Description | The file includes: script corrections, 16 Aug 1983; a review of The Short-timers [novel upon which the film was based]; a memo from Frewin to Kubrick, 4 Apr 1984, confirming the findings of the Waren Report [into President Kennedy's shooting]; a thank you letter to Frewin from a hopeful actor commenting on the auditioning technique [ie asking people to send in videos], 26 Mar 1984; article on Charles Joseph Whitman [Texas University massacre shooter], Newsweek, 15 Aug 1966 [copy]; American Marine Core song refrains [lyrics], 19 Aug 1984, varying the song sung in the film 'Well, I don't know but I been told....'; letter to Frewin from Pickfords, 10 May 1983, confirming the transportation of a tank from Munich; examples of Vietnamese advertising billboards/campaigns; article on Vietnamese boat people, The Times, 8 Oct 1982; quote for a F/10 lens, 24 Jan 1985; and research pages into helicopters for the development of the advertising image and text, along with a draft of the text and Kubrick's handwritten text placements and typographic styling.
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