Anton Karas asked a stunned Karas if he would compose the music for the film. Karas protested, saying he had never actually written music. As Karas later told the story, the director insisted and invited Karas to England. The Austrian became homesick and asked to be allowed to return. Reed told him he could—as soon as he had written the music. Under this pressure Karas wrote his Harry Lime theme. The film—with the music a contributing factor—was a gigantic success, and Karas' life was changed drastically. As a result, he toured all over the world and performed for many celebrities, among them
One Take Only of the loose "Bangkok trilogy" by the Pang Brothers, which includes their "Bangkok Dangerous" and Danny Pang's "1+1=0" ("Nothing to Lose"). "Som and Bank" had been completed in 2001 before production commenced on their ghost film, "The Eye". The film had screened in November 2001 at the Bangkok Film Festival, but the studio, Film Bangkok, then shelved the film until February 2003, releasing it after Oxide Pang had re-edited it. The Board of Censors objected to the title of the film, so it was renamed "One Take Only". The film was also screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the