The Third Man Director: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard
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- DVD Release Date: 05/22/2007
- Original Release: 1949
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- Sales Rank: 55
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Disc One: ; All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer; Vido 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; Disc Two: ; 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? (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 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 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; Plus: a booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #1 -- Third Man: The Film
1. Vienna Greets Holly Martins [5:37]
2. "A Fellow Called Lime" [2:29]
3. "My Name's Calloway" [2:33]
4. Mr. Crabbin and Mr. Kurtz [4:12]
5. Scene of the Crime [3:26]
6. Backstage at the Josefstadt [4:23]
7. "There Was a Third Man" [4:59]
8. "Leave Death to the Professionals" [5:00]
9. "Vinkel!" [4:37]
10. Popescu at the Casanova Club [6:08]
11. "One of Those Bad Days" [3:20]
12. A Date With the Porter [4:15]
13. A Literary Celebrity [4:38]
14. The Harry Lime File [3:50]
15. The Author As Romantic [5:41]
16. The Cat in the Doorway [2:22]
17. Men Underground [2:47]
18. An International Police Action [4:29]
19. The Prater Wheel [8:18]
20. The Price of Penicillin [6:47]
21. "Ballon, Mein Herr?" [3:58]
22. The Ghost in the Sewers [8:04]
23. Last Respects [2:59]
Disc #2 -- Third Man: The Supplements
1. Back From the Dead [8:35]
2. "Something Like Night in Vienna" [8:49]
3. Korda and Hartl [3:22]
4. A Zither? [3:30]
5. The Clothes Issue [4:31]
6. Supporting Players [6:28]
7. A Twenty-Four-Hour Shoot [2:16]
8. Trevor Howard [1:28]
9. British Council Characters [1:34]
10. "But Where Was Harry?" [9:53]
11. No Longer the Old Zane Grey Days [6:46]
12. The New Cold War [3:15]
13. The Prater Wheel [6:57]
14. Harry's Victims [4:56]
15. Releasing Tension [3:05]
16. A Mercy Killing [5:27]
17. Reed's Ending [6:45]
18. Korda vs. Selznick [5:25]
Editorial Reviews
In this Cold War spy classic, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a third-rate American pulp novelist, arrives in postwar Vienna, where he has been promised a job by his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon his arrival, Martins discovers that Lime has been killed in a traffic accident, and that his funeral is taking place immediately. At the graveside, Martins meets outwardly affable Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) and actress Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli), who is weeping copiously. When Calloway tells Martins that the late Harry Lime was a thief and murderer, the loyal Martins is at first outraged. Gradually, he discovers not only that Calloway was right but also that the man lying in the coffin in the film's early scenes was not Harry Lime at all--and that Lime is still very much alive (he was the mysterious "third man" at the scene of the fatal accident). Thus the stage is set for the movie's famous climactic confrontation in the sewers of Vienna--and the even more famous final shot, in which Martins pays emotionally for doing "the right thing." Written by Graham Greene, The Third Man is an essential classic, made even more so by the insistent zither music of Anton Karas. The film is currently available in both an American and British release version; the American print, with an introduction by Joseph Cotten, is slightly shorter than the British version, which is narrated by director Carol Reed. Nominated for several Academy Awards, The Third Man won Best Cinematography for Robert Krasker. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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