Fowler McCormick Papers, 1878-1972

Container Title
Robot Jox
Note: Film directed by Stuart Gordon, script by Stuart Gordon and Joe Haldeman, produced by Altar Productions, distributed in the United States by Empire Pictures, and released 1990 November 21.
Script
Box   13
Folder   8
Handwritten script notes and typed early outline by Stuart Gordon
Box   13
Folder   9
“Project A, First Draft”/”The Robot Story, by Joe Haldeman from an outline by Stuart Gordon (and Homer),” undated
Box   13
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“Robo-Jox, by Joe Haldeman, 'Polish rewrite',” third draft, 1986 May 1
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“The Robot Warriors” / by Joe Haldeman, 1986 May rewrite
“Robojox, screenplay by Joe Haldeman and Dennis Paoli, story by Stuart Gordon”
Box   14
Folder   1
Fifth draft, 1986 August 6
Box   14
Folder   2
Sixth draft, 1986 September 18
Quantity: Typescript 
Box   14
Folder   3
Sixth draft, 1986 September 18
Quantity: Typescript with many corrections and extra pages 
Box   14
Folder   4
Sixth draft, 1986 September 24
Quantity: Typescript with a few handwritten emendations 
Box   14
Folder   5
Sixth draft, 1986 September 24
Box   14
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Seventh draft, 1986 November 19
Box   14
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Seventh draft, 1986 November 19
Quantity: Script with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked “1986 December 3 with changes by Greenberg.”
Box   14
Folder   8
“Robo-Jox” / written by Joe Haldeman, copyright 1986
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: First page of typescript marked “The Robot Warriors by Joe Haldeman (Final Version)” and headers marked “Final Draft.”
Box   15
Folder   1
Comments on various drafts of the script by Greenberg, Albert Band and Debra Dion, Joe Haldeman, Richard Mazza and others
Box   15
Folder   2
Revised pages from various drafts of the script
Production
Legal
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Director's Agreement, 1985 October 30, addenda 1987 February
Box   15
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Writer's Guild screenwriter credit arbitration
Box   15
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Italian “Statement of Stay” documentation for Stuart Gordon
Box   15
Folder   3
Correspondence regarding potential copyright infringement of the game Battletech
Box   15
Folder   3
Settlement offer, 1991 January 11
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Folder   3
Requests for film and video copies by the Director
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Requests for use of footage from the film, 1993
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Correspondence and miscellaneous: director's biography; invitation to Stuart Gordon's house for opening night party; video playback detail
Design
Storyboards
Box   15
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Bound storyboards
Note: Originally in black binder labeled “Robot Jox Storyboards.”
Box   15
Folder   7
Special EFX Boards, headed “B2” 1986 December 1
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   15
Folder   8
Special FX Storyboards, B3, updated 1986 December 1
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   16
Folder   1
Special FX Storyboards B4, updated 1986 December 1
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   16
Folder   2
B2 EFXs Effects Boards, 1986 December 10
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   16
Folder   3
B3 EFXs Boards, 1986 December 10
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   16
Folder   4
B4 EFXs Boards, 1986 December 10
Quantity: Photocopied storyboard pages 
Box   16
Folder   5
Additional storyboards
Box   16
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Storyboards for “The Journey to the Dark Side” by Dennis Murphy
Note: Storyboards possibly sent to Stuart as evidence of Murphy's talent.
Box   84
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Original pencil and ink sketches, and character concept drawings
Box   16
Folder   7
Costumes
Box   84
Folder   4
General
Box   84
Folder   5
Natalucci drawings
Box   87
Folder   7
Costume sketches, originals, signed K.C. 1986
Box   87
Folder   8
Machines and Robots, original sketches, signed “Knapp”
Box   16
Folder   8
Production binder: Cast, Crew, Contacts, and Script
Box   84
Folder   7
Budgets
Box   16
Folder   9
Crew Deal Memos and Crew list
Box   16
Folder   10
Casting
Box   16
Folder   11
Brochures on George Air Force Base, California
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Schedules
Box   17
Folder   1
“Selected Takes”
Box   17
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Memoranda and correspondence
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Call Sheets
Box   17
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Dailies
Post-production
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“Robot Jox ADR Script, 1988 November”: Automatic Dialog Replacement (i.e. dubbing) script
Quantity: Handwritten notes on 1987 January 27 draft 
Box   84
Folder   8
ADR cue sheets
Box   84
Folder   9
Title lettering
Scope and Content Note: Various fonts and layouts (possibly for credits, or publicity).
Distribution
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Reports on preview screening, Hollywood, 1989 July 21, and correspondence about a possible title change as a result
Box   17
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Memo on markets for the film
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Folder   8
Publicity materials: brochures, press kits
Note: For originals of photographs, see Stills.
Box   17
Folder   9
Festival screenings
Scope and Content Note: Festival screenings include:
  • Barcelona, Spain, Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival, 1989
  • Cannes, France, 1987
  • Houston, Texas, 12th Annual International Film Festival, 1990
Clippings
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Folder   10
United States
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International
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Folder   12
Fan mail
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Folder   13
Packaging for VHS cassette version
Box   18
Folder   1
“RoboJox, by Robert Thurston”
Quantity: Typescript of novelization of the film 
Scope and Content Note: Typescript published as Robot Jox, the novel by Robert Thurston based on a screenplay by Joe Haldeman and Dennis Paoli (New York: Avon Books, 1989); accompanying letter of 1986 October 7.