SEAN PENN - CONTRACT SIGNED 08/27/1999 - HFSID 280874

SEAN PENN
Signed 10-page employment contract for the film, The Weight of Water
Document signed: "Sean Penn", 1 page, 8½x11. Beverly Hills, California, 1999 August 27. His ink signature on a faxed copy of an employment contract with Weight of Water, Ltd., of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada, for acting in a film of the same name. He also initials ("SP") an amendment to the agreement on p8. Long the bad boy of Hollywood, Sean Penn is also among the most fiercely talented actors of his generation. He made his feature debut in 1981's Taps. Penn shot to stardom with 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He starred in the 1983 prison drama Bad Boys, followed a year later by Crackers and the period romance Racing With the Moon. The 1985 political thriller, The Falcon and the Snowman, earned some of his best notices to date. Penn announced his intention to retire from acting in order to focus his full attentions on directing; however, after helming 1995's The Crossing Guard, he was back onscreen, winning an Academy Award nomination for his gut-wrenching portrayal of a death-row inmate in Dead Man Walking. In 2002, Penn would once again win critical praise with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of a developmentally disabled man struggling to retain custody of his daughter in I Am Sam. The Weight of Water, starring Penn as promised, was released in 2000. Fax information at upper margin. Staple holes at upper left corner. Fine condition.