Widely regarded as the greatest British film of all time, and making its 4K debut, director Carol Reed’s noir The Third Man, brilliantly scripted by Graham Greene – and set to Anton Karas’s evocative zither score – is a justly celebrated classic further enhanced by Orson Welles in one of his most iconic roles. After writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives in post-WWII Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (the incomparable Welles), he discovers Lime has been killed in a suspicious accident. As the accident’s witnesses disappear, the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) and Lime’s mistress, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli), complicate Martins’s search for answers regarding his friend’s death. But will his relentless curiosity lead him to discoveries about Lime he’d rather not know?
Key Features
This stunning 4K UHD™ edition – available for the first time in the U.S. – preserves Carol Reed’s cinematic vision, as well as Robert Krasker’s starkly dramatic black-and-white cinematography (winner of the 1950 Academy Award®).
- SteelBook® art by William Walker
- Special Features:
- 56-page booklet featuring on-set photos and essays describing the cinematic impact of The Third Man
- Collector's poster
- Four art cards:
- Two mockups of pulp Western paperback covers written by Holly Martins
- Anna Schmidt’s forged passport
- Original 1949 poster
- Audio Commentary with Guy Hamilton, Simon Callow, and Angela Allen
- The Third Man Interactive Tour
- The Third Man on the Radio
- Interview and Zither Performance by Cornelia Mayer
- Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
- Lionsgate Limited Extras
- Joseph Cotten’s Alternate Opening Voiceover Narration
- Noreen Ackland on Saving The Third Man
- The Third Man – A Filmmaker’s Influence
- Restoring The Third Man
- Shadowing The Third Man
- 75th-Anniversary Trailer
Pre-order: Lionsgate Limited
Since I'm sure these will be snapped up, will there be a non-Limited edition?
(still available as of my order)
Almost certainly, but not right away. Previously there was a StudioCanal UK release in a limited edition box (Region B locked for the Blu-ray). And there are several European standard releases.