Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
Series |
Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 64.
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System Details |
Blu-ray DVD ; restored High Definition with uncompressed mono soundtrack. |
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System requirements: Blu-ray optical disc player and HD TV. This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
Title from disc. |
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Liner notes by Luc Sante. |
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Motion picture originally released in 1949 ; 2008 Blu-ray disc release. |
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Includes special features: video introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; two audio commentaries, one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and director Tony Gilroy and the other 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 documentary on the making of the film; "Graham Green: The Haunted Man," an hour-long 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series featuring a rare interview with the novelist ; Who Was the Third Man? (2000), 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, written and performed by Orson Wells, 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 Cotten's alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version ; archival footage of postwar Vienna ; A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film ; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Luc Sante. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
Cast |
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard. |
Credits |
Photographed by Robert Krasker ; music by Anton Karas ; produced by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick. |
Summary |
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market. |
Subject |
Vienna (Austria) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Reed, Carol, 1906-1976.
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Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
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Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956.
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Selznick, David O., 1902-1965.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
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Valli, Alida, 1921-2006.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Canal+ Image UK Ltd.
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Note |
Title on container : Carol Reed's The third man |
ISBN |
9781604651003 |
Standard No. |
715515033824 |
Music No. |
CC1780BD Criterion Collection |
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