THE THIRD MAN (1949) Rare Orig. Greene /Welles/Reed Noir CONTINUITY SCRIPT!

Description: THE THIRD MAN (1949) Rare Orig. Graham Greene / Carol Reed / Orson Welles Classic Noir DIALOGUE CUTTING CONTINUITY SCRIPT + COA! *Guaranteed Vintage and Original as issued. Comes with COA from the Museum of Mom and Pop Culture! *This lot is for a scarce DIALOGUE CUTTING CONTINUITY Script - *Not signed or noted, these important script was among David O. Selznick's personal holdings. This material was deaccessioned from the Selznick Archive by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin. *Every shot in the film is noted, numbered and it's length noted. There is also an explanation of each and every shot, including the type of shot. All dialogue and description of each particular shot is written to the right, displaying a somewhat different visual style from a traditional screenplay. What this unusual script offers is a unique tool to look under the hood of this key noir classic, enjoy and study this film at the closest possible level. One could teach a breakdown of the film using this as text. This script is investment-quality and museum-grade. Don't miss it! *OVERALL CONDITION: See Photos: 2-Hole punch at top with brads. 8.5 x 11" white pages. Script is Complete and Pages are numbered per reel, but appear to equal the normal 100+ pages of a traditional screenplay. Extra Fine Condition! A true find! *HISTORICAL INFORMATION: The Third Man is a 1949 British-American film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has died. Viewing his death as suspicious, Martins decides to stay in Vienna and investigate the matter. The atmospheric use of black-and-white expressionist cinematography by Robert Krasker, with harsh lighting and largely subtle "Dutch angle" camera technique, is a major feature of The Third Man. Combined with the iconic theme music by zither player Anton Karas, bombed-out locations and acclaimed performances from the cast, the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at the start of the Cold War.Greene wrote the novella of the same name as preparation for the screenplay. Karas's title composition "The Third Man Theme" topped the international music charts in 1950, bringing the previously unknown performer international fame. The Third Man is considered one of the greatest films of all time, celebrated for its acting, musical score and atmospheric cinematography. In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of all time. In 2011, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out ranked it the second best British film ever. Before writing the screenplay, Graham Greene worked out the atmosphere, characterisation, and mood of the story by writing a novella as a treatment for the screenplay. He never intended it to be read by the general public, although it was later published under the same name as the film. In 1948, he met Elizabeth Montagu in Vienna. She gave him tours of the city, its sewers, and some of its less reputable night-clubs. She also introduced Greene to Peter Smolka, the central European correspondent for The Times. Smolka gave Greene the stories about the black market in Vienna. The narrator in the novella is Major Calloway, which gives the book a slightly different emphasis from that of the screenplay. A small portion of his narration appears in a modified form at the film's beginning in Reed's voice-over: "I never knew the old Vienna". Other differences include both Martins' and Lime's nationalities; they are English in the book. Martins' given name is Rollo rather than Holly. Popescu's character is an American called Cooler. Crabbin was a single character in the novella; the screenplay's original draft replaced him with two characters, played by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, but ultimately in the film, as in the novella, Crabbin remains a single character. There is also a difference of ending. The novella implies that Anna and Martins are about to begin a new life together, in stark contrast to the unmistakable snub by Anna that closes the film. In the book, Anna does walk away from Lime's grave, but the text continues: I watched him striding off on his overgrown legs after the girl. He caught her up and they walked side by side. I don't think he said a word to her: it was like the end of a story except that before they turned out of my sight her hand was through his arm—which is how a story usually begins. He was a very bad shot and a very bad judge of character, but he had a way with Westerns (a trick of tension) and with girls (I wouldn't know what). During the shooting of the film, the final scene was the subject of a dispute between Greene and David O. Selznick, who wanted the happy ending of the novella, and Reed, who stubbornly refused to end the film on what he felt was an artificially happy note. Greene later wrote: "One of the very few major disputes between Carol Reed and myself concerned the ending, and he has been proved triumphantly right."David O. Selznick's contribution, according to himself, was mainly to have provided his actors Cotten and Welles and to have produced the shortened US version. STORYLINE: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. *PLEASE NOTE: Poster Screen Grab is not included - Added as visual reference only - Thanks! *SEE MORE CLASSIC PLAYS, MUSICALS AND SCREENPLAYS FROM THIS AMAZING 150K SCRIPT ARCHIVE IN OUR OTHER AUCTIONS - AND IN THE WEEKS TO COME! *BID WITH CONFIDENCE AND ENJOY! Payment: Please send the payment for your item within 3 days of winning the item. Shipping: We generally ship once a week towards the end of the week. If it is a birthday or emergency, we can make special arrangements. We love to combine, but if you win more than one item, wait for us to pack and weigh your total order and invoice you for that total. Domestic Shipping: We use UPS for higher-grade material unless there is some kind of specific issue such as size. International Shipping: We use USPS. 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