Strike up the zither! The Third Man arrives as a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray steelbook set in the U.S. next month, courtesy of Lionsgate.
It will be available exclusively on Lionsgate’s direct-to-consumer site, Lionsgate Limited, on February 25. It carries a $59.99 suggested list with a pre-order price of $49.99.
Written by Graham Greene, The Third Man stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, an American writer of Westerns, who arrives in post-war Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). On arrival, Martins learns that his friend has been killed in a street accident. Further, military police chief Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) informs him that Lime was a black marketer wanted by the police. Alida Valli and Bernard Lee co-star. Released in 1949, the film was honored with an Academy Award, British Film Academy Award and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
The release will include steelbook cover art by William Walker. Bonus features include:
• 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
• 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
The Third Man was released in Europe on 4K UHD by StudioCanal several months ago.
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