The Complete Mr. Arkadin :: Product

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Film Synopsis

Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report) tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a Cold War European landscape. The film’s history is also marked by this vertigo. There are at least eight Mr. Arkadins: three radio plays, a novel, several long-lost cuts, and the controversial European release known as Confidential Report. Criterion gathered all of these elements to create this landmark box set—which also includes outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage, and a new comprehensive version of the film—at last unraveling one of cinema’s great mysteries.

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Details

Runtime:
105 min.

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three versions of the film: the Corinth Verion, Confidential Report, and a new comprehensive Version
Audio commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore
An interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow, featuring his audio interview with star Robert Arden
Three half-hour episodes of the radio program The Lives of Harry Lime, upon which the film is based, and an interview with producer Harry Alan Towers
On the Comprehensive Version, a new documentary featuring interviews with film historian Stefan Drössler and Claude Bertemes and Welles confidant Bogdanovich
Outtakes, rushes, and alternate scenes from the film
Extensive stills gallery
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: Mr. Arkadin, the novel, with a new preface by Robert Polito, and a booklet featuring J. Hoberman; Rosenbaum, film historian François Thomas, and Drössler on the three versions; and a time line of Arkadin-related events

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Directed by
Orson Welles

Produced by
Louis Dolivet

Writing credits
Orson Welles
Natto Wada

Cast

Orson Welles
Jack Watling
Akim Tamiroff
Tamara Shayne
Michael Redgrave
Katina Paxinou
Paola Mori
Patricia Medina
Suzanne Flon
Mischa Auer
Gregoire Aslan
Robert Arden

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