of course its not anamorphic. doh!

i think one of those docs is on the uk set. but it looks much better than the old one. i sold my criterion for about 15 quid.

Criterion have confirmed tonight on their Facebook page that both the SD and BD versions of The Third Man have gone OOP; looks like they've lost the rights.

Woah, thanks for the heads up. Just ordered the remaster. I wasn't in much of a rush since I had the original but this news motivated me.

Ooh, thanks for the heads up. I've got the standard edition of the 2-Disc, but I was planning on upgrading the Blu-Ray. I'll order it right away...

I was planning to purchase this for some time already. Now's the time.

I guess I'll be picking up that BD sooner, rather than later.

OMG....Buying the BD NOW!!!

Glad to have picked up the BD version during the Barnes and Noble Criterion sale this past summer... man, I loved that sale.

Was on the fence, since I have the original Criterion and haven't watched it in a while, but it is a great film so I bit the bullet. Just wished I'd taken advantage of the sale when this was $15.99 at Amazon.

Thanks for the heads up on this one. Grabbed my copy via Amazon about 10 mins ago.

Might have to start jumping on the other Criterions so I don't miss out.

If any Criterions are likely to go out of print in the near future, it would be the other Studio Canal titles.

I don´t like the "windowboxing" on the re-issue so the 1999 CC is still the best in my book.

What titles would those be?

Any chance another studio will re-release this to DVD, similar to how "Rebecca", "Notorious" and "Spellbound" became part of MGM's Premier Collection last Fall?

I'll try to pick up a copy of this in the very near future.

Me too.

It will very likely be re-released in conjunction with the announced remake.

No

There are still plenty of copies to be found online at the moment, I just ordered the Blu-ray from Barnes and Noble Online. I'd been holding out for the plastic case replacement program to be resolved but it appears that will not be the case. It is going out of print due to licensing, not because of the the Blu-ray package change to the hardcase that was in the works as some have speculated...which wouldn't account for the DVD going out of print regardless.

Buy it now before it's only available second hand for exorbitant prices.

Thanks for the headsup. Just picked up my copy @ amazon

Damn, I just got mine today thanks to Amazon. Great Blu.

clear keepcase or cardboard?

Clear Keepcase. Again..it's a damn fine package. What was all the talk about the cardboard..someone brought it up that CC was doing a replacement for the case or something...

originally it came in a cardboard digipak

oh my...yeah..mine's not like that at all.