National Broadcasting Company Records (Part 9, Office Files), 1921-1969

Container Title
Space Truckers
Note: Film directed by Stuart Gordon, story and script by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann, produced by Pachyderm Productions, distributed in the U.S. by Goldcrest International, released 1997 April.
Script
Box   36
Folder   10
Cyclostyled script without title page, first page dated “1993 January 25”
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, 1993 January 25, Master.”
Box   36
Folder   11
“Off World Haul, screenplay by Ted Mann, story by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann, First draft, 1993 March 25”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Off World Haul, Master, 1993 March 25.”
“Space Truckers, screenplay by Ted Mann, story by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann”
Box   36
Folder   12
“First draft, (3rd revision), 1993 April 7”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 April 7” on the spine.
Box   36
Folder   13
“First draft, 1993 May 6”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 May 6” on the spine.
Box   37
Folder   1
“First draft, 1993 May 14”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 May 14.”
“Space Truckers, screenplay by Ted Mann, story by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann, © Pachyderm Productions”
Box   37
Folder   2
“First draft, 1993 August 26”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 August 26.”
Box   37
Folder   3
“First draft, 1993 September 7”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 September 7.”
Box   37
Folder   4
“First draft, 1993 September 14”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 September 14.”
Box   37
Folder   5
“First draft, 1993 September 20”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 September 20.”
Box   37
Folder   6
“First draft, 1993 September 24”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1993 September 24.”
Box   37
Folder   7
“First draft, 1993 September 24”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Notes, 1994 March 21, 1993 September 24.”
Box   37
Folder   8
“First draft (revised), 1994 March 29”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1994 March 29.”
Box   38
Folder   1
“First draft (revised), 1994 March 31”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1994 March 31.”
Box   38
Folder   2
“First draft (revised), 1994 March 31”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1994 March 31” (not identical to the preceding from Page 73).
Box   38
Folder   3
“First draft (revised), 1994 March 31”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, SG Notes, 1994 October 17.”
Box   38
Folder   4
“Third Draft (revised), 1994 October 31”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, 3 Notes, 1994 October 31.”
Box   38
Folder   5
“Space Truckers, 1994 November 15, a screenplay by Ted Mann & Stuart Gordon, Pachyderm Productions © 1994”
Quantity: Typescript 
Box   38
Folder   6
“Space Truckers, 1994 November 15, a screenplay by Ted Mann & Stuart Gordon, Pachyderm Productions © 1994”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “SG Notes, 1994 November 15, Space Truckers.”
“Space Truckers, screenplay by Ted Mann, story by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann, © Pachyderm Productions”
Box   38
Folder   7
“Third draft (revised), 1994 November 15”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, SG Notes, 1994 November 15.”
Box   38
Folder   8
“Third draft (revised), 1994 December 29”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Notes, 1994 December 29” and on the cover “Notes, December 29, Stuart Gordon.”
Box   39
Folder   1
“Third draft (revised), 1994 December 29”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “SG Notes, 1995 January 3, Space Truckers.”
Box   39
Folder   2
“Third draft (revised), 1995 January 3”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 January 3.”
Box   39
Folder   3
“Third draft (revised), 1995 April 6”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 April 6.”
Box   39
Folder   4
“Third draft (revised), 1995 April 6”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, SG Notes, 1995 April 6.”
Box   39
Folder   5
Script without title page
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 April 19” and on the cover “April 19 Master, S7.”
“Space Truckers, screenplay by Ted Mann, story by Stuart Gordon and Ted Mann, © Pachyderm Productions”
Box   39
Folder   6
“Fourth draft (revised), 1995 April 25”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 April 25.”
Box   39
Folder   7
“Fourth draft (revised), 1995 May 2”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 May 2.”
Box   39
Folder   8
“1995 May 11”
Quantity: Typescript with handwritten emendations 
Note: Marked on the spine “1995 May 11.”
Box   40
Folder   1
“Fifth draft (revised), 1995 May 15”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 May 15.”
Box   40
Folder   2
“Script #7, Sixth draft, 1995 May 30”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, Master, 1995 May 30.”
Box   40
Folder   3
“Sixth draft, 1995 May 30”
Quantity: Typescript 
Note

Identical to the item in Box 40, Folder 2, but with blue pages revised 1995 June 22 and pink pages revised 1995 June 29.

Marked on the spine “S.T., Master, Blue/Pink.”

Box   40
Folder   4
“Sixth draft, 1995 May 30, revised: Blue, Pink, Green”: with blue pages, revised , 1995 June 22, pink pages, revised , 1995 June 29, and green pages, revised , 1995 July 18
Quantity: Typescript 
Note: Marked on the spine “Space Truckers, May 30 B/P/Green.”
Box   40
Folder   5
“Eighth Draft, 1995 September 3”
Quantity: Cyclostyled script 
Scope and Content Note: Including blue pages revised 1995 September 8.
Box   40
Folder   6
Script notes, 1994 December 14-1995 July 20
Box   40
Folder   7
Script revisions, 1993 February-1994 September
Production
Legal
Box   40
Folder   8
Options and contracts, 1993-1997
Box   40
Folder   9
Producers' and director's résumés
Pre-Production
Box   41
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1995 May-September
Box   41
Folder   2
Minutes of meetings at Tulfarris House Hotel and Ardmore Studio, 1995 May-June
Pachyderm Productions Office Files
Box   41
Folder   3
General accounts

Scope and Content Note
  • Credit information sheet
  • Photocopying
  • Office supplies
  • Furniture rental
  • Lease
  • Insurance
  • Telephone and fax
  • Courier service
  • Automobile milage
  • Janitor
  • Local taxes


Box   41
Folder   4
Petty cash book
Design
Note: See also Boxes 85, 86, 89-94, and Oversize Folder 2.
Research
Box   41
Folder   5
Clippings on trucks and truckers, the hog business, robots, zero gravity, astronauts, futuristic weaponry, NASA, architecture, the look of outer space, et cetera
Box   41
Folder   6
Color photocopies of artwork

Scope and Content Note
  • “BMW's”
  • “Characters”
  • “Diner & Bar”
  • “Earth”
  • “Escape Pod”
  • “Graphics”
  • “Interplanetary”
  • “Keller's Office”
  • “Macanudo”
  • “Macanudo & Cindy”
  • “Masters-Various”
  • “Pachyderm Rig”
  • “Pigs”
  • “Regalia Exterior”
  • “Regalia Interior”
  • “Space Truckers Logo”
  • “Set Signage/Hub Signage/Space Billboards”
  • “Terminus”
  • “Transgen”
  • “Transgen Cobra Rig”
  • “Vehicles”
  • “Zesty's Lair”
  • “Various”


Note: For originals, see Boxes 89-93.
Box   42
Folder   1
Color photocopies of artwork
Note: Originally in envelope labeled “Space Truckers Art Work.”
Box   42
Folder   2
Additional color photocopies of artwork
Special Effects
Box   42
Folder   3
“Effects Companies”
Scope and Content Note: Letter and flyers from Cruse and Company.
Box   42
Folder   4
Proposal
Box   42
Folder   5
Makeup and Effects Bids
Box   42
Folder   6
“SFX-Ireland,” 1996 January-April
Scope and Content Note: Schedules, call sheets, progress reports, revised designs.
Box   42
Folder   7
Cannom Creations
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, agreements, design sketches for prosthetics.
Box   42
Folder   8
Entertainment Management, Inc.
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence regarding payments and liability.
Box   42
Folder   9
Optic Nerve Studios
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence regarding agreements and payment; designs for pigs.
Box   42
Folder   10
Screaming Mad George, Inc.
Scope and Content Note: Agreements, and correspondence regarding work on the BMW suits.
Storyboards
Box   42
Folder   11-12
Storyboard set with labeled dividers
Note: Originally in ring binder labeled “Pachyderm Productions, Space Truckers.”
Box   43
Folder   1-2
Stuart Gordon's Storyboard Binder, 1995 December 11
Note: Originally in ring binder labeled “Stuart's Space Truckers Storyboards.”
Box   43
Folder   3
“Visual Effects Storyboards,” 1995 February 3
Note: Originally in envelope labeled “Space Truckers VFX Story Boards, Master Set.”
Box   43
Folder   4
Computer-printed set of Space Truckers Visual Effects Storyboards, with scheduling information, 1995 December 11
Box   43
Folder   5-6
Stuart Gordon's Production Binder

Scope and Content Note
  • Crew List/Cast List
  • Production Budget
  • Cost Production Budget/Schedule
  • FX Budget
  • One-Liner
  • Day-out-of-Days
  • Strip Board
  • Script


Note: Originally in ring binder with Stuart Gordon's name on the spine.
Budget
Box   44
Folder   1
General
Box   44
Folder   2
“CGI Budget”
Box   44
Folder   3
“Ireland Budget”
Box   44
Folder   4
“Mexico Budget”
Box   44
Folder   5
“Montreal Budget”
Box   44
Folder   6
“North Carolina Budget”
Box   44
Folder   7
“Post-production Budget”
Box   44
Folder   8
Schedules

Scope and Content Note
  • Draft shooting schedule, 1995 August 16
  • Final shooting schedule, 1995 September 2
  • Stripboard number 6 from Final shooting schedule, 1995 October 9
  • Post Production schedule, 1995 December
  • Visual Effects shooting schedule, 1996 February


Box   44
Folder   9
Final Delivery Schedule, 1996 May
Box   44
Folder   10
Financial Reports, 1995 July-September
Correspondence
Box   44
Folder   11
Letters and faxes to and from the Los Angeles offices, 1993-1997
Box   44
Folder   12
Letters and faxes to and from IAC Film Sales, 1992-1995; clippings on IAC's involvement; IAC flyer
Box   44
Folder   13
Letters and faxes to and from the Irish production offices, 1995 April 21-1996 August 29
Scope and Content Note: Mostly about production matters, but some discussion of the sales campaign for the finished film.
Box   45
Folder   1
Letters from family and friends to Stuart Gordon while in Ireland
Box   45
Folder   2
Costumes
Box   45
Folder   3
Props
Box   45
Folder   4
Weapons Photos
Box   45
Folder   5
Stock Shots
Scope and Content Note: Inquiries and order forms for stock footage.
Box   45
Folder   6
Casting
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, including Creative Artists Agency letters; lists of possible castings, 1993-1995.
Box   45
Folder   7
Call Sheets and Progress Reports
Box   45
Folder   8
Stuart Gordon's handwritten production notes
Box   45
Folder   9
Production meeting minutes and other memoranda
Box   45
Folder   10
Continuity
Box   45
Folder   11
Travel
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence and airplane reservation sheets, mostly for Stuart Gordon, some on general arrangements for cast and crew travel to and from the Irish shoot.
Box   45
Folder   12
Shipping
Scope and Content Note: ATA Carnet instructions; correspondence regarding insuring shipments, sample pro forma invoices for customs clearance.
North Carolina Location Shoot
Box   45
Folder   13
Résumés of potential crew members
Box   45
Folder   14
Schedule
Box   45
Folder   15
Color photocopies of photographs of airports
Note: Separated from Pachyderm Productions office files.
Box   45
Folder   16
Canadian Facilities
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, flyers, vitae of technicians, regarding studio facilities in Montreal and Toronto.
Post-production
Box   45
Folder   17
Correspondence
Box   46
Folder   1
Schedule
Box   46
Folder   2
Main Title credits
Scope and Content Note: Drafts 15 to 19; Writers Guild form for Ted Mann and Stuart Gordon's writing credit; credits list for film Jumanji.
Music
Box   46
Folder   3
Résumés of potential composers, and correspondence with them
Box   46
Folder   4
Correspondence on choice of composers and musical materials, 1996 March-June
Box   46
Folder   5
Opening Theme: lyrics
Box   46
Folder   6
“Temp Music”
ADR
Box   46
Folder   7
Looping
Box   46
Folder   8-9
Post-Production Script, 1996 September 10
Box   46
Folder   10
Stuart Gordon's Notes on the Script, 1996 September 23
Box   46
Folder   11
Lab forms and notes on test rolls
Note: For rolls, see Film.
Distribution
Pre-Release Screenings
Box   46
Folder   12
“Correspondence,” 1996 August 12
Scope and Content Note: Faxed letter from Amanda Kenyon of Goldcrest regarding preview screenings of the film.
Box   46
Folder   13
“Research Screenings”
Scope and Content Note: Notes; screening survey blank form and sample completed form; correspondence, contracts, invitee lists, results of audience surveys, etc., for screenings in London, England, 1996 March 28; in Torrance, California, 1996 October 17; in Santa Ana, 1996 November 20; and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996 October 29
Box   46
Folder   14
“Organic Screening”
Scope and Content Note: Benefit screening at the Organic Theatre, Chicago, 1997 January 9.
Box   46
Folder   15
“Disney Screenings”
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, invitee lists and invitations for 1997 January 21 and March 10, screenings at the Disney Studio, Burbank, California.
Box   46
Folder   16
Correspondence, 1995 May-1996 April
Box   46
Folder   17
MPAA Rating: clipping
Publicity
Note: See also Oversize Folder 1.
Box   46
Folder   18
Press releases
Box   46
Folder   19
Production Notes (originally in Goldcrest folder); credits lists
Box   46
Folder   20
Draft and final version of synopsis
Box   46
Folder   21
Brochure
Box   47
Folder   1
Log lines
Box   47
Folder   2
Posters for German release
Festivals
Box   47
Folder   3
Various (domestic)

Scope and Content Note
  • List of Film and TV Events, 1997
  • Austin, Texas, 1997
  • 12th Annual 24-hour Science Fiction Marathon, Columbus, Ohio, 1998 April
  • Dedham, Massachusetts, Film Festival, 1998
  • San Francisco Classically Independent Film Festival, 1998


Box   47
Folder   4
Various (international)

Scope and Content Note
  • Amsterdam, Holland, Fantasy Film Festival, 1996
  • Barcelona, Spain, Sitges Festival, 1997 October
  • Berlin, Germany, 1997 January
  • Espoo, Finland, Ciné Film Festival, 1997 August
  • Mexico City, 1997 April
  • Puchon, South Korea, 1997 August
  • Starfix magazine, Paris


Box   47
Folder   5
Fantasy Filmfest, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, 1997
Box   47
Folder   6
Cannes, France, 1994-1995
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence regarding pre-production presentations; JAC Publicity and Marketing Consultants brochure.
Box   47
Folder   7
Park City, Utah, Sundance Festival, 1997 January
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, clippings from Festival catalogue; schedule; travel documents; Film Guide.
Box   47
Folder   8
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, International Film Festival, 1997 October
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, contest ballots; clippings.
Box   47
Folder   9
International Box Office Reports, 1996 November-1997 May
Note: Originally filed with Pre-Release Screenings folders.
Clippings
Box   47
Folder   10
Press comment on the Irish shoot and Irish co-finance
Box   47
Folder   11
U.S. trade press comments and reviews
Box   47
Folder   12
U.S. reviews
Box   47
Folder   13
U.K. reviews
Box   48
Folder   1
German reviews
Box   48
Folder   2
Other international reviews
Box   48
Folder   3
Internet reviews
Box   48
Folder   4
Goldcrest Suit: correspondence
Box   48
Folder   5
Television screenings: HBO, 1999 January 9-30
Video Version
Box   48
Folder   6
Notes on video pan-and-scan
Box   48
Folder   7
“U.S. Video Release, 1999 April 27”: clippings
Box   48
Folder   8
German-language flyer and correspondence regarding the German video version