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The Third Man [Blu-ray]
The Third Man [Blu-ray]
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4.5 (285 reviews)
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11%Not worth the money. Buy the DVD.
4Amazing Camera Work
5One of the hundred best movies ever made.
21%Blu-ray Too Grainy
51%The Third Man
50%A review in response to other reviewers
51%A man walks into Vienna and a parrot bites his finger...
20%Poor transfer
51%Living in the Shadows
10%blue ray not nwork my machine
21%Blu-ray edition: Too much grain.
51%The Third Man
41%The Third Man - Blu-ray Info
51%Blu-ray version of the Criterion presentation of "The Third Man" (1949)
40%3 stars out of 4
41%Orson Welles, Vienna & a Cool Zither Score
20%Overbearing and Underwhelming.
30%Is Blu-ray always better?
51%A perfect movie
30%Movie great, transfer stinks
20%Only Region A?
10%Citerion Blu Ray Debut - Hell
51%BLU-RAY "THIRD MAN" IS BREATHTAKING -- EVEN THE GRAIN IS SHARPER!
5The Third Man
30%Mystery most foul
51%Blu-Ray disc in DVD case
5The Third Man: A pillar of Cinematic Vision
51%Great Film Noir,and Criterion Showcases it with quality and class!
51%Harry Lime
51%In my top 10 films ever made
51%A moody trip through postwar Europe.
51%CAROL REED'S MASTERPIECE, and One of the Great Films of Cinema
51%A Great Film, But Demands the Viewer's Patience
51%Behind the shadows lies a magical cinematic experience...
41%Great Classic Movie for one Who Is not Into Old Movies
51%THE in-one-THIRD-of-the-movie MAN
51%Impressive
51%"The Third Man" is a first rate classic
30%Ridiculous, preposterous, and insulting
5Great film
41%THE CRIME OF HARRY LIME
30%A masterwork spoiled by a stupid score
51%Cinema perfection!
51%Re-release well worth the additional cost
20%Why the hoopla?
20%A bizarre rendering of Greene's masterpiece
40%A Film Noir classic with just 1 major flaw [hint: it starts with a "Z"]
51%A Dark film for a dark place
51%A classic
51%The Third Man
51%ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS
51%Harry (sub)Lime!
51%Three Cheers for Orson Welles!
51%Criterion Release Is Great
50%The Third Man: one of my favorite movies
50%The Third Man
30%The Third Man
51%WOW! talk about Must-have!!
51%Worth the double dip
51%Best presentation ever for this 1949 classic
51%"I Remember the old Vienna..."
51%Shadowing the Third Man
51%One of my favourite films
51%Time for Lime
51%A Treasure That Will Never Age!
51%New Release of the Greatest British Film (BFI)
50%Is this a new transfer and better than the previous
51%My Favorite Movie
10%Great if you love obnoxious zither music
51%Outstanding Drama !! Great restoration!
51%Absolutely Superb
30%Good movie, but way overrated
51%Shadow and sound, the apex of B&W art
51%"The Third Man" may be the greatest film made in Britain since World War II...
51%The Little Dots
51%THIRD MAN, FIVE STARS
51%Holly Martins' European Education
51%a near perfect film
51%"Nobody thinks in terms of human beings"
50%Harry is the third man.
51%A Perfect Movie
51%Fifty years hasn't dimmed its appeal
51%The Greatest Motion Picture Ever Made
50%Is this widescreen or full screen?
51%The Third Man
51%Stunning Restoration
51%ART FORMS COLLIDE
51%Masterful work of art
51%If you like Reed instruments....This Is For You
51%Classic Noir----!!!!!!
50%A masterpiece!
51%A CONTENDER FOR THE GREATEST DRAMATIC FILM EVER MADE
51%Worthy of three viewings (recommended)
51%Astounding Visuals Keep Dawing Me Back
51%Brilliant post WWII mystery
51%An Excellent Film
51%Walking backwards to greatness
50%Undeniable
51%Beautifully Restored With That Magical Zither Pervading a Suspenseful, Post-WWII Look at Duplicity
50%Lime's Last Line
51%My all-time favorite movie
40%IT'S NOT CITIZEN KANE, BUT IT'S STILL AN EXCELLENT FILM
51%One of the Crown Jewels of British filmmaking!
51%Film Noir at it's best
10%Boring, underwhelming film noir
50%For Greene fans
4Shady Doings in Post-War Vienna
51%A timeless classic. Depth that bears repeated viewing.
51%The first "film noir?"
51%The Third Man
51%Top 10 Reasons Why I love this Movie
51%Classic, marvellous...and Graham Greene-a-rific
21%Third Man Aficianados Were Cheated
51%Classic -- Not Just For Film Noir Fans
40%Overrated. Orson Welles steals the lead.
51%One of the best movies ever made
30%Original, but not a great movie
51%One of the World's Greatest Movies
51%A Complete Joy from Start to Finish
51%A magnificent piece of cinema
51%Deserves 'Classic' status
51%Coo Coo Clock Perfect
51%Buy it and cherish
51%A Masterpiece of Movie Making and Story Telling
50%Great, predictable, surprising
51%By far one of the top films ever made!
51%One of the all-time great films
51%Simply the best ...
51%Superior Black & White
51%A truly classic film.
51%THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
51%Nostalgic thriller ranks among the best!
41%Great story and moral dilemma
30%There's good news and bad news....
51%Must Have
50%The Definitive Noir
51%A landmark Film Noir. Seldom equalled: will not be beaten.
50%A true film masterpiece
51%A Great Disk of a Wonderful Film
40%Enjoyable!!!
51%Need I say more?
51%Great Movie
51%Arguably the greatest British film ever made
51%Perhaps the *BEST* DVD I own
30%Reed's Classic Not Remastered To Perfection
51%Perfect
41%That Zither Music Just Stays With You!
51%A terrific thiller/noir
40%Great Movie, Great Features
30%Overrated thriller
50%One of the Greatest of all time
51%Greatest film noir?
51%An atmospheric study in black and white
51%Worth every penny.
51%what did the Swiss give us?
51%Criterions' Crown Jewel!!
51%Suspense and intrigue with no easy answers
51%Better every time
51%That sly smile...
40%Earliest Film Noir
51%Come visit post war Wien (Vienna)
51%On my list of favorite overlooked films.
41%Good film, good DVD
51%A Wellesian film that Welles didn't direct
51%Thrilling and deeply thought
50%Masterful Treatment of Vienna 1947 -Orson Stands Out!
51%Flawless all the way around
51%This movie was never widescreen!
51%A Masterpiece of Suspense
30%Why not letterbox?
51%They don't make them like they used too...
5An absolute masterpiece.
51%One of the top films of all time.
51%A True Classic
51%an excellent movie with tons of extras
51%"Sometimes I wonder whether it really was an accident"
51%Simply a Classic
51%A masterpiece!
5Unforgettable - Welles at his best
51%A "Classic" In Every Sense
5Undeniably classic
5The cows are dancing in the streets.
5a classic made even better with its restoration
5A Bona Fide Classic!!
51%A masterpiece
5One of the Best Post War Films Ever Made
51%One of the most amazing films of the 20th century
51%Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten= MOVIE MAGIC!
50%: )
51%The Third Man
51%A Genuinely Great Film
5yum
50%I have no words
51%A True Masterpiece
51%The Third Man -- Perfect Film Noir
51%Intrigue Amid the Elegant Ruins of Post-World War II Vienna
20%There's something about you guys that I don't understand
51%Sir Carol Reed
51%Do we really know the ones we love?
51%A must have DVD for film noir fans!
51%The greatest movie of all time
5A Great New Look At An Old Classic
51%A DVD Masterpiece
51%Orson Welles is magnificent
40%Quantitative Evaluation
51%THE Greatest Movie of All Time
5Peerless
51%Classic Film looking incredible on DVD
51%Roger Ebert may be right
51%Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
51%So visually and intellectually rich - a director's lesson
51%My high expectations were met -- and surpassed!
21%Poor transfer from Criterion
51%Lives up to the legend
51%Top Ten Film
51%One of the Best Movies Of All Time!
51%Deserves its reputation as a masterpiece. Highly recommended
40%SUSPENSE
51%One the best uses of DVDs
30%Not a suspense thriller by any stretch of the term
51%Restored with a lot of extras - the way DVD should be
30%5 star technically, 2 emotionally
51%One of the best movies ever made!
30%I just don't get it.
51%Masterpiece
51%DVD Format Adds to a Lot to a Great Movie
51%Who is this Third Man?
51%Thank God they are re-mastering the classics...
51%A stunning DVD
51%As good as ever
51%Beautiful Transfer, Interesting Extras and a Classic Movie
51%The DVD version
51%Poor Joseph Cotton, Orson steals the show
51%My favorite film
51%Poetic
51%the Noir-est of Film Noir
5First to see the movie,all other times to enjoy the music.
5A true masterpiece
50%The Third Man, by Carol Reed
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