The mystic masseur : typescript of a screenplay / by Caryl Phillips ; based on the novel by V.S. Naipaul.

Shooting script of 110 leaves with annotations throughout. Title page includes typed notes: "Final Draft, November 1999 [Final Polish: December 2000]" and address for Merchant Ivory Productions in London; title page also includes note in an unknown hand "Ismail's script." A photograph of Aasif Mandvi is laid in preceding title page.
With a label "The Mystic Masseur 2003" adhered to the verso of the photograph of Aasif Mandvi.
The screenplay for The Mystic Masseur was written by Caryl Phillips based on the novel of the same title by V.S. Naipaul. The film was directed by Ismail Merchant and produced by Merchant Ivory Productions; it premiered in the United States on 5 October 2001 and was released in 2002.
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.