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Topic: ITALIAN WESTERNS
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted May 18, 2012 12:52 PM
I'm betting that it is the IVERS printing of it. I assumed 5X400ft, as, it seems like it was fitted onto 4X400ft (which it is on) but they are too full.
At least they ended it nicely, with that iris out shot right after Fonda blows away "150 pure blood sons a bitches"!
It doesn't have the original boxes, but some very nice boxes with homemade covers, (with Illustrations).
The one thing I wish they HAD left in, was that whole wonderful "shave and a haircut" sequence from the beginning!
That build up is just great and the ticking of the clock, as well as the soundtrack there perfectly compliments the gunfire in extreme slowmotion!
Defintely DEFINITELY, the most underated western of the 70's. Whenever I watch the full version (I have it on Laserdisc in widescreen), I get quite emotional with that ending. It's an era passing before your eyes, and it makes me sad.
It is rumored that while Tonino Valeri directed it, (a longtime associate of Sergio Leone), Sergio actually directed a number of sequences, and the masters touch is certainly evident!
By the way, has this been released on Blu-ray yet? If so, did they release the complete Italian edition, (which runs much longer!), as I have only seen the 116 minute US version.
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Tom Photiou
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Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted May 18, 2012 04:33 PM
i also very much like these movies, we also have the feature version my name is nobody in scope from iver which is on 2 x 800 ft spools, not much in the way of colour but it doesnt appear to have faded, we did get it at a very good £35 deal as occassionly we have to keep re-focusing due to some minor warping, however, thats all part of the fun of being a projectionist isnt it ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I also very much admire a fistfull of Dynamite which i covered in the first edition of film collector, a very underated Sergio Leone film,only recently re released in its full form on dvd and with its original title duck you sucker on the end titles.
And a fairly funny piss take of the spagetti western a little known italian comedy western called Rebels on the loose, we did have a 3 x 400ft edition which had great picture.colour and sound from ie international, and in a very sprucey plastic container, it took the mick out of most of the main leone movies, regretfully we sold it on due to the poor sync problems, Although its an italian film dubbed into English, it was never going to be in sync but our copy had speech when actors lips wernt even moving, a real pity as it was a very funny film. To this day we have never found another copy nor can we find it anywhere on dvd or even video.
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