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Peter Warren <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 31 May 1999 18:15:26 -0400
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Talking of Carol Reed and THE THIRD MAN (1949), in the late forties Reed
directed three superb films - ODD MAN OUT (1947), THE FALLEN IDOL (1948),
plus THE THIRD MAN. He'd been directing in the UK since the late thirties,
and later moved to Hollywood for movies such as THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
and MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY(he was replaced by Lewis Milestone, due mainly to
Brando's shennanigans). He directed OLIVER! in 1968, which won the best
movie Oscar. Carol Reed tends to be overshadowed  by David Lean, who had a
similar small movie/big movie career, which is a pity.
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> From: Ira Joel Haber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: The best film around
> Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 3:07 PM
>
> Forget "Star Bores" & "Rotting Hill" with its pseudo movie star playing a
> movie star. The best film now around is a 50 year old black and white
movie
> with a lot of dead actors in it. I'm of course refering to Carol Reed's
> masterwork "The Third Man" which is now playing in New York City to
packed
> houses. And what a great film it is. Beautifully shot by Robert Krasker
(who
> won the films only Oscar) in blasted bombed out Vienna, the film is
packed
> with one great scene after another and has one of the greatest endings
that
> ever ended a film. I hope that everyone gets a chance to see this
wonderful
> film on the big screen.
>
> Ira Joel Haber
> Cinemage Books
> www.abebooks.com
> www.bibliofind.com
>
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