Journey to the Far Side of the Sun [Doppelgänger] (Original screenplay for the 1969 film, copy belonging to actress Lynn Loring with her annotations throughout)

Author: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Donald James (screenwriters); Robert Parrish (director); Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, Patrick Wymark (starring)
Title: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun [Doppelgänger] (Original screenplay for the 1969 film, copy belonging to actress Lynn Loring with her annotations throughout)
Publication: Slough, England: Century 21 Productions, Circa 1968

Description: Draft script for the 1969 film, here under the UK release title "Doppelgänger." Copy belonging to actress Lynn Loring, here referred to by her married name Lynn Thinnes, with the manuscript marker annotations of her name on the title page and "L.T." on the top left of the front wrapper, with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 31 pages, calling out and occasionally amending dialogue for her character, Sharon. Manuscript marker annotation on the verso of the front wrapper with the name and contact information for director Robert Parrish. Script is missing the last page, ending on page 152.

The first major live-action production by screenwriters Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, best known for their futuristic television programs made using "Supermarionation," an elaborate style of puppetry utilizing electronic marionettes with a moveable lower lip controlled by a solenoid. The most well-known and successful of their "Supermarionation" series was the 1965-1966 British ITV series "Thunderbirds."

Two astronauts, sent to investigate a mysterious planet discovered on the opposite side of the sun with the same orbit as Earth, awaken from their trip only to discover they appear to be back on Earth.

Shot on location in Portugal.

Light green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and Donald James. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered 152 and lacking the final page of narrative text (either as issued or as used). Mechanical duplication, rectos only, with the second leaf being a blue "Script Amendments" page. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two flat metal brads.

Seller ID: 161292

Subject: 1960s Cinema, British Cinema, Film Scripts, Horror, Science Fiction

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