Please help me identify where this frame is found in the film!

[Lil Brutto]

For the life of me I can't find it anywhere. I know it's the desert scene. Please help.

[drinkanddestroy]

I checked through the whole desert scene, and it doesn't appear there. must be a deleted scene. Where'd ya find this frame?

[Cusser]

Looks like the bones of the last guy who double-crossed Tuco !!!!

[Lil Brutto]

I checked through the whole desert scene, and it doesn't appear there. must be a deleted scene. Where'd ya find this frame?

It's included in an Italian 35MM print at the end of reel 3 and immediately precedes this scene:

[stanton]

If it is only one frame, then maybe the cutter made a mistake, and it is a leftover from an unused shot.

[Lil Brutto]

If it is only one frame, then maybe the cutter made a mistake, and it is a leftover from an unused shot.

There are several frames in the pic I received:

[noodles_leone]

Who sent you these pics?

[Lil Brutto]

Who sent you these pics?

There's a group of us over at originaltrilogy.com who are in the process of acquiring a 1971 IB tech print of Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo from a seller in Italy. IB tech prints are known to be fade proof and therefore reflects the actual timing during the film's original theatrical release. Once acquired, this print will be scanned at 4K and used to regrade the colours of the highly controversial MGM 4K BD that has a (piss) yellow/teal push that's a popular trend nowadays.

There's a small yet highly passionate and devoted group of us that strongly believe this film has been done a disservice by MGM for over a decade. We've decided to take matters into our own hands and invest our time and money into producing a PROPER home release that this film strongly deserves. If you wish to contribute to this endeavour I will be starting a new thread there very soon. We could use all the help we can get.

Here's a link to the current thread if you'd like to bring yourself up to speed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-4k-nightmare/topic/16690/

[Jordan Krug]

Wow, if this print has shots not in the current known versions of the film....wouldn't that be the find of the year

[Lil Brutto]

Wow, if this print has shots not in the current known versions of the film....wouldn't that be the find of the year

Absolutely!

[drinkanddestroy]

so you obviously don't like any of the three BRD's out there now (the MGM US, the Mondo, or the new yellow one).
But of the three, which do you like the best? Can you describe a little of what is best/worst about each?

also, what about the various DVD's? the original MGM DVD from 1997 (the 161-min. version) looks like it had no real restoration, plenty of damage - but if you think the restorers screwed up, then maybe the restoration is not a good thing, maybe you like that disc? Or the MGM Special Edition DVD, which had a restoration but definitely has lots more grain than the BRD? (I don't know anything about any of the European DVD's ... I currently own both MGM American DVD's, the MGM BRD, the Mondo BRD, and I'll buy the new piss-yellow BRD once it's released in solo version in October)

[noodles_leone]

There's a group of us over at originaltrilogy.com who are in the process of acquiring a 1971 IB tech print of Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo from a seller in Italy. IB tech prints are known to be fade proof and therefore reflects the actual timing during the film's original theatrical release. Once acquired, this print will be scanned at 4K and used to regrade the colours of the highly controversial MGM 4K BD that has a (piss) yellow/teal push that's a popular trend nowadays.

There's a small yet highly passionate and devoted group of us that strongly believe this film has been done a disservice by MGM for over a decade. We've decided to take matters into our own hands and invest our time and money into producing a PROPER home release that this film strongly deserves. If you wish to contribute to this endeavour I will be starting a new thread there very soon. We could use all the help we can get.

Here's a link to the current thread if you'd like to bring yourself up to speed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-4k-nightmare/topic/16690/

Great project my friend! 
What kind of help are you looking for?

[Lil Brutto]

Financial.

A member @ OT will scan it for free, which is a HUGE (on the order of thousands of dollars) savings.  This project would never happen otherwise. I will pay for the print ($1600) but we don't have the funds to cover the cost of shipping ($300) and 16-20TB of HDD space ($600?).

There are several members who are willing to donate money to this project but we still need more funds.

[stanton]

Why not wait for the next Italian Blu? Which surely will be a 4K remaster, and surely will appear in about 1 - 3  years.
What's wrong with the recent Italian Blu, apart from being taken from a 2K scan? Most people who are critical with the new MGM Blu are praising the Italian colors.

[Jordan Krug]

Financial.

poita @ OT will scan the print for free, which is a HUGE (on the order of thousands of dollars) savings.  This project would never happen without access to his scanner. I will pay for the print ($1600) but we don't have the funds to cover the cost of shipping ($300) and 16-20TB of HDD space ($600?).

There are several members who are willing to donate money to this project but we still need more funds.

I'm still willing to contribute...if it's possible that this has alternate shots we can't let it get away!