| Other author/creator | Reed, Carol, 1906-1976. |
| Other author/creator | Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. |
| Other author/creator | Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956. |
| Other author/creator | Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. |
| Other author/creator | Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994. |
| Other author/creator | Valli, Alida, 1921-2006. |
| Other author/creator | Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. |
| Other author/creator | Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988. |
| Other author/creator | Rialto Pictures LLC. |
| Other author/creator | Canal+ Image UK Ltd. |
| Variant title |
Title on container: Carol Reed's The third man |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 64
Criterion collection 64. ^A458475
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| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Title from disc. |
| General note | Liner notes by Luc Sante. |
| General note | Motion picture originally released in 1949 ; 2008 DVD release. |
| General note | 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. |
| Credits | Photographed by Robert Krasker ; music by Anton Karas ; produced by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick. |
| Cast |
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard. |
| Technical details | Blu-ray ; restored High Definition with uncompressed mono soundtrack. |
| Technical details | This blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
| Technical details | Blu-ray disc. |
| Language | Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| ISBN | 9781604651003 |
| ISBN | 1604651008 |
| UPC |
715515033824 |
| Publisher number | CC1780BD Criterion Collection |
