Just dug out my old laserdisc...

[Lil Brutto]

just found this on youtube; claims to have the full beating scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQp9rnsuEk

That is indeed the full length beating scene spliced together by LeoneNut, the guy who has offered "fan" edits of SL films in the past.

[Jordan Krug]

So, I picked up the new fox/mgm blu ray of FAFDM at walmart for 9.95...

A couple of interesting things :

-There's a new feature on it (this does not appear on any of the older dvd's) about Frayling's collection of posters - I quite enjoyed it, it goes into a lot of detail about the various ad campaigns.

-It has 2 trailers in 1080- both the british versions which feature all of the alternate footage (different takes and some new angles as well, very cool to see these in high def

-The 5.1 mix FIXES the thunderclap when Eastwood lifts his head after lighting his cigar at white rocks but is STILL completely out of sync. Very easy to compare when you switch to the mono mix (which still has the wrong thunderclap position) which is in sync. Gunshots, doors closing etc all out of sync in the 5.1

- Picture is sharper than the italian blu-ray but the cuts remain and it looks digitally sharpened, resulting in some ugly digital noise. I think I prefer the italian BR as it looks a bit more natural.

[Lil Brutto]

...I think I prefer the italian BR as it looks a bit more natural.

Me too.

[Jordan Krug]

After watching through the movie - now I think the mono might be out of sync in spots - the very end of the scene where Eastwood shoots the apples off the trees - the last shot of van cleef (last shot of the scene) is accompanied by a "twang". In the 5.1 the twang occurs right on the cut to Van Cleef - in the mono the twang starts before the cut - which to me looks out of sync because the joke of the twang should be right on the cut to Van Cleef.

Sigh. One of these days I'm going to use both versions to create a proper 1080 english cut using the italian picture.