International The Third Man (1949) 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition (4k UHD Combo) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Robin9]

This movie has just recently appeared on my radar. I'm not sure why; I've never seen it, but have heard the title. So it's going to be one of those I'm going into as a blind buy. I suspect I will like it. I've gotten more into these older noir-ish films.

I don't think I need any 4K or UHD or big boxes, or steelbooks on this as of yet, so I'm going to just get the older 2010 Blu-ray release. I found that the film is available for streaming on one of the commercial services and from what I saw, it looked pretty decent to me, so I think I'll be happy with the version I've ordered.

The Third Man is one one of my all-time favorite movies. The Blu-ray disc is excellent and I haven't felt the need to buy a 4K disc.

 

[Harry-N]

For a blind buy, a digital purchase is another option. The 4K version is on sale at Apple iTunes right now for $4.99.

1. I don't buy digital movies. I want to own physical product, even on a blind buy.

2. I don't do Apple anything...ever.

But thanks for the suggestion. If I were a different person, that could be a good recommendation.

 

[Stefan Andersson]

Sorry if this has been posted before --

Soundtrack problems on the SC 2015 mix, fixed for the 2024 mix:

"Blah-ray posted these issues with the 2015 mix:

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Sync issues and missing lines: • 00:10:28: Mr. Hardtmuth should be asking, "Would you mind filling this in?" - his first 3 words are missing. • 00:27:16: The sound of the drawer on the right opening now occurs twice (it's been looped). The sound is clearly wildly out of sync in the original mix, but this attempt to fix it is just... inept. • 00:48:52: A second of dialogue from the film being played in the theatre has been looped. A German word spoken by the actress now repeats. • 00:49:10: The taxi driver's line in German is completely out of sync with the actor, to the point where the viewer will now probably assume that he was originally dubbed. It's in perfect sync in every other version of the film. • 00:56:47: Paine should be saying, "Very good, sir." The 'very' is missing. • Most critically, about 2 minutes of footage in the chase sequence at the end is completely out of sync with the picture. Like, six or seven seconds out of sync, as if it's been assembled by someone without reference to any existing version of the film. The sound in this segment was cut, moved, and looped at various points in what was evidently a half-assed attempt to achieve a slipshod sync of sound and picture. Some of the shouting from the German police is also missing.

I'm happy to report that these are all FIXED on the 2024 edition."

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Blah-ray on the 1999 Criterion DVD:
"The sync issues are gone, although about 30 seconds are missing from the chase at the end /.../. There's still certainly some noise reduction, but there's significantly more detail too and that horrid echoey quality is gone."

 

[Dick]

Four hundred pounds sterling for that? Jumping Jesus, what a remarkable rip off!