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Title:
The spy who came in from the cold [DVD video]
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
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 edition double-disc set"--Container back.

"Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen tvs"--Container back.

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.
Performers:
Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.
Contents:
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1 ; NTSC ; widescreen; restored high-definition digital, Dolby digital stereo.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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