Sergio Leone Blu Ray News

[Senza]

Do we have John Kirk to thank for that?

[drinkanddestroy]

any problem in the world, is the fault of John Jerk. Global warming, conflict in the Middle East, Hurricane Sandy. It's all John Jerk

[Senza]

Then that would mean the SOB killed Sergio Leone.

[Senza]

SOB, now I'm tempted to double dip.

[Rojo Ramone]

Has anyone here heard  that MGM might redo THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY on BD?
I may have gotten the wrong impression from another forum though.

I can't find the fan dubbed/subbed download for the superior Italian BD so I'm about to order the Italian BD (even though it's not English friendly) but as I'm poor I would hate for MGM to release it later.

[dave jenkins]

I haven't heard this rumor. Over on the Criterion Forum board there was some speculation that the CC would be bringing out a multiple version set with improved image, but that's mostly wishful thinking.

[Rojo Ramone]

Thanks Dave,
I'll have to see what they're saying there.

[drinkanddestroy]

I just ordered from Amazon the three new Leone BRD's:
–– the restored OUATIA http://goo.gl/L1AqRT
 –– DYS - the first BRD ever released of DYS in USA http://goo.gl/SNkVtc
 –– the new yellow GBU (previously available in a Dollars boxset; now being released as a single disc) http://goo.gl/QkpMei

btw, I noticed something interesting: if you search for "Once Upon a Time in America blu ray" in the Amazon search box, the only OUATIA BRD that comes up in the results is the new boxset. The WB 2011 version doesn't come anywhere on the search results, even in the later pages. The only way to find that 2011 BRD on Amazon is to search for "Once Upon a Time in America blu ray" on Google, and then click on the Google results; one of the Google results (currently the first one) will be that 2011 BRD - here it is http://goo.gl/9yGfAF

I guess Amazon is not allowing that 2011 BRD to come up in the Amazon search because they want to push everyone to buy the new boxset rather than the older single-disc version

[stanton]

Kino Lorber will release a Sergio Leone Western Blu Ray Box with 5 westerns, which means it will also include OUTW, a film not re-released by them yet:

https://twitter.com/KLStudioClassic/status/1208409288735105025?s=19


Hmm ... Lorber corrected or tried to correct some of the “mistakes” of the MGM versions, maybe they try the same now with the Paramount master of OUTW.
Editing out the “Rising scene” would be a good starter, restoring the correct music in the final scene should be feasible too. Restoring the missing 70 sec of the film’s lengthy opening is more tricky, but they could at least use the “Scorsese version” instead of the Paramount one.

But they also could just re-release the usual version.

[dave jenkins]

But they also could just re-release the usual version.

I will bet this way.

[Le Bon]

But they also could just re-release the usual version.

I very much expect it will be.