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xiii Firstofall,IamgratefultoSirDavidLeanforreadingtheprécisfromwhich thisbookwasdevelopedandforexamininganearlydraftofthechapterson LawrenceofArabia.Inaddition,Iwishtosingleoutthefollowingamong thosewhohavegivenmetheirassistanceinthecourseofthelongperiod duringwhichIwasengagedinremotepreparationforthisstudy:Iinterviewed SirAlecGuinnessinLondonabouttheLeanfilmsinwhichheappeared .IalsospokeinLondonwithDeborahKerrandEricPortman,who appearedinfilmsthatLeaneditedearlyinhiscareer;withRitaTushingham, whowasinDr.Zhivago;withthefilmmakerThoroldDickinson,whocoedited afilmwithLean;withSirCarolReed,FredZinnemann,GeorgeCukor, StanleyKubrick,RoyBoulting,KenRussell,JohnSchlesinger,andBryan Forbes,Lean’sfriendsandfellowdirectors;andwiththeBritishfilmmaker KarelReisz,whodiscussedLean’sexpertiseasafilmeditor.Ialsocorresponded with the cinematographer Guy Green, who photographed four Leanfilms.ImetwiththeactressAnnToddattheCannesInternational FilmFestivalaboutherLeanfilms.InHollywood,thefilmmakerWilliam Wylersharedhisthoughtsaboutadaptingstageplaysforfilm,andKatharine HepburnwentoveranearlyversionofmytreatmentofSummertime.The filmarchivistRobertHarrisdiscussedwithmehisrestorationofLawrenceof Arabiatoitsoriginallengthforitsrerelease. Manyinstitutionsandindividualsprovidedmewithresearchmaterials.I wouldlikespecificallytomentionthefollowing:thestaffoftheFilmStudy CenteroftheMuseumofModernArtinNewYork;thestaffoftheNational FilmArchiveoftheLibraryoftheBritishFilmInstituteinLondon;andthe staffoftheMotionPictureSectionoftheLibraryofCongress.Research materialswerealsoprovidedbytheMargaretHerrickLibraryoftheAcademy ofMotionPictureArtsandSciences;theTheaterArtsLibraryaswellasthe MichaelWilsonCollectionintheDepartmentofSpecialCollectionsofthe Research Library at the University of California, Los Angeles; the Script ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 13 9/21/06 2:27:17 PM Acknowledgments xiv RepositoriesofColumbiaPicturesandMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer;theDavid LeanArchiveoftheNetherlands;theT.E.LawrenceCollectionattheHarry RansomHumanitiesResearchCenteroftheUniversityofTexas,Austin; KevinBrownlow,DavidLean’sbiographer;theLeanscholarPaulRowan; andVincentLoBrutto,aresearchprofessorattheSchoolofVisualArts, New York. Also, Stephen Foster, a distinguished research professor in the DepartmentofHistory,NorthernIllinoisUniversity,advisedmeaboutmodern BritishhistoryinLean’sfilms,particularlyThisHappyBreed,andMajorD. K.Farmer,USAF-Ret.,whoservedatWrightAirForceBase,discussedaircraft experimentsrelevanttoLean’sfilmTheSoundBarrierwithme. AlecGuinness’saccountofworkingwithDavidLean,whichappearsas theforewordtothisbook,isadaptedfromtheinterviewwithhimthatI conductedinLondon.Somematerialinthisbookappearedinacompletely differentforminthefollowingpublications:TheMovieMakers:Artistsinan Industry(Chicago:NelsonHall,1973),copyright1973byGeneD.Phillips, usedwithpermission;andColumbiaPictures:PortraitofaStudio,editedby BernardDick(Lexington:UniversityPressofKentucky,1992),copyright 1992bytheUniversityPressofKentucky,usedwithpermission. Lean*FrontMtrB.indd 14 9/21/06 2:27:17 PM ...