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4-1 in the upper right corner. This is a further transcription of the meeting.

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This is a Memo from Producer Daniel Petrie, Jr., concerning the proposed changes that were expected to come from the Cash and Epps revisions. This memo would be sent out to the entire production team that was prepping the movie. It’s sort of an advance warning.

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Sunday. This is a story meeting and transcription of executive notes after handing in our First Draft to the studio. Again, what’s interesting here is a word-by-word transcription that shows how a project is shaped by notes and meetings before a single scene is shot

Scope and Contents (12-23-88.doc to 2-6-89.doc) These are examples of the writing methods Jim and I would use. I’d pitch Jim the scene that included by thoughts on how the scene should play, what information we need to communicate, and where the scene was in the story. I’d relate how the scene would fit into the whole of the piece. He would then either take my advice or discard it and do something different. Then he’d send the pages to our office and we’d call them "Pages from Jim”, which meant that they were...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. papers consist of correspondence and drafts of the following screenplays: Izzy and Moe (1985), Dangerously (1978), Blackthorne (undated), Dick Tracy (1990-1991), Whereabouts (1980), and Turner and Hooch (1989).

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. papers consist of correspondence and drafts of the following screenplays: Izzy and Moe (1985), Dangerously (1978), Blackthorne (undated), Dick Tracy (1990-1991), Whereabouts (1980), and Turner and Hooch (1989).

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. papers consist of correspondence and drafts of the following screenplays: Izzy and Moe (1985), Dangerously (1978), Blackthorne (undated), Dick Tracy (1990-1991), Whereabouts (1980), and Turner and Hooch (1989).

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(J&J1-18A.doc) This is an example of the way Jim and I would work on designing out a scene together. This conversation is about the ending. Again, it shows the way Jim and I worked best together.

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(hooch1.doc to “Given to Henry” 2-6-89) This is a series of revisions that Jim and I would revise and then deliver to the director, Henry Winkler. These are First Draft revised pages. And then we’d revise them as per the director’s notes, or they would be sent out as revised pages.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. papers consist of correspondence and drafts of the following screenplays: Izzy and Moe (1985), Dangerously (1978), Blackthorne (undated), Dick Tracy (1990-1991), Whereabouts (1980), and Turner and Hooch (1989).