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February 6, 1984. This is a timing done by a script supervisor probably the Jan 25th Draft to give a rough understanding of approximately how long the movie would run if it were shot as written.

Scope and Contents February 13, 1984. This draft is cut even further probably due to the results of the timing by the script supervisor. As you can see, this draft is the shortest one yet and I feel it went too far to accommodate budget. I’m glad this was not made. Mr. Benjamin left the project to shoot a movie with Clint Eastwood and actually used a song from this script and also a similar scene. We were not happy about that. At this point the project languished for several years and we went on...

Scope and Contents Transcript of a telephone conversation on 10/13/87 between Jim Cash and Jack Epps and Warren Beatty. The project just sort of died at Paramount and we moved on. Warren Beatty had had conversations with Barry Diller who was head of Paramount at that time, but still nothing happened. The screen rights lapsed and Warren Beatty optioned them himself and moved the project to Disney. Jeffery Katzenberg had also been at Paramount when Mr. Beatty was inquiring about the project and then set it up...

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This is all our writing—the dialogue, the scenes, and the characters. Warren has made some minor trims and cuts.

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A pre-production or production draft.

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Since this draft is unnumbered; it’s unlikely this was the shooting script. The above draft may have been the shooting script.

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This is the final composite draft of the screenplay. It includes any writing done in postproduction.

Scope and Contents Arbitration statement by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., for the motion picture Dick Tracy, March 1, 1990. Since other writers were involved in the final production re-write and Mr. Beatty believed that he deserved credit for his editorial work, we had to go to a WGA Credit Arbitration to retain our sole writing credit which we were given. A “Written by” credit is the highest credit a writer can receive on the picture and the final credits read: “Written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr.” Not only...

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Profit participation statement. The bottom line shows a 91 million dollar loss.

Scope and Contents Dick Tracy, the sequel. I pitched this idea to Mr. Beatty after the film was produced, but net yet released. When it wasn’t a huge hit, there was no desire to make a sequel. I pitched it to him up on his white house off Mulholland Drive. It was a beautiful modern house with a private gate and an incredible view of the valley. The furnishings were sparse and there was a baby grand piano in the living room. We had met before in his kitchen that featured two clear glass industrial stainless...