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Third Man (The) (1949)
Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.Director: Carol Reed
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:Video introduction by writer/director Peter Bogdanovich (4:36)
Abridged recording of Graham Greene's first draft prose treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke, as an alternate audio track for the movie (104:35)
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 (28:44)
- the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man (60:28)
Archival footage:
- composer Anton Karas (3:04)
- the film's famous sewer location (1:58)
U.S. versus U.K. Version: Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version, and Carol Reed’s U.K. voiceover (2:54)
Original U.S. trailer
Re-release trailer
Production history: rare behind-the-scenes photos, with text notes
Restoration demonstration (3:03) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:6-page booklet, featuring an essay by Michael Wilmington (film critic for the Chicago Tribune)
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Extras:Picture gallery
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers for "Angel And The Bad Man", "Zulu" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
Cast and crew biographies
Cast and crew filmographies
Screen credits -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Archival footage of Anton Karas
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:English and Korean
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is the original Criterion version, stripped of the extras,
and re-encoded to fit on one layer. While the original Criterion has
an average bitrate of 6.38mb/s this has 5.25mb/s.
There is also an another release in Korea by Spectrum. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"The Third Man on the Radio": the 1951 'A Ticket To Tangiers' episode of 'The Lives of Harry Lime' radio series, written and performed by Orson Welles (28:44)
"Composer Anton Karas at London´s Empress Club" featurette (2:08)
Image gallery (20 pics)
Filmographies: Carol Reed, Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli & Orson Welles
2 original trailers
DISC TWO
"Shadowing The Third Man" documentary (89:18) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Packaged with a cardboard slipcase.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy
Audio commentery by film scholar Dana Polan
"'The Third Man' treatment" alternate audio track (104:56)
"Video introduction by writer/director Peter Bogdanovich" featurette (4:36)
DISC TWO
"The Third Man File":
- "Insider Information" photo gallery
- "U.S. VS. UK Version" featurette (2:54)
- "Kind To Foreigners" featurette
- US theatrical trailer
- "UK Press Book" picture gallery
"Shadowing The Third Man" documentary (~90min)
"Who Was the Third Man?" documentary (~30min)
"The Third Man On The Radio":
- "A Ticket To Tangiers" original radio broadcast (28:44)
- "1951 Lux Radio Theatre Adaptation" original radio broadcast (60:28)
"Graham Greene: The Hunted Man" original radio broadcast (~60min)
"From The Archives":
- "Composer Anton Karas At London´s Empress Club" featurette
- "In the Underworld Of Vienna" picture gallery
- "The Third Man´s Vienna" picture gallery
DVD-ROM content: essay by musician John Doe -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Comes in a cardboard slipcase with a booklet containing essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr.
Re-issue is using the same spine #64. -
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Extras:Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version
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
(2) the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
Archival footage of composer Anton Karas and the film's famous sewer location
A collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos, with a brief production history
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital mono
French Dolby Digital mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This appears to be the exact same version as the UK R2. See notes on that release for details.
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Extras:German trailer
Filmographies
- Joseph Cotten
- Alida Valli
- Orson Welles
- Carol Reed
Bonus Trailers
- High Noon
- Citizen Kane
- The Devil's General
- To Be or Not to Be
- The Captain from Köpenick
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Very bad quality. The print is damaged, and missing 1 minute of footage. Compression problems and loss of detail. The original soundtrack is not edited to compensate, resulting in synch problems.
Packaging mistakenly states the runtime as 104 minutes and including an audio descriptive track. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film (104:26)
* The Film - with German audio descriptive (98:22)
Alternative US opening (2:38)
Photo gallery (1:10)
Text biographies for: Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Paul Hörbiger
German trailer (3:13)
US trailer (1:47)
US re-release trailer (2:20)
Bonus trailers for: "F For Fake", "The Magnificent Ambersons", "The Heroes of Telemark", "Citizen Kane" and "8 1/2" (15:09)
DISC TWO
"Shadowing The Third Man" documentary (89:24)
"Anton Karas featurette" (18:04)
Text biography for: Frederick Baker (in German)
Bonus trailers for: "Mamma Roma", "Rome","Open City", "Wild Strawberries", "Medea" and "The Constant Gardener" (15:01) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:The film with the audio descriptive track is in the correct PAL framerate.
The film with original English or dubbed German audio tracks use an NTSC to PAL transfer.
This edition is digitally restored and uncut.
Includes a 20-page booklet with essays about the movie, film noir, Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Anton Karas and Frederick Baker (in German). -
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Extras:Production notes
Cast biographies
Trailer -
Subtitles:Italian
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is supposedly a restored 50th anniversary edition, but still appears to leave much to be desired in the audio/video department.
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This version has been released on the speed 24 fps (in the PAL system, it should be 25 fps). Instead of interlacing, the wrong speed is realized by showing every 24th frame twice, so that once every second, the film "jerks" a bit.
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Extras:US Opening Sequence (Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version) (2:27)
The Third Man on the Radio
- 1951 "A Ticket To Tangiers" episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series (written and performed by Orson Welles) (28:45)
- 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man (60:30)
Photo Gallery (40photos)
Archival Sewer Footage (1:09)
Archival Footage of composer Anton Karas (1:56)
Theatrical Trailer (2:18)
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Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transferred from a mediocre print, and both audio and video is noticeably worse than the restored Criterion version. Also lacks some extras available on the Criterion release.
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OVERALL: R1
2-disc Criterion "re-issue" for the restored audio and video, and loads of extras.
Please see the image-comparison from the link below:
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts
- R0 Australia- Avenue One - No cuts
- R0 South Korea- Canon Box - No cuts
- R0 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (100:01 PAL)
- R1 Re-release America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (104:56 NTSC).
- R2 France- Studio Canal - no cuts
- R2 Germany- Kinowelt Home Entertainment - Yes - 1 minute shorter German cut (98:14 PAL)
- R2 Premium Edition Germany- Arthaus - No cuts (104:26 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 Italy- Elle U Multimedia - no cuts
- R2 Scandinavia- Futurefilm/Atlantic - No Cuts (104:26 NTSC->PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts.
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