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The Third Man: Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)

DVD/APPROX. 104 MINS./1949/US NR

Main feature:

Release May 22, 2007
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1949
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
  • Two Audio commentaries: one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy and one by film scholar Dana Polan
  • Abridged recording of Graham Greene's treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
  • Shadowing The Third Man (2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film
  • Graham Greene: The Hunted Man an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist
  • Who Was The Third Man? (2002), a thirty-minute Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
  • The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 "A Ticket to Tangiers" episode of the series The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
  • Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
  • Actor Joseph Cotton's alternate opening voice-over narration for the US version
  • Archival footage of postwar Vienna
  • A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Phillip Kerr

Synopsis:

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime, and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene's razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker's haunting deep focus shots, off-kilter angles, and dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
Joseph CottenOrson Welles"The Third Man: Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)"
Written byGraham Greeneproduced byCarol Reed
directed byCarol Reed
Production Year: 1949

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