Add MS 89284/1/162

Material relating to the release of The Missionary outside the UK and US and the book, including:

• box office figures, press reviews, itinerary of promotional tour, and photographs, for release in Australia, 21 Jan 1983;
• press cuttings and text for radio commercial for the release in Ireland and Norway, May 1983;
• notes in Palin's handwriting regarding box office figures from Holland, May 1983;
• letter from Coot van Doesburgh to Palin sending him press reviews from Holland, 25 May 1983;
• 3 letters from Sweden to Palin thanking for his appearance on shows and for his help with the release of the film, with attached press reviews and one fan letter, Nov-Dec 1983;
• two letters from EuroAtlantic regarding international sales figures, 4 Aug 1983, and new releases in countries, 14 Amy 1984;
• cutting from Variety with list of rental films in US and Canada, including The Missionary, 11 Jan 1984;
• photocopy of a review of the film from The Jerusalem Post Magazine, 27 Jul 1984;
• press cuttings relating to the release in France and West Germany, 1985;
• material relating to the book, including 14 letters between Palin, the editor and graphic designers at Methuen London, and EuroAtlantic (7 Jun 1982-17 Mar 1983), revised voice overs and extra dialogue (typescript, 27 June 1982), jacket proofs, draft of prologue in Palin's handwriting, copy for back cover (29 Jul 1982), photocopy of list of corrections (in Palin's handwriting, undated), press reviews (26 Feb and May 1983).