1985 · Hollywood
by Frank Lupo (creator, screenwriter); Stephen J. Cannell (creator); David Hemmings (director); George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T, June Chadwick (starring)
Hollywood: Stephen J. Cannell Productions, 1985. Draft script for the two-hour season four premiere of the 1983-87 television series, which aired on September 24, 1985. Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri, who played the role of Rico, with manuscript highlighter annotations on twelve pages, highlighting his character's action and dialogue and a manuscript ink annotation calling out his character's name on the cast page.
One of the most culturally ubiquitous television series of the 1980s, "The A-Team," aired on NBC for five seasons and 98 episodes from January 23, 1983 to March 8, 1987. Featuring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, and Mr. T as a team of US soldiers who have become "good-guy" mercenaries after escaping from the brig for a crime in which they were framed.
In this episode the A-Team is hired to rescue a judge's daughter kidnapped by mobsters who have taken her to Italy.
Front wrapper integral with title page, dated July 30, 1985, with credits for screenwriter Frank Lup. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink, blue, and green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/2/85 and 8/16/85. Pages Very Good plus, with the last leaf with a large chip to the top left corner and a small chip to the bottom left corner and partially detached, bound with two gold brads. (Inventory #: 167435)
One of the most culturally ubiquitous television series of the 1980s, "The A-Team," aired on NBC for five seasons and 98 episodes from January 23, 1983 to March 8, 1987. Featuring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, and Mr. T as a team of US soldiers who have become "good-guy" mercenaries after escaping from the brig for a crime in which they were framed.
In this episode the A-Team is hired to rescue a judge's daughter kidnapped by mobsters who have taken her to Italy.
Front wrapper integral with title page, dated July 30, 1985, with credits for screenwriter Frank Lup. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 128. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with pink, blue, and green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/2/85 and 8/16/85. Pages Very Good plus, with the last leaf with a large chip to the top left corner and a small chip to the bottom left corner and partially detached, bound with two gold brads. (Inventory #: 167435)