Title:
The third man [dvd videorecording]
Author:
Reed, Carol, 1906-1976.
ISBN:
9780780022485
Publication Information:
[Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, 1999.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 64.
Series Title:
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 64.
General Note:
Based on the story by Graham Greene.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Special features: Luminous new transfer, with digitally restored image and sound, video introduction by witer-director Peter Bogdanovich, abridged recording of Graham Greene's treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke, The Third Man on the radio: (1) the 1951 "a ticket to Tangiers" episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and (2) the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man, Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version, archival footage of the composer Anton Karas and the film's famous sewer location, a collection of rare behind-the-scenes shotos, with a brief production history, original and re-release theatrical trailers, restoration demonstration.
Abstract:
An American western-adventure writer goes to post-World War II Vienna to find his friend Harry Lime, king-pin of the Austrian black market, only to find he has been murdered.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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Added Title:
The third man DVD.