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Costume designer Charles Knode's personal costume bible and continuity script from the production of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Blade Runner. Together with Michael Kaplan, Knode won the BAFTA for Best Costume Design for the film in 1983. This lot comes from the family of Blade Runner archivist Geoff Hutchins.

Meticulously organised, the costume bible comprises 44 pages, each contained in a plastic sleeve and bound in a blue three-ring lever-arch file. They contain detailed handwritten wardrobe descriptions corresponding to different scene numbers, in addition to several Polaroid images. There are notes for the majority of the main cast. The notes for Deckard (Harrison Ford) are particularly detailed, comprising five pages, 20 Polaroid photographs and two clothes swatches. There are also costume notes on several secondary characters, including Kaiser (John Edward Allen) and Bear (Kevin Thompson), along with sex workers, dancers, club patrons, sushi bar patrons, showgirls and street thugs. There are 117 individual photographs in total.

Also contained in the file is a script written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. It is dated "23.02.81", two weeks before principal photography commenced. Comprising 119 pages of hole-punched A4 paper, it includes white, blue, yellow and pink pages, which were coloured to keep track of amendments. Knode has underlined and annotated several passages.

There is a split in the spine of the file, and the lot exhibits minor signs of wear. But overall it remains in good, production-used condition. Dimensions: 29.5 cm x 26 cm x 6 cm (11 1/2" x 10 1/4" x 2 1/4")

Sold without copyright; see copyright notice in the Buyer's Guide.

Estimate: £30,000 - 60,000 M

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