| Edition |
Special ed. 3-disc set. |
| Description |
3 DVDs (approximately 302 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 novel (xix, 245 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 322
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Criterion collection ; 322.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan, Patricia Medina, Jack Watling, Orson Welles, Mischa Auer, Peter van Eyck, Michael Redgrave, Suzanne Flon, O'Brady, Katina Paxinou, Tamara Shane, Paola Mori, Robert Arden with Terence Langdon, Annabel, Gert Frobe, Eduard Linker, Manuel Requena. |
| Credits |
Music, Paul Misraki ; film editor, Renzo Lucidi ; Confidential version edited by Claude Bertemes, Issa Clubb, Stefan Drössler, Christian Ketels in collaboration with Peter Bogdanovich. |
| Note |
"The Corinth version" originally released as a motion picture in 1955; "Confidential report" originally released as a motion picture in 1955; "The comprehensive version" originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
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Accompanying novel titled: Mr. Arkadin / Orson Welles with a new preface by Robert Polito. |
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Container states optional English subtitles (SDH) however discs do not offer subtitle selection and no subtitles appear during film play. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
American smuggler Guy van Strattan decides to investigate the mysterious Mr. Arkadin after hearing about the wealthy man from a prison cellmate, but Arkadin claims amnesia about his own life, sending van Strattan off to investigate Arkadin's past. Three different versions are presented in this collection since Orson Welles never completed a final cut of Mr. Arkadin, several edits of the film exist, in different languages, with different sequences, actors, narrative structures, and even titles. The Corinth version was unearthed by filmaker Peter Bogdanovich in the early 1960s, based on statements made by Welles and editor Renzo Lucidi, the Corinth version is thought to be the latest version to have been under Welles's control. The Confidential report version is believed to be the cut finished by producer Louis Dolivet after he barred Welles from the editing room. The Confidential version is a new version of the film representing a "best guess" approach following Welles's later statements, style, and continuity clues and includes as much existing footage as possible. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Mr. Arkadin / Film Organization S.A., Cervantes Film, Sevilla Film Studios (Madrid) ; a Mercury Production by Orson Welles ; executive producer, Louis Dolivet ; photography, Jean Bourgoin ; original story, screen-play, direction, Orson Welles (Corinth version) (1955; 99 min.) -- Disc 2. Confidential report / Film Organisation S.A. in co-production with Cervantes Films, Sevilla Film Studios (Madrid) ; photography, Jean Bourgoin ; producer, Louis Dolivet ; original story, screen play, direction, Orson Welles (1955; 98 min.) -- Disc 3. Mr. Arkadin / Film Organisation S.A., Cervantes Film, Sevilla Films Studios (Madrid) ; a Mercury Production by Orson Welles ; photography, Jean Bourgoin ; producer, Louis Dolivet ; original story, screen play, direction, Orson Welles (Comprehensive version) (2006; 105 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Optional commentary featuring film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and author James Naremore; The lives of Harry Lime (radio program); Stills gallery. Disc 2. Men of mystery (video interview with biographer Simon Callow). Disc 3. On the comprehensive version; Outtakes and rushes; The Spanish actresses. |
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Smugglers -- Drama.
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Smugglers. |
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Drama.
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Amnesia -- Drama.
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Amnesia. |
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Crime films.
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Crime films.
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Film noir.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Thriller -- Feature.
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Mystery -- Feature.
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Film noir.
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Film noir -- Feature.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972.
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Aslan, Grégoire, 1908-1982.
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Medina, Patricia, 1919-2012.
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Watling, Jack, 1923-2001.
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Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967.
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Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969.
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Redgrave, Michael.
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Flon, Suzanne, 1918-2005.
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O'Brady, Frédéric, 1903-2003.
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Paxinou, Katina, 1900-1973.
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Shayne, Tamara.
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Mori, Paola.
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Arden, Robert, 1922-2004.
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Misraki, Paul, 1908-1998.
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Lucidi, Renzo.
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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022.
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Polito, Robert, 1951-
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Dolivet, Louis.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Mr. Arkadin.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Film Organization (Firm)
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Cervantes Films.
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Mercury Productions.
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| Added Title |
Mr. Arkadin |
| Note |
Also known as: Confidential report |
| ISBN |
0780030109 |
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9780780030107 |
| Standard No. |
037429207727 |
| Music No. |
ARK010 The Criterion Collection |
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