In Country (Original screenplay for the 1989 film, profusely annotated copy belonging to film editor Lou Lombardo)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1988. Revised Final Draft for the 1989 film. Copy belonging to editor Louis Lombardo, with name in gilt on front board, title in gilt on front board and spine. Signed on upper right of wrapper by editor Tony Gibbs in manuscript red ink. Copious manuscript annotations on nearly every page regarding camera shots, takes, timing and dialogue. Two page ribbon copy memo signed from director Norman Jewison to Lombardo, dated June 26/89, following the final page of the script, in which Jewison breaks down six key scenes he feels need reediting after previewing the film.

From the estate of Lou Lombardo. Provenance available upon request.

Based on the 1985 novel by Bobbie Ann Mason. A young woman living with her uncle, a Vietnam war veteran, becomes obsessed with finding more information about her father who died in the war. Her mother wants her to move to Lexington, Kentucky to live with her and her second husband.

Set in the fictional town of Hopewell, Kentucky, shot on location in Lexington, Mayfield, and Paducah, Kentucky and Washington, DC.

Black Leather binder with gilt on front board and spine and Louis Lombardo in gilt on lower right of front board with glossy black end papers, and label crediting California Bookbinding of Hollywood. Blue titled front wrapper, noted as Revised Final draft on the front wrapper, dated June 16, 1988, with credits for screenwriter Frank Pierson and novelist Bobbie Ann Mason. Approximately 320 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication, rectos and versos, with blue, pink, yellow, green, and white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6/10/88 and 10/2/88. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads, memo, ribbon copy, Near Fine, leather binding Near Fine.