The Third Man records had been sold in Britain, with the teen-aged Princess Margaret a reported fan. Following its release in the US in 1950 (see 1950 in music), ""The Third Man" Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on "Billboard"s US Best Sellers in Stores chart, from 29 April to 8 July. The exposure made Anton Karas an international star, and the trailer for the film stated that "the famous musical score by Anton Karas" would have the audience "in a dither with his zither". Academy Awards British Academy Film Awards Cannes Film Festival Directors Guild of America National Board of Review
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