James Smith has dropped out of university and fallen in with a bad crowd, smoking and drinking heavily. He receives a threatening letter saying a delivery will contain the name of his next "target". A strange pizza delivery man brings him a box containing money and a note saying "Kill James Smith". James becomes paranoid, seeing the delivery man everywhere. In a church, James agrees to do what the man wants and points a gun at him, but then turns the gun on himself. Both fall dead, and the delivery man disappears.

1. The Third Man?
Script
Adapted from the story

2. Back story
Its been one year since James Smith dropped out of
university. It had only taken him a two weeks to get caught
up in the wrong crowed. following his so called ‘friends’
around he began to find himself forgetting the moral values
he had been taught by his parents growing up. It wasn't
long until he was influenced into smoking cannabis, getting
high, getting wasted on cheap alcohol and failing all his
classes. His mind began to play tricks on him. Everyone
around him seemed to be against him, it was as though
everyone wanted him gone. So he dropped out of
university, lost all contacts with his friends and family as he
went on the run. But on the run from what?

3. Scene 1
• [It began with a letter. A threat. ‘Dear Mr Smith, Expect a delivery soon. It will
contain the name of your next target... The person must be eliminated’. What did
this mean? That he had to kill someone? Like a target or a hit, something that an
assassin would have to do. But James was only a crack head, not an assassin... he
couldn’t hurt a fly]
Scene 2
Time passed – [James drinks alcohol in the kitchen and then washes down
some pills. He takes a nap and then wakes up and does some exercise. We
then see James running up and down the stairs before getting dressed.]
This will be in the form of a montage

4. Scene 3
• [The pizza, the pizza arrived, although he hadn’t ordered any. The delivery
man seemed strange. James felt sure he had seen him before. ‘Maybe it’s
an old face from my university’ he thought]
Delivery man: Pizza Delivery
James: I didn't order any pizza
Delivery man: Its come for your address
James: Its not mine I didn't order this.
[Delivery man hands the box to James and walks off. James re-enters the flat]

5. Scene 4
[Opening it his heart began to beat. Thousands and thousands of pounds.
He couldn’t tell how much. But wait... there was a note. ‘Kill James Smith’
it read. It began to make sense. This was the delivery the letter had told
James to expect, containing the name of his next hit. But wait... it no
longer made sense. This instructed James to kill James smith... meaning
himself.]
Time passed again. He locks the doors, closed the window curtains and
then sleeps
Scene 5
James has a night mare of the delivery man
[He wakes up and has a shower. The delivery man appears. Everywhere
James turns he is there. In his dreams, in the shower, in the pub...
everywhere.]

6. Scene 6
James has a night mare of the delivery man
[He wakes up and has a shower. The delivery man appears. Everywhere
James turns he is there. In his dreams, in the shower, in the pub...
everywhere.]
James heads out to the pub and orders a drink. The delivery man appears
again as a waiter. James runs off when he see’s him.
On his way home he walks through the park. He notices he is being followed
by the man.

7. Scene 7
[Back at home James drinks alcohol and takes drugs, the delivery man
appears in his home next to him]
James: What do you want? Get out! Leave me alone!
James continues to rant (improvisation), the delivery man stays silent.
Scene 8
[At the church – James decides to pray. The delivery man appears as a priests and
scares him. He disappears.]
James: where are you? I know your here? Show yourself!
Delivery man appears behind the pulpit ringing a bell and laughing.

8. James: No Please! Just leave me alone.
Delivery man disappears again, James looks around for him.
James: I know your still here!
Delivery man appears on the piano, playing music.
James: Noo! Why won’t you leave? I can’t take it any more!
Delivery man disappears again
James: Fine!... Ill do it, I'll do what you want me to do!
James puts the gun to his head, just as he is about to pull the trigger, the delivery man appears.
Delivery man: Do it!
James points the gun at the delivery man and he shoots him. They are both dead on the
ground. The delivery man disappears.
END.