| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 302 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 322 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 322.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Includes a copy of the book: Mr. Arkadin / Orson Welles, with a new preface by Robert Polito. |
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Book originally published by HarperCollins, c1956 ; Robert Polito preface and Lucien S.Y. Yang cover design, c2006, The Criterion Collection. |
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"The Corinth version" originally released as a motion picture in 1955; "Confidential report" originally released as a motion picture in 1955; "The comprehensive version" originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
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Special features: Contains three versions of the film; Audio commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore; Interviews with Orson Welles biographer Simon Callow, star Robert Arden, radio producer Harry Alan Towers, director Peter Bogdanovich, and film archivists Stephan Droessler and Claude Bertemes; Three half-hour episodes of the radio program "The lives of Harry Lime", upon which the film is based; Outtakes, rushes, and alternate scenes from the film; Extensive stills gallery; Plus: 'Mr. Arkadin', the novel, with a new preface by Robert Polito, and a booklet featuring J. Hoberman, Jonathan Rosenbaum, historian François Thomas, and Droessler on the three versions; and a time line of 'Arkadin'-related events. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Akim Tamiroff, Mischa Auer, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Henzo Lucien ; music, Paul Misraki. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
American smuggler Guy van Strattan decides to investigate the mysterious Mr. Arkadin after hearing about the wealthy man from a prison cellmate, but Arkadin claims amnesia about his own life, sending van Strattan off to investigate Arkadin's past. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The Corinth version (1955; 99 min.) -- Disc 2: Confidential report (1955; 98 min.) -- Disc 3: The comprehensive version (2006; 105 min.). |
| Subject |
Smugglers -- Drama.
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Amnesia -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Film noir.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Suspense films.
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Mystery films.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Arden, Robert, 1921-
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Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972.
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Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967.
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Misraki, Paul, 1908-1998.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Complete Mr. Arkadin |
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Mr. Arkadin |
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Confidential report |
| ISBN |
0780030109 |
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9780780030107 |
| Standard No. |
037429207727 |
| Music No. |
ARK010 The Criterion Collection |
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