Memorabilia and correspondence dated from 1964 – 2006 from American film producer Elliott Kastner’s production archives relating to the feature films Harper, Zombie High and Souvenir. Kastner’s best-known credits include Where Eagles Dare and The Long Goodbye.
HARPER (released in the United Kingdom as The Moving Target) is a 1966 American mystery thriller film directed by Jack Smight from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on the 1949 novel The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald. The film stars Paul Newman as Lew Harper (Lew Archer in the novel), with a cast that includes Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner and Shelley Winters. Goldman received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. The Harper archive includes:
Correspondence dated 1964 -65 including signed option agreements, legal documents between Warner Bros, EK and Gang, Tye Rudin and Brown attorneys, unsigned writer’s deal contracts and signed option agreements.
ZOMBIE HIGH, an American horror comedy directed by Ron Link and starring Virginia Madsen, Paul Feig and Sherilyn Fenn was released in Oct 1987. The archive includes:
Documents dating between 1987 and 2006 including classification and rating administration paperwork, theatre trailer reports, tv radio reports, advertising reports and classification request documents.
Warner Bros financial statements addressed to Elliott Kastner dating from 1997 to 2006.
A card folder containing A4 colour promotional stills from the movie and a comprehensive guide to the film makers, the film, the cast, a synopsis and a Cinema Group Pictures cast and credits list.
SOUVENIR is a 1989 British drama film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring Christopher Plummer, Catherine Hicks and Michael Lonsdale. It was based on the novel The Pork Butcher by David Hughes. Kastner’s archive includes:
1 X signed laboratory access letter from CFI consolidated film industries.
Signed letters on headed Palasades Entertainment Corporation paperwork.
Signed paperwork from Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp Law Offices, California.
5 x typed distribution agreements dated c. 1988.
