Mr. Arkadin
Film
The Scorpion and the Frog...insuppressible nature of one's self at its base level. This story is also told by Orson Welles in the film Mr. Arkadin (also known as Confidential Report, 1955 ). The story is used by Forest Whitaker in the film The Crying Game... In this article: Peter Thornton, Aesop, Jubilee, Pride of Baghdad, Mr. Arkadin, David Simon, The System Has Failed, and MacGyver |
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Village Voice | October 26, 2009
'1962: New York Film Critics Circle' at BAMcinématek
...were happening as well. Two scurrilous beatnik features-Ron Rice's The Flower Thief and Shirley Clarke's adaptation of The Connection-both got theatrical runs, as did the ultimate film maudit, Orson Welles's Mr. Arkadin. Jack Smith completed...
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Boston Globe | October 04, 2008
DVD Report
...by restoration producer Rick Schmidlin. It's easier to understand Welles's insistence on inserting a realistic honky-tonk-strip cacophony over the famously lengthy tracking shot that opens the movie. Welles's intent - and post-production...
In this article: Orson Welles, Jean-Pierre Melville, Touch of Evil, Adam Sandler, E-mail, Blu-ray, Lino Ventura, and Richard Jenkins
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Wikipedia | September 11, 2009
James Naremore
...credit in the 1998 restoration of Welles' film "Touch of Evil" (1958). He has also recorded a commentary track with fellow film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum for the Criterion Collection release of another of Welles' films, "Mr. Arkadin" (1955).
In this article: Orson Welles, Film noir, Indiana University, Indiana University Bloomington, Criterion Collection, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Touch of Evil
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File:Poster3 Orson Welles Mr. Arkadin Confidential Report.jpg This image is used to represent the film Mr. Arkadin. It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality). It does not...
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Paul Misraki
...or more films a year. These included numerous films by Yves Allegret and Jean Boyer, as well as two films by Jacques Becker (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs and Montparnasse 19) and Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin. The 1960s saw Misraki slow...
In this article: Paul Misraki, Claude Chabrol, Jean Renoir, Jacques Becker, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Orson Welles, Paris, and France
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Mr. Arkadin
...Report, this film shares themes and stylistic devices with The Third Man. Like many of Welles' other films, Mr. Arkadin was heavily edited without his input. The Criterion Collection has a 3 DVD box set which includes three separate...
In this article: Orson Welles, The Third Man, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Europe, and Business magnate
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Emilio Ruiz del Rio
...directors, including with Stanley Kubrick on Spartacus '' (1960), George Cukor on ''Travels with My Aunt (1970), Orson Welles on Mr. Arkadin (1955), and Guillermo del Toro on Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006). Emilio Ruiz del...
In this article: Pan's Labyrinth, Academy Award, Jose Luis Garci, Goya Awards, Spartacus, Guillermo del Toro, Orson Welles, and Stanley Kubrick
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Orson Welles
...removed Welles from the project and finished the film without him. Eventually five different versions of the film would be released, two in Spanish and three in English. The version which Dolivet completed was retitled Confidential Report.
In this article: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, RKO Pictures, Hollywood, Academy Awards, Mercury Theatre, William Shakespeare, Europe, New York City, and Chimes at Midnight
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Mr. Arkadin is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film written and directed by Orson Welles. Its history is quite convoluted; the story was based on an episode of the radio series The Lives of Harry Lime, which in turn was based on the character Welles portrayed in The Third Man. In addition, several different versions of the film were released. Jonathan Rosenbaum's essay "The Seven Arkadins" is an attempt to detail the different versions including the novel and radio play. Adding to the confusion is a novel of the same title that was credited to Welles; Welles claimed the book was only ghostwritten with Maurice Bessy. In 1982 Welles described it as the 'biggest disaster' of his life, due to him losing creative control of the film.
Released in some parts of Europe as Confidential Report, this film shares themes and stylistic devices with its cousin The Third Man. Like many of Welles' other films, Mr. Arkadin was heavily edited without his input. The Criterion Collection has now issued a 3 DVD box set which includes three separate versions of Mr. Arkadin including a comprehensive re-edit that combines material taken from all the known versions of the film. Also included are three of the Harry Lime radio plays Welles reportedly wrote and based the screenplay on, as well as the complete novel. The Criterion release also includes commentary tracks from Welles film scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore.
- Name:
- Mr. Arkadin
- Release Date:
- January 01, 1955
- Directed By:
- Orson Welles
- Produced by:
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- Louis Dolivet
- Orson Welles
- Written By:
- Orson Welles
- Starring:
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- Akim Tamiroff
- Paola Mori
- Orson Welles
- Michael Redgrave
- Robert Arden
- Distributed By:
- Filmorsa/Cervantes Films/Sevilla
- Length:
- 95 min.
- Language:
- English| and [[Spanish language
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