New Arrival The Third Man (#64) USED

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 Limeand 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 Greenes razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Kraskers dramatic use of light and shadow,The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.

FILM INFO

• United Kingdom
• 1949
• 104 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.33:1
• English
• Spine #64

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed mono soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• 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
• Shadowing “The Third Man”(2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film
• Abridged recording of Graham Greenes treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
• “Graham Greene: The Hunted Man,” an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC’sOmnibusseries, 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 Manon the radio: the 1951 A Ticket to Tangiers episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation ofThe Third Man
• Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
• Actor Joseph Cottens 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
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Lucy Sante (DVD and Blu-ray), Charles Drazin (DVD only) and Philip Kerr (DVD only)
  
  New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang