Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 3,000
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTERTAINMENT--FILM.) A. Philip Fenty. Original script for the original film Super Fly. [1], 53 mimeographed leaves. 11 x 8 1/2 inches, in glossy black paper binder secured with fasteners, with title gilt-stamped on front, minor wear; contents heavily annotated in ink. New York: Plaza Pictures, 1972

Additional Details

The popular blaxploitation film Super Fly was filmed in New York from January to April 1972 by director Gordon Parks; his name is added in manuscript on the title page on this script. The film spawned two sequels and a 2018 remake.

This copy bears the name and address of Julie Woodson of Kew Gardens, NY, who according to the Internet Movie Database was originally cast in the key role of Georgia, but walked off the set when asked to do a nude scene. Georgia's lines and scenes are underlined in the script.