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| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Dramas Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Criterion Collection, Film Noir, AFI Top 100 Thrills, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 50 Villains | | Starring | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Alida Valli, Martin Miller | | Director | Carol Reed | | Composer | Anton Karas | | Director of Photography | Robert Krasker | | Editor | Oswald Hafenrichter | | Producer | David O. Selznick, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed | | Production Designer | Vincent Korda, Joseph Bato, John Hawkesworth | | Screenwriter | Graham Greene |
Orson Welles stars in this movie about a pulp novelist who investigates the death of an old friend. Bonuses: video introduction, commentaries, making-of documentary, featurettes, photos, archival footage, essay booklet. Carol Reed reached the peak of his form with this classic noir, an elegy for American innocence and European elegance. Joseph Cotten, in fine form, stars as unemployed pulp-novelist Holly Martins. When he arrives in post-WWII Vienna on the promise of a job from his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), he finds that Lime has recently died in a dubious car accident. Against the advice of British sector authority Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), who accuses Lime of criminal behavior, the indignant Martins decides to stay to investigate his friend's death. He searches this city of rubble-strewn streets and bombed-out buildings, earnestly questioning Lime's associates, a cynical, war-weary collection of black-market hustlers. At length, he realizes that the stories he's hearing are so full of contradiction, he's getting nowhere. Yet, he's entranced by Lime's beautiful girlfriend, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli), who, unlike the others, seems to have loved Harry. Calloway finally provides evidence of Harry's treachery, and Martins, despondent, is about to return home when everything changes in a shadowed moment. THE THIRD MAN is a masterpiece of melancholia featuring extraordinary writing, acting, and directing, as well as a classic zither score by Anton Karas. Welles is memorable as the seductive villain, but the true star may be the camera work of Robert Krasker, which transforms Vienna into a coruscating, expressionist nightmare. This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). When he finds that Lime has just been killed in a questionable car accident, he decides to remain in the city to investigate his friend's demise. THE THIRD MAN is number 57 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Home Vision Cinema VHS version is the Uncut British Version from the Criterion Collection Video Master. The print is from the Janus Collection.
Third Man Quotes/Excerpts: "In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance; in Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock."--Harry Lime (Orson Welles) Third Man Reviews: "...THE THIRD MAN provides superior roles for all its lead actors..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...One of the greatest of all films, and one of the most entertaining....It is one of the few films every movie lover absolutely must see..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...The greatest of the foreign-based film noir dramas..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Carol Reed's gripping 1949 thriller was proclaimed as the best British film of all time by the British Film Institute..."
-- Simon Brew, Total Film "Lime is a character of volatile complexity..."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "Welles could play the most seductive of villains; his amoral, charismatic Harry Lime is one of his most unforgettable."
-- Andy Webster, Premiere "[A]n unassailable classic....[Welles'] speech comparing the ruthless Borgia family and the peace-loving Swiss still raises goose bumps." -- Grade: A-- Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly "...The film's disenchanted romanticism exerts an irresistible charm. Nearly half a century on, that charm hasn't diminished in the least..."
-- Philip Kemp, Sight and Sound Third Man | List Price | $39.95 (You save $7.46) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1949 | | All Time Sales Rank |  57063  | | CD Universe Part number | 7747753 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 16, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Third Man, The - Uncut British Version | | Running Time | 104 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W; Criterion Collection |
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Solid performances from Michael Rennie. You can see where programs like the Saint, the Avengers, I, Spy, and so on developed from. Not sure why Jonathan Harris went on to Lost in Space, though. Or Werner Klemperer to Hogan's Heroes.
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Film Noir at its best!
Carol Reed gives us a movie nearly as good as Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Orson Welles was the pre-eminent movie maker, giving us the standard by which all others were to be measured. The only reason his output wasn't twice that of Hitchcock is that Citizen Kane stepped on the toes of William Randolph Hearst, who did his best to kill Orson's Hollywood career from that day forward. Yet Orson kept finding ways to produce, direct, and appear in films. One can't help but think that Orson Welles had more to do with this movie than simply appearing in it--his artistic fingerprints are on every dark and shadowy frame. Brilliantly filmed, acted, set, and scored, this one's a keeper for any serious Film Noir collector. Excellent re-mastering and restoration, and worth every penny. Just buy it!
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This review is for a different format. A real gem, a masterpiece....!
A must see for all classic-films fans. Inspite of its age it is still memorable, and draws you glued to the screen, even if you watch it for the 10th. time!! The score by Anton Karas is not only outstanding but very much haunting!! Criterion did a wonderful job with the extras on this one, and desrve every cent of the price. It is alweays a pleasure to see Alida Vali (of Hitchcock's "The Paradine Case"). She was the perfect example of 'femme fatal'!! Not to be missed!!!!
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Third Man DVD 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 Lim--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 dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, just continues to grow in stature as the years pass.
Source: Image Entertainment Inc. / Criterion Collection
Blu-Ray Disc Features:
Full Frame
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital
1.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Additional Audio Material - A TICKET TO TANGIERS - 1951 Orson Welles
THIRD MAN Radio Adaptation
Audio Commentary -
1. Steven Soderbergh, Filmmaker; Tony Gilroy, Screenwriter;
Dana Polan, Film Scholar
2. Graham Greene Treatment Abridged Recording
Additional Footage - Archival Post-War Vienna
Documentary -
1. SHADOWING THE THIRD MAN - 2005
2. WHO WAS THE THIRD MAN? - 2000
Featurette - GRAHAM GREENE: THE HUNTED MAN-1968 BBC's Omnibus Interview
Introduction - Peter Bogdanovich, Director
Trailer - U.S. Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Behind The Scenes -
1. Photos
2. U.K. Press Book
Additional Product:
Booklet - Essay by Luc Sante
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