A holy grail auction for hardcore fans of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is now up for grabs through Heritage Auctions, we’ve learned via star Edwin Neal today.
Neal, who memorably played the Hitchhiker in the horror masterpiece, is offering up the rare artifacts from his personal collection. There are two separate auctions:
Auction #1: (7) Color 35mm Film Negative Strips and (7) Black and White 35mm Film Negative Strips, (16) Color Transparency Slides, (1) Contact Sheet made from Color Negs and Original Japanese Program.
This amazing collection of original production stills have never been published before and comes from the collection of Edwin Neal, the actor who portrayed “The Hitchhiker.” The photos include behind-the-scenes of the making of the film and they picture Director Tobe Hooper, Director of Photography Daniel Pearl, Soundman Ted Nicolaou, Make-Up Artist Dorothy Pearl, Art Director Robert Burns and many more. The photographer for many of these photos was Sallye Richardson, the Assistant Director and Editor of the film.
Auction #2: Original 400′ Reel of Original 16mm Work Print Outtakes.
This amazing reel of outtakes from the film has been unseen by the public and not included in any documentary dealing with the film to date. From the collection of actor Edwin Neal, the “Hitchhiker,” this reel is spliced together work print outtakes from a number of sequences in the film starting with the slate at the head of the take in a number of instances. Included are scenes of Pam and Kirk approaching the house, the Hitchhiker and Leatherface chasing Sally through the woods, Leatherface chasing the truck driver and a number of shots of Sally in captivity. Running time almost 11 minutes and approx 400 foot of film. In very nice shape, the reel comes with an MP4 flash drive transfer.
You can check out a brief snippet from the reel of 16mm workprint outtakes below, along with the production stills. Be sure to click the images to super-size them for a better look.
