So Sexy

[Cheebs]

Final boxart for the leone MWNN trilogy SE's just came out.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Collector’s Edition

    * 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
    * English DD5.1 Surround
    * English, French and Spanish subtitles
    * Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Schickel
    * Leone’s West Documentary
    * The Leone Style Documentary
    * The Man Who Lost The Civil War Documentary
    * Reconstructing The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette
    * Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette
    * Il Maestro Part II Featurette
    * Deleted Scenes
    * Extended Tuco Torture Scene
    * The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction
    * French Trailer
    * 4 Easter Eggs:
          o Uno
          o Italian Lunch
          o New York Actor
          o Gun In Holster
    * Poster Gallery
    * Original Theatrical Trailer
    * Five Collectible Postcards
    * Eight-page booklet

A Fistful of Dollars Collector’s Edition

    * Fully Restored and Remastered Feature
    * 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
    * English DD5.1 Surround
    * Spanish Dolby Surround
    * English, French and Spanish subtitles
    * Audio Commentary by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling
    * A New Kind Of Hero Featurette
    * A Few Weeks In Spain Featurette - Clint Eastwood on the experience of making the film
    * Tre Voici Featurette - Three friends, Alberto Grimaldi, Sergio Donati and Mickey Knox, remember A Fistful Of Dollars
    * Not Ready For Primetime Featurette - Monte Hellman discussion on The Prologue Shot for the first TV release to legitimize The Man With No Name’s immoral killing
    * Additional Scene – The Network Prologue (with Harry Dean Stanton)
    * Location Comparisons: Intercutting Film Clips with Current Footage Of Locations Used Featurette
    * 10 Radio Spots
    * Double Bill Trailer
    * Eight-page booklet

For A Few Dollars More Collector’s Edition

    * Fully Restored and Remastered Feature
    * 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
    * English DD5.1 Surround
    * French and Spanish Dolby Surround
    * English, French and Spanish subtitles
    * Audio Commentary by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling
    * A New Standard Featurette - Frayling on For A Few Dollars More
    * Back For More Featurette - Clint Eastwood remembers For A Few Dollars More
    * Tre Voici Featurette - Three friends, Alberto Grimaldi, Sergio Donati and Mickey Knox, remember For A Few Dollars More
    * For A Few Dollars More: The Original American Release Verions Featurette - alternate scenes/alternate releases
    * Location Comparisons: Intercutting Film Clips with Current Footage Of Locations Used Featurette
    * 12 Radio Spots
    * Original Theatrical Trailer
    * Double Bill Trailer
    * Eight-page booklet

[Solo]

Give Dynamite its due, Cheebs! Bastard! Anyways, day one, duh. Now Ill have 2 copies of the TGTBATU SE, plus the original DVD.

[bud]

to this day i still don't know why i bought the uoatitw instead of the tgtbatu

10bucks down the drain. once upon was a good movie but it pales in comparison to the goodbadugly

[Phoenix Dark]

to this day i still don't know why i bought the uoatitw instead of the tgtbatu

10bucks down the drain. once upon was a good movie but it pales in comparison to the goodbadugly

Not really. OUATITW is amazing, and IMHO it's score(s) is better than TGTBTU. The problem with OUATITW is the pacing; it drags more than once.

[Bloodwake]

I WANT THIS REALLY FUCKING  BAD

[Madrun Badrun]

holy fuck.  best box art ever. 

[Ecrofirt]

son of a bitch, I just bought Fistful and For A Few Dollars More for $6 each.

[bud]

to this day i still don't know why i bought the uoatitw instead of the tgtbatu

10bucks down the drain. once upon was a good movie but it pales in comparison to the goodbadugly

Not really. OUATITW is amazing, and IMHO it's score(s) is better than TGTBTU. The problem with OUATITW is the pacing; it drags more than once.

i do prefer ouatitw's opening sequence

but the rest, including the score, is better in tgtbatu

[Scurvy Stan]

Better than unforgiven.

[Solo]

That was never in question. Dollars trilogy > any western. Forget John Ford, forget Eastwood, forget Peckinpah, forget the other Sergios. Leone rules all.

[Ichirou]

That was never in question. Dollars trilogy > any western. Forget John Ford, forget Eastwood, forget Peckinpah, forget the other Sergios. Leone rules all.

Yeah, but The Great Silence and Django are both pretty fucking good spaghettis anyway.

[Solo]

Oh yes, Im not trying to say to literally forget all other westerns. Im just saying that for my tastes, theres never been a better filmmaker in the genre than Leone. If I were to make a movie, the critics would blast me, as it would be a blatant Leone ripoff, ala De Palma and Hitchcock, lolz.

Hell, Id give any western a chance, Leone or not, that has a Morricone score. The man is that good.

[Ichirou]

The Great Silence and Companeros (both Sergio Corbucci spaghettis) have Morricone scores.  Django has a score by Enrique Bacalov, an Argentinian composer (he did Il Postino too).

[Solo]

Yeah, Bacalov is good too, Ive loved everything Ive heard from him.

[Phoenix Dark]

[youtube=425,350]nZx9sNXv9h0[/youtube]
wtf...

[Ichirou]

YouTube links don't work for me in Firefox, but from the still I can tell that's the opening to Django.  I love that song, I have it on CD, even (in both Italian and English versions).

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

John Ford just plain kicked ass.  The Searchers, Man who Shot Liberty Valance, Rio Grande, Stagecoach.
That dude could shoot a movie.  And Leone, Peckinpah, etc., had to draw their inspiration from somewhere.  I'm not saying he's better then anybody, I'm just saying the man has a really strong resume.

anyways, Ichirou, Solo, the sequels thread on GAF is too depressing, props to Solo for trying to set them straight.  Nobody's even mentioned Star Trek II yet fer crying out loud.

edit: the Miike Django remake is going to be soooo nuts.  I can't wait.

[Candyflip]

[youtube=425,350]nZx9sNXv9h0[/youtube]
wtf...

That movie looks godly.

[Phoenix Dark]

YouTube links don't work for me in Firefox, but from the still I can tell that's the opening to Django.  I love that song, I have it on CD, even (in both Italian and English versions).

It almost looked like a parody, but at the same time it looked cool. I need to see it

[Solo]

John Ford IS one of the greats. I guess I sort of painted myself in a corner with my statement, lolz. Leone just clicks best for me personally, and Ive always enjoyed his raw/shades of gray take on the west as opposed to the more cleancut/black and white version presented in American westerns.

With that said, other than Leone westerns, Unforgiven and The Proposition, The Searchers is my favorite western.

[Ichirou]

Django is ridiculously over the top.  That's what makes it so awesome.  If you watch it on DVD, try to watch it in Italian with English subtitles...Franco Nero doesn't dub over his own voice in the English version so it really feels jarring.

Solo, have you seen many non-Leone spaghettis?  I'm surprised at how truly great some of them are, especially the "political" ones like Companeros and A Bullet for the General.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

edit: the Miike Django remake is going to be soooo nuts.  I can't wait.

hey, I found the trailer.  Looks swell.
[youtube=425,350]cLam3sP29VY[/youtube]

[Phoenix Dark]

edit: the Miike Django remake is going to be soooo nuts.  I can't wait.

hey, I found the trailer.  Looks swell.
[youtube=425,350]cLam3sP29VY[/youtube]

wtf is that a trailer for a new movie?

[Ichirou]

Yup, Japanese remake of Django directed by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition, Happiness of the Katakuris).  Looks godly.

[Solo]

Django is ridiculously over the top.  That's what makes it so awesome.  If you watch it on DVD, try to watch it in Italian with English subtitles...Franco Nero doesn't dub over his own voice in the English version so it really feels jarring.

Solo, have you seen many non-Leone spaghettis?  I'm surprised at how truly great some of them are, especially the "political" ones like Companeros and A Bullet for the General.

Not anywheres near as many as Id like. Perhaps I will make Italian cinema (not just westerns) the next area I delve deep into. Fellini, Leone, Argento aside, theres still a lot of stuff I need to check out from that country.

[Ichirou]

Italian cinema is the very best cinema in Europe - it has the best directors (De Sica, Visconti, Rossi, Rossellini, Leone, Fellini, Wertmuller, Argento), the most creativity in terms of genre (neorealism, peplum, spaghettis, giallos, horror), and the greatest number of purely entertaining films.

I <3 Italian cinema.

[Tauntaun]

Italian cinema is the very best cinema in Europe - it has the best directors (De Sica, Visconti, Rossi, Rossellini, Leone, Fellini, Wertmuller, Argento), the most creativity in terms of genre (neorealism, peplum, spaghettis, giallos, horror), and the greatest number of purely entertaining films.

I <3 Italian cinema.

"I want to make-a love to you all!"

[Ichirou]

You say that, but Johnny Stecchino (sp?) is hilarious.  I like Benigni.

[Solo]

Italian cinema is the very best cinema in Europe - it has the best directors (De Sica, Visconti, Rossi, Rossellini, Leone, Fellini, Wertmuller, Argento), the most creativity in terms of genre (neorealism, peplum, spaghettis, giallos, horror), and the greatest number of purely entertaining films.

I <3 Italian cinema.

I forgot De Sica Bicycle Thieves <3

[Ichirou]

Bicycle Thieves is good, but I prefer Miracle in Milan.

[brandonh83]

I WANT THIS REALLY FUCKING  BAD

ME TOO OMG WTF these DVD's look excelllllllent.

[Phoenix Dark]

Please tell me I can buy these seperately and don't have to buy them in the boxset. I don't want the other two movies

[Cheebs]

Please tell me I can buy these seperately and don't have to buy them in the boxset. I don't want the other two movies

all are being sold on their own and in a boxset. You are fine. It's out June 5th.

[Phoenix Dark]

Please tell me I can buy these seperately and don't have to buy them in the boxset. I don't want the other two movies

all are being sold on their own and in a boxset. You are fine. It's out June 5th.

How much do they cost? I bought my dad the cheap THTBTU DVD for Christmas lol. Should have waited

[Cheebs]

Please tell me I can buy these seperately and don't have to buy them in the boxset. I don't want the other two movies

all are being sold on their own and in a boxset. You are fine. It's out June 5th.

How much do they cost? I bought my dad the cheap THTBTU DVD for Christmas lol. Should have waited

http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Ugly-2-Disc-Collectors/dp/6301971272/ref=sr_1_6/104-9046579-7478361?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1177344024&sr=1-6

$18.99

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

UPDATE, NEW TRAILER FOR MIIKE'S DJANGO.

still looks good.  BTW, you guys knew he was doing it entirely in english, right?  Well, sorta at least.
click the official site here.
then click on the third button down and watch the trailer-ie goodness.

umm, so, how bout dose dusty vistas, yeah?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

could anyone understand what the eff they were saying?

[close]

[Cheebs]

UPDATE, NEW TRAILER FOR MIIKE'S DJANGO.

still looks good.  BTW, you guys knew he was doing it entirely in english, right?  Well, sorta at least.
click the official site here.
then click on the third button down and watch the trailer-ie goodness.

umm, so, how bout dose dusty vistas, yeah?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

could anyone understand what the eff they were saying?

[close]

Who cares? MWNN trilogy this june!`

[Himu]

Can someone PLEASE tell me that those Japs aren't going to put their Engrish into a western?

[Cheebs]

Can someone PLEASE tell me that those Japs aren't going to put their Engrish into a western?

I hope so. The acting in the trailer was HORRIBLE.

[TVC15]

How can this thread be titled So Sexy without having Francois in it?

[Cheebs]

How can this thread be titled So Sexy without having Francois in it?

post some images

[Himu]

Can someone PLEASE tell me that those Japs aren't going to put their Engrish into a western?

I hope so. The acting in the trailer was HORRIBLE.

A TERIYAKI WESTERN

DJANO!!!

[Phoenix Dark]

[youtube=425,350]nZx9sNXv9h0[/youtube]

Needed to be posted again. I love that song holy hell

[BlueTsunami]

Is the remastering supposed to be good? I mean...I want to get my mother the 3 pack for $30 for Mothers Day (she loves Clint Eastwood and Westerns) but I'll feel bad if the IQ of these DVDs blow away the former releases...

[bluemax]

I was within a few yards of this man yesterday. I felt more bad ass just to be sitting and basking in his presence.

[Ichirou]

Is the remastering supposed to be good? I mean...I want to get my mother the 3 pack for $30 for Mothers Day (she loves Clint Eastwood and Westerns) but I'll feel bad if the IQ of these DVDs blow away the former releases...

Get her the Once Upon A Time in the West 2-disc collector's edition, and then wait for this set to come out before picking it up for her.  The remastering is supposed to be a step above, and Fistful and For A Few Dollars More both have a few extra minutes of content that were censored out in the previous release.

[Error Macro]

Is it the theatrical cut of TGTBATUGHABAWNEIOP?

Balls to that if it isn't.

[Ichirou]

The one in the upcoming box set is the director's cut, which is actually the European theatrical cut.  The US got an edited version originally.  The one in the Man with No Name Trilogy box set that's out now is the US theatrical cut.

[Solo]

Is the remastering supposed to be good? I mean...I want to get my mother the 3 pack for $30 for Mothers Day (she loves Clint Eastwood and Westerns) but I'll feel bad if the IQ of these DVDs blow away the former releases...

Have you seen OUATITW's transfer? Its FUCKING GORGEOUS. TGTBATU's is pretty nice too, but not in that class. Even still, if the other two films are up to that standard, then yes, it will blow away the existing release.

Is it the theatrical cut of TGTBATUGHABAWNEIOP?

Balls to that if it isn't.

Its the Italian theatrical cut. The US cut had the 15 minutes or whatever of footage cut out.

Personally, I prefer the US version. The scenes that were cut dont really add anything to the film aside from a longer running time, and its downright jarring to hear old Eli Wallach, old Clint, and the Van Cleef wannabe speak.

The one in the upcoming box set is the director's cut, which is actually the European theatrical cut.  The US got an edited version originally.  The one in the Man with No Name Trilogy box set that's out now is the US theatrical cut.

Exactly. So its the worst of both worlds for me. I can watch my preferred cut with a mediocre transfer and sound quality, or a lesser cut with a nice transfer and a good sound mix.

Why couldnt they have given the option of watching the US cut via seamless branching?

[Ichirou]

I really don't think the European cut is "lesser", except for the dubbing.  The new material suffers from Mickey Knox not being the guy writing the dub script.

[Solo]

I just dont think the reinserted (or cut, depending on the version of the film you cling to) really add anything. It would be different if the film was a trainwreck that was obviously missing footage (like most cuts of Once Upon A Time In America, before it finally got a proper version on DVD), but its not.

[Ichirou]

The VHS version of Once Upon A Time in America is uncut.  It's a two-tape set.  I've never seen the US theatrical cut of Once Upon A Time in America, I'm pretty sure it was never released on VHS or anything.

[Solo]

Im just talking about when it came to theatres in America. The film had like over an hour cut.

[Ichirou]

The US theatrical version was reedited by the assistant editor of POLICE ACADEMY.  He re-edited the entire thing in chronological order and cut out most of the childhood scenes.

Sergio Leone was thrilled.

[Solo]

 

Poor Sergio. I wish he were still alive today, both so that he could live to see people finally giving him his due credit, and so that he could make the war film he was about to shoot before he died.

[Ichirou]

He got plenty of praise for his work over in Europe in the seventies...it was just in the US where he was sort of demoted to a second-class director because he didn't make "real" Westerns.

The war film was about the 900 day siege in Leningrad, and was just going to be titled "Leningrad."  The Soviet government was helping with the financing, and the protagonist was going to be a photographer/reporter apparently going to be played by Robert DeNiro.

Leone was also planning another Western called A Place Only Mary Knows, with Mickey Rourke in the lead.

The US cut of Once Upon A Time in America was a fucking mess, but the saddest thing is that Leone's original vision for it was as a two part film, running a total of about 5 hours combined.  That's a version we'll never see, since he had to cut it down to fit it into one movie.

[Solo]

The war film was about the 900 day siege in Leningrad, and was just going to be titled "Leningrad."  The Soviet government was helping with the financing, and the protagonist was going to be a photographer/reporter apparently going to be played by Robert DeNiro.

Yup, this is the one I was talking about. How great would this have been? I love Leone, and I have always been fascinated by war history, and Russian history.

Leone was also planning another Western called A Place Only Mary Knows, with Mickey Rourke in the lead.

Now this Im sort of glad we didnt see.

[Ichirou]

Mickey Rourke was good in the '80s.  I believe Richard Gere was also going to be cast in it.  It would be an adventure story about two men looking for a stash of treasure, reminiscent of TGTBTU but with a more dramatic bent.  Leone also talked about filming Don Quixote at some point... he was always talking about future projects.