Following an extended run of The Third Man at Film Forum in New York City, showings of the restored 75th anniversary print are being slated in other North American cities.
Rialto Pictures has posted dates and venues for the Studiocanal restoration at rialtopictures.com/catalogue/the-third-man. The initial theater dates include: The Metro Cinema in Edmonton, Alberta, January 14; The Texas Theatre in Dallas, January 27; Gateway Film Center in Columbus, Ohio, February 9-11; and Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Massachusetts, March 28. More dates are expected to be added in the weeks ahead.
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, he 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.
The film was honored with an Academy Award, British Film Academy Award and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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