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Original Privately Printed Shooting Script for the Robin Williams Film Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 · 25314E — San Francisco CA: Privately Published by Robin Williams n.d. 1993. First Edition. Original privately printed 135 page shooting script for one of Robin Williams’s most acclaimed films Mrs. Doubtfire written by Anne Fine Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon. Signed and inscribed by Robin Williams to a crew member at the half-title. Inscribed: “To Steve Thank you Keep on truckin’ Robin Williamsâ€. Also signed by Marsha Williams Robin’s wife at the time “Marsha Williamsâ€. Illustrated at a special page with a black & white frontispiece still photograph of Robin Williams in character as the resourceful and hilarious Mrs. Doubtfire. Beautifully bound in brown cloth and quarter brown leather with bright gilt-stamping 6 /38 inches by 9 1/8 inches. With some minor scuff marks to the cloth else fine. Unbeknownst to the many admirers of Robin Williams was that he was a lover of books. Over the years Williams had his own private press specially printing on fine papers and handsomely binding editions of the screenplays of some of the films he appeared in. They were all printed in very small quantities. Williams would sign them and then they would be sent to members of the cast and crew of the productions. As a unique item this is a special opportunity to honor and celebrate Williams’s love of his craft his love of books and his appreciation of the people who helped to bring his films to life. Mrs. Doubtfire was directed by Chris Columbus starring Robin Williams Sally Field Pierce Brosnan and Harvey Fierstein. The film tells the story of eccentric actor Williams who goes through a bitter divorce with his wife Field and is frustrated with the terms of custody of their two children which is limited to only one visit a week. In an act of creative desperation he decides to turn himself into an elderly British lady with makeup a wig and prosthetics in order to become the children’s nanny Mrs. Doubtfire. To make things even more frustrating for him he must deal with his wife’s new boyfriend Brosnan. The film won an Oscar for Best Makeup. Privately Published by Robin Williams hardcover