of an Imaginary English
Artist
. Scene Breakdown
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead
. Correspondence. Stoppard, Tom. 1968-1970
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead
. Pre-Production Materials
The Seeds.
Treatment
Sharkey's Machine.
Correspondence and Clippings
A Simple Plan.
Correspondence
A Simple Plan. Screenplay
(2 folders)
A Simple Plan. Screenplay and
Storyboards
Box 120
Boogie Woogie. Screenplay,
2001
The Illusion.
Treatment
The Illusion[ist]. Screenplay
by Neil Jordan. July 12,
1978
John O'Flaherty's Novels.
First Treatment, by Neil Jordan. Undated
Series:
IX. Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal correspondence, photographs, and original drafts of his
published memoirs.
Box 88
Adventures of a Suburban Boy
(11 folders)
Money into Light
Short Stories (as Christopher Earl)
Short Stories
Poetry
Novel
Photographs
Box 89
Correspondence. "From Mum." 1988–1992; undated
(3 folders)
Photos, including Boorman's mother
Correspondence. Boorman, John to Christel [1950s]
(2 folders)
Correspondence. Boorman, Christel. [1950s]
Correspondence. 1950s
Correspondence. 1987–1990
1871 Marriage Certification for
George Boorman and Lucy Nottage
Soldier's Record and Pay Book. 1951
Memorabilia. [1950s]
Speech Day Program. 1947
"S.O. Book"
DGA Correspondence, 1968–1973
DGA Correspondence and Receipts
Directors' Guild of Britain, 1980s–1990s
CBE Award
Irish Film Board, 1980s
Reports on Irish Automobile Industry
Ed Gross, 1967/1975
Ed Gross, 1972
Ed Gross, 1967–1968
Ed Gross, 1981–1987
Ed Gross, 1994–1995
Bill Stair, 1988–1989
Box 90
Irish Tree Society
Coolatin Appeal
Woodland Plantation at Annamoe
Wicklow Mountains National Park
John Boorman v. "The People Newspapers Ltd."
History & Folklore Journal
Correspondence – John Boorman Retrospective
John Boorman Retrospective Dublin 1991
Festival Tributes
Federation of European Film Directors (FERA)
(4 folders)
Arrow
Arrow, 1973–1975
Arrow, 1977–1978
International Creative Management (ICM)
(4 folders)
Box 91
Radio Times
Merlin Summary
Newcomers Reviews
Citizen 63 Reviews
Film Reviews
BBC Correspondence 1961
BBC Home Service, 16 November
1953
BBC
Under 20 Review, 23 October 1953
BBC Radio Script, 7 November
1955
BBC Talks Department, 7 September
1955
BBC Talks Department, 11 September
1955
BBC Radio
BBC 1960s
BBC 1983–1995
Newspaper articles in
The Manchester
Guardian
, 1957.
Undated
Magazine Articles
Articles
Two of a Kind Synopsis
Away From It All, 1953
"For Art's Sake"
The Plan
The Emerald Forest
Postcards
Neil Jordan Postcard, n.d.
Two Nudes Bathing
Photos
Fan Mail 1986–1987
Articles, Correspondence, etc.
Box 92
Correspondence. Personal, A–Z
(4 folders)
Correspondence.
Rebel, with
script
Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2001
Correspondence. Christel Films
(2 folders)
Correspondence. Bill Stair
Correspondence. Jake Eberts
Correspondence. "Empire of the Senses"
Correspondence. Rissient, Pierre
Correspondence. BFI Archive
Correspondence. Fan Mail
Writings.
The Hit List. A Play for
Radio. Script with cast signatures
Writings.
After Life. A Play for
Radio. Script
Financial. Christel Films
Financial. Carruthers & Co.
Financial. Royalty Statements
Contracts and Agreements. Zenith
Contracts and Agreements.
Where the Heart
Is
,
The Emerald Forest,
Hope and Glory
Legal.
A Simple Plan
Personal. Medical
Personal. Passport and Driving License
Clippings.
The Tiger's
Tail
Publications. Miscellaneous
Telluride
London Literary Festival
Ivon Hitchins' Art
Box 93
Merlin Films. Financial, 1991
Merlin Films. Financial, 1992–1996
Merlin Films. Financial, 1996–1997
Merlin Films. "Kaleidoscope" Project
Merlin Films. Miscellaneous Projects
Merlin Films. Sean Ryerson
Merlin Films. Don Bluth, 1992–1993
Christel Films. Royalty Statements, 2003–2009
Christel Films. Trusts and Investments
Christel Films. Accounts, 1991–1994
TV and Film Ideas
(3 folders)
Contact Sheets – European City of Culture Tributes
Photos – Vintage Automobiles
Miscellaneous
Salesian College Chertsey Magazine, 1947–1949
Box 94
BFI. Banquet, 5 October
1983
BFI. Monthly Reports, 1988–1990
BFI. Monthly Reports, 1990
(4 folders)
BFI. Board of Governors Materials
(3 folders)
BFI. Governors' Correspondence
BFI. "100 Years of Cinema"
Box 115 (Oversize)
Publications
Photo Album
Box 116 (Oversize)
Scrapbooks
Publications
Box 138 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 139 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 140 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 141 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 145 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 146 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 147 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 148 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 149 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 151 (Oversize)
Miscellaneous Digital Prints
Box 155 (Oversize)
Miscellaneous Set Designs and Call Sheets
Box 159 (Oversize)
Miscellaneous Certificates
Box 160 (Oversize)
Posters
Box 164 (Oversize)
Miscellaneous