ORIGINAL SCRIPT for A DRY WHITE SEASON - SIGNED by Screenwriter COLIN WELLAND

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[A DRY WHITE SEASON - THE FILM]. WELLAND, COLIN (ANDREW P. BRINK). Original Shooting Script for the Film A Dry White Season, Based on the Novel by Andre P. Brink
. Los Angeles: Davros Films, Sundance Productions, n.d. (1980s). Original shooting script for the film A Dry White Season signed by the author / screenwriter Colin Welland on the title page, “Best wishes, Colin Welland”. The script was based on the novel by Andre P. Brink. Bradbound, 149 pages. With annotations throughout in an unknown hand. Near fine with a hint of handling. The film was directed by Euzhan Palcy and stars Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochow, Susan Sarandon, and Marlon Brando. It was released in the U.S. on September 20, 1989 and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for Marlon Brando. The film tells the story of a white middle class South African suburbanite (Sutherland) with no interest in politics who agrees to help his black gardener (Mokae) find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target. Colin Welland is best known for his films Chariots of Fire (1981) - for which he won an Oscar, Yanks (1979) with Richard Gere, and Twice in a Lifetime (1985) with Gene Hackman and Ann-Margret.