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Rialto Pictures
Directed by: Carol Reed
Featuring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Ernst Deutsch, Paul Hoerbiger, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Bernard Lee, Wilfred Hyde-White
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 Lime—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, only grows in stature as the years pass.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Audio Commentary, Documentary, Audio Recording, Television Program, Radio Program, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Alternate Scene, Archival Footage, Video Presentation, Booklet
- Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
- Audio commentary by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy
- Audio commentary 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 Greene
- "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 Lives of Harry Lime series, 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
- 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
- Booklet featuring an essay by Lucy Sante
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Release Credits
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Release Notes on Restoration
The Third Man
The Third Man is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The picture has been slightly windowboxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image maintain the proper screen format. This high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a restored 35mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from a restored 35mm fine-grain master positive print, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from a restored 35mm fine-grain master positive print, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.