Additional Bonus Materials
The Mr. Arkadin DVD set comes with a variety of other extras, including:
A 25-minute interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow, who discusses actor Robert Arden, producer Louis Dolivet and actor Michael Redgrave.
A 20-minute documentary where a pair of film historians and Peter Bogdanovich talk about the creation of the comprehensive version of Mr. Arkadin.
For use in Spanish-language versions of Mr. Arkadin, Welles reshot two scenes with Spanish actresses. The DVD set contains both scenes, and they have a total run time of nearly 11 minutes.
Almost a half hour of outtakes, work prints and rushes.
A 21-minute interview with the radio impresario who produced The Lives of Harry Lime.
A 36-page booklet containing essays and Arkadin-related information by critics and historians.
DVD Details
Below I have given the details for the Mr. Arkadin DVD set.
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Number of Discs: 3
Full-Screen (1.33:1), Black-and-White
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
English Monaural
English Captions for the Hearing Impaired
Run Time for Corinth Version: 1 Hour 39 Minutes
Audio Commentary by Two Orson Welles Experts
Run Time for Confidential Report Version: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
Run Time for Comprehensive Version: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
Documentary on the Comprehensive Version (20 min.)
Video Interview With Welles Biographer Simon Callow (25 min.)
Outtakes and Rushes (30 min.)
Two Alternate Scenes With Spanish Actresses (11 min.)
3 Half-Hour Radio Episodes of The Lives of Harry Lime
Video Interview With Radio Producer (21 min.)
Stills Gallery
Novel: Mr. Arkadin (245 pages)
36-page Booklet Containing Essays and Arkadin-Related Material
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