The third man / by Graham Greene ; a London Film production ; presented by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick ; Carol Reed's production ; screen play by Graham Greene ; distributed by British Lion Film Corporation ; produced and directed by Carol Reed.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication Info[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Description2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([26] pages ; 18 cm)
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Subjects

Other author/creatorReed, Carol, 1906-1976, producer, director.
Other author/creatorKorda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 producer.
Other author/creatorSelznick, David O., 1902-1965 producer.
Other author/creatorGreene, Graham, 1904-1991 screenwriter.
Other author/creatorCotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 actor.
Other author/creatorValli, Alida, 1921-2006 actor.
Other author/creatorWelles, Orson, 1915-1985 actor.
Other author/creatorHoward, Trevor, 1916-1988 actor.
Other author/creatorDeutsch, Ernst, 1890-1969, actor.
Other author/creatorHörbiger, Paul, 1894-1981, actor.
Other author/creatorPonto, Erich, 1884-1957, actor.
Other author/creatorBreuer, Siegfried, 1906-1954, actor.
Other author/creatorLee, Bernard, 1908-1981, actor.
Other author/creatorHyde-White, Wilfrid actor.
Other author/creatorBleibtreu, Hedwig, 1868-1958, actor.
Other author/creatorLondon Film Productions.
Other author/creatorBritish Lion Films.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Uniform titleThird man (Motion picture)
Variant title Title on container: Carol Reed's The third man
SeriesThe Criterion collection ; 64
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 64. ^A506835
Contents Disc 1: The film (104 min.) -- Disc 2: The supplements.
Abstract 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.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1949.
General noteSpecial features: Disc 1: Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich; 2 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 2: "Shadowing The third man" (2005): a 90-min. 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 30-min. 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.
CreditsPhotography, Robert Krasker ; editor, Oswald Hafenrichter ; music, Anton Karas ; set designer, Vincent Korda.
Cast Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Ernst Deutsch, Paul Hoerbiger, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Bernard Lee, Wilfred Hyde-White, Hedwig Bleibtreu.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Awards noteAcademy Awards, 1951: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Other titleShadowing The third man.
Other titleGraham Greene, the hunted man.
Other titleWho was the third man?
ISBN1934121452
ISBN9781934121450
UPC 715515023429
Publisher numberCC1690D Criterion Collection
Stock numberMidwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com