Lionsgate Home Entertainment has provided a promotional trailer for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray SteelBook Edition of Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949), starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, and Paul Hörbiger. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on February 25.
Description: 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?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
56-page booklet featuring on-set photos and essays describing the cinematic impact of The Third Man
o 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