The spy who came in from the cold
a Paramount picture; a Salem production; screenplay by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper; produced and directed by Martin Ritt
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Special ed.
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1965
- Publication:
- [Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2008
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- Summary:
- After a fellow spy is murdered, an agent is assigned to pretend he is defecting, but soon suspects that the layers of betrayal go far beyond what was originally expected.
- Table of Contents:
- disc 1. The film
- disc 2. The supplements.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- In English.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. - Related Works:
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- System Details:
- DVD; region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen; restored high-definition digital, Dolby digital stereo.
- Performers:
- Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.
- Production Credits:
- Cinematographer, Oswald Morris ; editor, Anthony Harvey ; music composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan ; camera operator, Brian West ; art editor, Edward Marshall ; director of photography, Oswald Morris.
- General Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Based on the novel: The spy who came in from the cold / by John Le Carré.
Booklet includes an essay, "True Ritt", by film critic Michael Sragow.
Special features (disc 1): theatrical trailer (2 min.). Special features (disc 2): interview with John Le Carre (39 min.); "The secret centre: John Le Carré" documentary (60 min); audio conversation from 1985 between Martin Ritt and film historian Patrick McGilligan (49 min.); selected-scene commentary with Oswald Morris (40 min.); 1967 interview with Richard Burton from the BBC series "Acting in the 60s" with film critic Kenneth Tynan (34 min.); gallery of set designs. - Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm).
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; stereo; Dolby
- Video Characteristics:
- NTSC
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- SPY 1965 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 9781604650891
1604650893 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515033121
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC1775D - OCLC Numbers:
- 261600042