BIB_ID
414461
Accession number
MA 9291
Creator
Desai, Anita, 1937-, screenwriter.
Display Date
India, 1994.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.
Description
1 item (152 leaves), bound ; 34.4 x 21.1 cm
Notes
Script in Urdu (character names are in English) with annotations throughout.
With a note in adhered to the upper cover: "Urdu Script of "In Custody" Muhafiz."
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the manuscript.
The screenplay for In Custody was written by Anita Desai based on her novel of the same title. The film was directed and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions; it was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 1994.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
With a note in adhered to the upper cover: "Urdu Script of "In Custody" Muhafiz."
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the manuscript.
The screenplay for In Custody was written by Anita Desai based on her novel of the same title. The film was directed and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions; it was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 1994.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.
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