New 4K Restoration Blu-Ray (March 2019)

[PowerRR]

This just popped up on Amazon via blu-ray.com

https://www.amazon.com/For-a-Few-Dollars-More-Blu-ray/dp/B07LD4P3BG?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag=bluray-016-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07LD4P3BG&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION! Screen legends Clint Eastwood (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot) and Lee Van Cleef (Sabata) co-star as two rival bounty hunters who join forces to bring murderous bandit El Indio (Gian Maria Volontè, Face to Face) and his vicious gang of criminals to justice. But all is not as it seems in this hard-hitting second installment of Sergio Leone’s (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) trilogy starring Eastwood as the famed “Man with No Name.” Music by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dynamite, The Mercenary) with a stellar cast that includes spaghetti western legends Mario Brega (A Fistful of Dollars), Luigi Pistilli (Death Rides a Horse), Aldo Sambrell (Navajo Joe) and Klaus Kinski (The Great Silence).

Special Features:
-BRAND NEW 2018 4K RESTORATION
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
-NEW On location in Almería and Granada with Filmmaker Alex Cox
-Audio Commentary by Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
-FAFDM: The Christopher Frayling Archives
-A New Standard: Frayling on FAFDM
-Back for More: Clint Eastwood Remembers FAFDM
-Tre Voci: FAFDM | FAFDM: The Original American Release Version
-Location Comparisons
-NEW TRAILERS FROM HELL with Ernest Dickerson
-NEW Promoting FAFDM: Posters & Lobby Cards
-NEW FAFDM: On the Set
-NEW FAFDM: Color Stills
-NEW FOR A FEW Pictures MORE
-Newly Restored 2.0 Stereo / Original 2.0 Mono / 5.1 Surround
-12 Radio Spots
-Restored UA Logo
-Double Bill Trailer
-FAFDM Trailer 1
-FAFDM Trailer 2
-A Fistful of Dollars – Trailer
-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Trailer
-A Fistful of Dynamite – Trailer
-Death Rides a Horse – Trailer
-The Mercenary - Trailer

[cigar joe]

 cool thanks

[noodles_leone]

The weirdest thing is that someone in the marketing department thought that Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was the best selling point they had for Eastwood.

[mike siegel]

some new entries from my side...

-NEW Promoting FAFDM: Posters & Lobby Cards

-NEW FAFDM: On the Set (with contribution from Jordan & Kevin, thanks again!)

-NEW FAFDM: Color Stills

-NEW FOR A FEW Pictures MORE

[T.H.]

The weirdest thing is that someone in the marketing department thought that Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was the best selling point they had for Eastwood.

And Sabata for Lee Van Cleef.

[drinkanddestroy]

I hope the bonus features are good. The main feature is not in need of a restoration - IMO the American MGM BRD is very nice. Some people may prefer the Italian Mondo (region-free, but no English audio). I prefer the MGM. But either way, point is, the image quality is fine. Of course, with today’s technology, anything can be improved. I hope they don’t make another “piss” version.

By the way, any chance we’ll get the full beating scene in this one? Maybe fixing the timing of the thunderclap? 

[dave jenkins]

Robert Harris gives his approval: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/a-few-words-about-for-a-few-dollars-more-in-blu-ray/

[Jordan Krug]

Here is a link to my first draft of an in-depth analysis of all the home video releases of the film. (8 min) Just looking at one scene, (Manco's entrance) we can see how the edit and sound have been tampered with repeatedly. I look forward to seeing/hearing if Kino has finally restored the film to Leone's intentions.

https://vimeo.com/322543630   

[dave jenkins]

Here is a link to my first draft of an in-depth analysis of all the home video releases of the film. (8 min) Just looking at one scene, (Manco's entrance) we can see how the edit and sound have been tampered with repeatedly. I look forward to seeing/hearing if Kino has finally restored the film to Leone's intentions.

https://vimeo.com/322543630

Brilliant!

[drinkanddestroy]

so this is not a piss version?

[Lil Brutto]

Here is a link to my first draft of an in-depth analysis of all the home video releases of the film. (8 min) Just looking at one scene, (Manco's entrance) we can see how the edit and sound have been tampered with repeatedly. I look forward to seeing/hearing if Kino has finally restored the film to Leone's intentions.

https://vimeo.com/322543630

I'm sorry but this seems a bit obsessive.

[drinkanddestroy]

I'm sorry but this seems a bit obsessive.

hurrah for obsessive Leone fans 

[Lil Brutto]

 

[Jordan Krug]

I'm sorry but this seems a bit obsessive.

You mean we should be focusing on the real issues. GBU issues

[Lil Brutto]

You mean we should be focusing on the real issues. GBU issues

Lol no! I was just trying to be a smartass by directly quoting the moron on bluray forum (johnysurfin) that accused you of being obsessive when you asked about the timing of the thunder clap.

You know I'm passionate about getting it right.