In the Newmarket Shooting Script Series format, the facsimile screenplay of the film based on Isak Dinesen's work and life; winner of 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director; starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Written exclusively for this edition, Pollack's introduction and notes reveal fascinating insights into the development of the film, characters, and story, and cite the nearly 70 instances in the script where scenes were eliminated, shortened, or otherwise restructured during the shooting and editing. Also included are photographs and production notes describing the meticulous preparations -- sets, locations, costumes -- that helped make the movie such a vivid experience. "The emotion the movie invokes is true Dinesen: when the audience weeps, it is only for the loss of her idol but for her separation from Africa, which Pollack and company have brought so meticulously and beautifully to life". -- David Ansen, Newsweek

ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959), which stars Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, and Gloria Graham, is written by blacklisted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Wise. The last great film noir of the black & white era, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW reflects the author's strong social conscience--as racial conflict is portrayed as central to the failure of a bank robbery. This publication of the complete script of ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW blends the shooting script (written before the film was shot) and the continuity script (the elements which are contained in the finished film). The critical analysis draws extensively on specially conducted interviews with Robert Wise, Harry Belafonte, and Abraham Polonsky. Discussed din depth are the significance of a black protagonist within the film noir genre; the film's staus with African-American related cinema; the adaptation from William McGivern's novel; and the critically celebrated jazz score by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Includes the complete screenplay of the John Garfield classic written by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert. Introduced by Martin Scorsese. Biographical Interview with Mr. Polonsky. Commentary and critical analysis by Dr. John Schultheiss. Complete Filmography.