Other Titles • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) • The Good, the Ugly, the Bad • Zwei glorreiche Halunken (1967) • El Bueno, el feo y el malo (1967) • The Magnificent Rogues
Release Date: May 18, 2004 Runtime: 179 mins Studio: MGM / UA Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 ITALIAN: Dolby Digital Mono
Video:
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Cantonese Rating: NR Features:
Extended 3 Hour Version Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel Leone's West: Making Of Documentary The Man Who Lost The Civil War: Civil War Documentary Reconstructing The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Featurette On Composer Ennio Morricone Deleted Scenes Poster Gallery Collectible Postcards and More!
This two-disc Special Edition presents the restored, extended English-language version of Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, now clocking in at almost three hours (actually 171 minutes on this Region 2 DVD as a result of the faster frames-per-second ratio of the PAL format). It includes some 14 minutes of previously cut scenes, with both Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach returning to the editing suite in 2003 to add their voices to scenes that had never before been dubbed into English (Wallach's voice is noticeably that of a much older man in these additional sequences). The extra material contains nothing of vital importance, but it's good to have the movie returned to pretty much the way Leone originally wanted it. The anamorphic widescreen picture is now also accompanied by a handsome Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, making this the most complete and satisfactory version so far released.
Film historian Richard Schickel provides an authoritative and engaging commentary on Disc 1. On the second disc there are featurettes on Leone's West (20 mins), The Leone Style (24 mins), Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (11 mins) and a documentary about the historical background of the Sibley campaign, The Man Who Lost the Civil War (15 mins). In addition, there's a two-part appreciation of composer Ennio Morricone, Il Maestro, by film-music expert John Burlinghame. Tuco's extended torture scene can be found here, along with a reconstruction of the fragmentary "Socorro Sequence". In short, exemplary bonus features that will satisfy every Leone aficionado. --Mark Walker
Clint Eastwood ("the Man with No Name") is good, Lee Van Cleef (named Angel Eyes Sentenza here) is bad, and Eli Wallach (Tuco Benedito Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez) is ugly in the final chapter of Sergio Leone's trilogy of spaghetti Westerns (the first two were A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More). In this sweeping film, the characters form treacherous alliances in a ruthless quest for Confederate gold. Leone is sometimes underrated as a director, but the excellent resolution on this DVD should enhance appreciation of his considerable photographic talent and gorgeous widescreen compositions. Ennio Morricone's jokey score is justifiably famous. The DVD includes about a quarter-hour of footage not seen in the original release. -- Amazon.com
Release Date: Feb 7, 2000 Audio:
Mono
Video:
2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Subtitles: Dutch, English Features:
14 Minutes Never Before Seen Footage Interactive Menu Screens Chapter Search Original Theatrical Trailer 8 Page Film Guide Digitally Remastered
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