Movie restorations finally give Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone the respect he deserves

[Burke Strickland]

If you are a fan of Sergio Leone's so-called "spaghetti Westerns", this should come as good news. For the first time, American audiences will be able to see these movies as the director originally intended, the way they were released in Europe.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/entertainment/1940772

Burke

[David Meek]

Caught this in the Saturday Chronicle too, Burke. Good post. The one thing I wish they would change in these movies is the sounds the guns make (now, you want to talk about offensive). Puh-lease? Pretty puh-lease? Regardless, it's great to see that we'll have access to these movies as they were intended to be seen. If I could only have one of these released on DVD, it'd have to be Once Upon A Time In The West. Henry Fonda turns in one of the great villainous performances of all time in this film. And talk about acting power:

Henry Fonda
Charles Bronson
Claudia Cardinale
Jason Robards
Keenan Wynn
Woody Strode
Jack Elam
Wow. 8O I can hardly wait. :banana:




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[George Bellefontaine]

I have the widescreen laserdisc version of Once Upon A Time In The West and will gladly replace it when the dvd comes out. IF it comes out. I don't understand why this hasn't been released long ago ?




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[Danbry39]

This is one of the DVD's that I crave for most. The region 1, I think, is scheduled for release November 18 of this year. I'm quivering in anticipation like a kid on Christmas Eve. Henry Fonda is truly an evil bastard :evil: in this one and Cardinali has never been so inviting. :P It will probably be almost three hours in length and have a boatload of extras.




Keith

[George Bellefontaine]

Wow, Keith, I didn't think it was slated for release this year. That's great news.




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[Danbry39]

Yeah, I'm going to hope, but not hold my breath George. They've announced tentative release dates a couple of times already, but it keeps getting pushed back. I can't recall exactly what they were, but there were solid reasons behind the delays - it may have involved getting a full, good quality print of Leone's preferred cut. I think I read recently that those problems were now resolved, but can't swear by it.




Keith