Apr 21, 2011 - Sale 2244

Sale 2244 - Lot 294

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
"STILL CUTTING 'A CLOCKWORK ORANGE'" KUBRICK, STANLEY. Autograph Letter Signed, "Stanley," to Jeremy Bernstein ("Dear J."), suggesting (jokingly) a theme for a novel, remarking that he is editing A Clockwork Orange and that a Christmas release is expected. With holograph corrections to printed letterhead. 1 page, small 4to, "Hawk Films LTD." stationery; faint staining at center, horizontal folds. Borehamwood, 23 Jun[e 19]71

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". . . When do you write the great picaresque novel about the adventures of an Alpine Jewish-lover-physicist? It would have all the ingredients. Outdoor spectacle, warm comedy Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss as Eva--how 'bout it?
"Still cutting 'A Clockwork Orange' [;] it should be opening at Xmas. . . ."