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Sergio Leone Anthology in June

Fox and MGM Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Sergio Leone Anthology for 5th June 2007. Available in the UK since April 2005 the remastered and feature packed editions of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and Duck, You Sucker (A Fistful of Dynamite) are finally headed to Region 1 DVD as Collector’s Editions this summer alongside a newly packaged and Fox distributed The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Collector's Edition).

All four titles are priced individually at $26.98 SRP each, or available as part of The Sergio Leone Anthology box-set which retails at $89.98 SRP.

Bonus content appears to match the UK DVD releases, while The Good, The Bad and The Ugly offers the same bonus features as the last MGM Collector’s Edition DVD release.

A Fistful of Dollars Collector’s Edition

Disc 1: Main Feature

  • 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
  • English DD5.1 Surround
  • French and Spanish DD2.0 Surround
  • English, French and Spanish subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling

Disc 2: Extra Features
  • ”A New Kind of Hero” Featurette
  • A Few Weeks in Spain - Clint Eastwood on the experience of making this film
  • Cinqe Voci - Five friends remember Sergio Leone
  • Not Ready for Primetime - Monte Hellman discussion on The Prologue Shot for the first TV release to legitimize The Man with No Name's amoral killing
  • Additional Scene- The Network Prologue - with Harry Dean Stanton
  • Location Comparisons - intercutting film clips with current footage of locations used
  • Radio Spots - 10 Radio spots - audio only with texted video
  • Trailer - Promotes both "Fistful of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More" in the same trailer

For A Few Dollars More Collector’s Edition

Disc 1: Main Feature
  • 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
  • English DD5.1 Surround
  • French and Spanish DD2.0 Surround
  • English, French and Spanish subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling

Disc 2: Extra Features
  • A New Standard - Frayling on For a Few Dollars More
  • Back for More - Clint Eastwood remembers For a Few Dollars More
  • Tre Voci - Three friends remember Sergio Leone
  • For a Few Dollars More: The Original American Release Version - focuses on alternate scenes/alternate releases
  • Location Comparisons - intercutting film clips with current footage of locations used
  • Radio Spots - 12 Radio spots - audio only with texted video
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Trailer - Promotes both "Fistful of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More" in the same trailer

Duck, You Sucker (Fistful of Dynamite) Collector’s Edition

Disc 1: Main Feature
  • 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
  • English DD5.1 Surround
  • French and Spanish DD2.0 Surround
  • English, French and Spanish subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling

Disc 2: Extra Features
  • The Myth of Revolution - Sir Christopher Frayling discusses Leone's political leanings, his maturing method and style
  • Sergio Donati Remembers "Duck You Sucker!"
  • Once Upon a Time in Italy (aka: The Autry Exhibition) – Behind-the-scenes of putting together an exhibit on Leone
  • Sorting Out the Versions - including shortened versions, the long flashback scene, UA's decision to rename the film
  • Restoration Italian Style - John Kirk discusses restoring the original Italian version for the first time on DVD
  • Location Comparisons - intercutting film clips with current footage of locations used
  • Radio Spots -6 Radio spots - audio only with texted video
  • Original Theatrical Trailer (4x3)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Collector’s Edition

Disc 1: Main Feature (179mins)
  • 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
  • English DD5.1 Surround
  • English, French and Spanish subtitles
  • Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel

Disc 2: Extra Features
  • “Leone’s West” - Retrospective making-of documentary featuring new interviews with cast and crew, including Clint Eastwood, and behind-the-scenes footage
  • “The Leone Style” - Documentary on Sergio Leone and his impact on the spaghetti western film genre
  • “The Man Who Lost the Civil War” - Historical documentary on the Civil War
  • “Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” - Featurette which focuses on the process of reconstruction and talent audio re-recordings for the fully restored version of the film
  • “Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” - Featurette on Composer Ennio Morricone featuring behind-the-scenes photos
  • Extended Scene - A never-before-seen extended version of the "Tuco Torture" scene
  • "The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction" - Three-minute animated sequence of a deleted scene
  • French trailer - Includes film clips that were deleted from the final version of the film
  • Poster Gallery - Features eight international theatrical posters
  • Original theatrical trailer - Two-minute trailer as shown in theatres
  • 4 Easter Eggs: “Uno, Due, Tre", "Italian Lunch", "New York Actor", "Gun In Holster"

Date:2008-3-17 【Return】