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As the original British release begins, the voice of director Carol Reed, unnamed, is heard describing post-war Vienna from the point of view of a racketeer.
The version shown in American cinemas replaced this with narration by Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins.
This change was instituted by David O. Selznick, who did not think American audiences would relate to the seedy tone of the original.
In addition, eleven minutes of footage were cut., Sir Alexander Korda and Carol Reed, were of Hungarian and British origin respectively.
) In June 2008, the AFI revealed its " 10 Top 10 "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.
The Third Man was acknowledged as the fifth best film in the mystery genre.
In 2005, viewers of BBC Television's Newsnight Review voted the film their fourth favourite of all time ; it was the only film in the top five made prior to 1970.
The " American Film Institute " chose the film in the following categories:

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