Actor : Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Peter Van Eyck, Sam Wanamaker Director: Martin Ritt Genre: Drama Year: 1965 Studio: Criterion Collection Length: 112 Released: September 10, 2013 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD Misc: NTSC, Black & White Language: English subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré (The Tailor of Panama), about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt (Hud) into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Richard Burton (Becket) is superb as Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, played by Claire Bloom (Richard III), puts his assignment in jeopardy. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a hard-edged and tragic thriller, suffused with the political and social consciousness that defined Ritt’s career.
Special Features:
High-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré
Selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris
The Secret Centre: John le Carré, a 2000 BBC documentary on the author’s life and work
Interview with actor Richard Burton from a 1967 episode of the BBC series Acting in the ’60s, conducted by critic Kenneth Tynan
Audio conversation from 1985 between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan
Gallery of set designs
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow
Actor : Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Peter Van Eyck, Sam Wanamaker Director: Martin Ritt Genre: Drama Year: 1965 Studio: Criterion Collection Length: 112 Released: September 10, 2013 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD Misc: NTSC, Black & White Language: English subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré (The Tailor of Panama), about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt (Hud) into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Richard Burton (Becket) is superb as Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, played by Claire Bloom (Richard III), puts his assignment in jeopardy. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a hard-edged and tragic thriller, suffused with the political and social consciousness that defined Ritt’s career.
Special Features:
High-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré
Selected-scene commentary featuring director of photography Oswald Morris
The Secret Centre: John le Carré, a 2000 BBC documentary on the author’s life and work
Interview with actor Richard Burton from a 1967 episode of the BBC series Acting in the ’60s, conducted by critic Kenneth Tynan
Audio conversation from 1985 between director Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan
Gallery of set designs
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow