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Auction History Result 9s0100 GREAT ESCAPE script 1963 Walter Newman's original screenplay before it was changed! Date Sold 9/5/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 237 pages) (Learn More) The Great Escape, the classic 1963 John Sturges World War II (WWII) military prison escape crime adventure thriller ("The great adventure! The great entertainment!"; "1:06 AM What went into these few secon1963 ds... 1:07 AM The hell... the heroism... the high adventure... 1:08 AM Make for the screen's great entertainment!"; with a superb "Screenplay by James Clavell & W.R. Burnett", "Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill"; note that this was largely a true story, but it was of course "enlarged" to make it even more dramatic, and some American prisoners, who were not at the actual prison camp, were added, so that the movie could include American actors James Garner and Steve McQueen) starring Steve McQueen (as Hilts "The Cooler King"), James Garner (as Hendley "The Scrounger"), Richard Attenborough (as Roger Bartlett, "Big X"), James Donald (as Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"), Charles Bronson (as Danny Velinski "Tunnel King"), Donald Pleasence (as Colin Blythe "The Forger"), James Coburn (as Sedgwick "Manufacturer"), Hannes Messemer (as Col. Von Luger "The Kommandant"), David McCallum (as Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"), Gordon Jackson (as Sandy "Mac" MacDonald "Intelligence"), John Leyton (as Willie Dickes "The Tunneler"), Angus Lennie (as Archibald "Archie" Ives "The Mole"), Nigel Stock (as Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"), Robert Graf (as Werner "The Ferret"), William Russell (as Sorren), Lawrence Montaigne (as Haynes "Diversions"), Robert Desmond (as "Griff" Griffith "Tailor"), and Bud Ekins (Steve McQueen's friend, who performed the motorcycle jump at the film's climax, but he was uncredited, and almost everyone thought McQueen had done the jump himself!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the writers are not credited on this but that the movie credits James Clavell and W.R. Burnett. However, screenwriter Walter Newman originally wrote the script for this movie, but director John Sturges allowed the actors to improvise lines, and that greatly upset Mr. Newman, and he was SO upset that he had his name taken off the script entirely, which is very sad, since many people consider this to be one of the finest written movies ever! Obviously, it would be fascinating to compare this script, which was Newman's version, to the actual filmed version so one can see exactly what lines were changed, and what upset Mr. Newman so much. Note that this is one of seven scripts that our consignor purchased from screenwriter Walter Newman's estate. Each is a studio-produced copy of a script he wrote, and it was created after he originally wrote it, but it was his personal copy. Our consignor does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we are certain this script was Walter Newman's personal copy of this script. Condition: good. For unknown reasons, page 1 of the script is missing (it does not appear it was ever there or was removed). The rest of it is in nice condition. See our multiple images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this script. Learn More about condition grades 
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