Raging Bull writer Peter Savage archive of ephemera related to the publication of the Jake LaMotta novel and the film, Raging ...

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Raging Bull writer Peter Savage archive of ephemera related to the publication of the Jake LaMotta novel and the film, Raging Bull. (United Artists, 1980) Vintage original archive of Raging Bull production materials and ephemera including (2) manuscripts with 1-typed 341-pages titled, "My Fist The Destroyer" written by Jake La Motta, The Violent Days of the Former World's Middleweight Champion, as described to Joseph Carter", undated, 1- typed 359-page proofing copy manuscript of the La Motta autobiography with edits and hand annotations in pen throughout. (5) evolving versions of scripts including 1-photocopy 130-page script titled, "The Raging Bull" (Jake La Motta), or "The Ice Pick and the Glove" written by F. Peter Petrella, in collaboration with Jake La Motta, dated Oct. 9, 1963, 1-copy 181-page script marked, "long version" with possible titles: "The "Raging Bull...", "What Profit a Man... (If he were to gain the world and lose his soul)...", "The Ice Pick and the Glove" and "They and the Unwilling Puppet" written by Emmett Clary, based on the book, The Raging Bull, 1-typed 164-page script titled, "The Raging Bull or The Icepick and the Glove", written by Emmett Clary, based on the book, The Raging Bull, 1-typed 262-page script titled, "The Raging Bull", written by Peter Savage and Jake La Motta, dated Feb. 1, 1965, and 1-Revised 101-page script titled "Raging Bull", writer not credited, dated, 2-1-79. Also includes (10+) tabbed file folders containing book publishing and production related materials including edits to manuscripts, letters dated between 1964 and 1980, and other ephemera. Highlights include: A copy of a letter dated April, 15, 1974, from Peter Savage to Robert De Niro, in part: "Dear Bob: Pursuant to our phone conversation, please find a paperback version of the "RAGING BULL". I sincerely hope that within the framework of this story you discover the elements that will excite you enough to want to portray the role. Bob, I don't want to go into detail as to why the possibility of you, particularly, playing "Jake" especially excites me. It would probably sound like some gushy sales pitch, and I'm sure you get enough of that - suffice it to say that I've seen nearly everything you've done as an actor - including some bits - and I know what you could do with this part.", A copy of a letter sent from Peter Savage to Martin Scorsese dated July 2, 1975, in part: "Dear Martin: Enclosed please find some of the material you and Bob suggested we submit for your analysis and possible use in formulating your approach to the screenplay. This includes: 1. The 'stickup' of the ASPCA (animal shelter). 2. An example of Jake's recurring seizures of 'impotency' as requested by you at our meeting; 3. Jake's appearance before Senator Kefauver's Committee (televised) investigating boxing, in Washington D.C...." Savage goes on "...I hope you don't find this particular segment somewhat confusing, for it segues into the incident at the 'Hooker's' party where it turns out that some half-assed 'button man' had set up Jake for a 'hit'." Includes a number of correspondence from Savage to De Niro, an offer from Chartoff-Winkler productions for production of Raging Bull, a copy of a letter from Irwin Winkler to Savage regarding a publishing plan to release the novel along with the film and and artwork, handwritten correspondence and notes on development of the script, a folder of vintage Jake La Motta fighting memorabilia and ephemera including La Motta photographs with snipes, a composite character shot for movie role consideration, sheet music to the song "Jake le Champion" for the film, La Motta Story, signed by the lyricist Carlo Nell, a book proposal by Debbie La Motta (Jake's former wife), which opens with, in part: "The attractive blonde wife of boxing legend Jake La Motta has revealed that he kept her a prisoner of love through hypnosis", also includes newspaper clippings, programs, congratulatory notes, and more. Exhibiting age and handling. In vintage good to very good condition. An inside intimate look at the life of the complicated La Motta and the collaboration between some of cinema's greatest artists in the development of a movie that inhabits the top 10 of every "best movies ever made" list in the world. Interested bidders are encouraged to view this lot in person by appointment in our offices.

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