I decided to look up âThe Wonderful Countryâ (1960), a Robert Mitchum film, on the full imdb to find the German title âHeisse Grenze.â And what do you know, I see on Amazon.de a DVD from Explosive at 1/3 the price of an American release. (A great flick based on the Tom Lea (of El Paso) novel.)
Itâs a good thing postage from Germany to the US is so low (not the other way, unfortunately). And no VAT.
I started my current Western mania a number of years ago with SWs and only recently have been exploring old 1950s/early 1960s US westerns. Amazing how many little things from them show up in Italy later⌠On the whole I do find SWs more entertaining.
Dorado Films just announced on Facebook that they will release a blu-ray double feature of Dinamita Jim and A Train for Durango:
For the Spaghetti Western fans⌠We are projecting to release our first double feature Bluray with the film titled âDinamita Jimâ and A train for Durango. Single releases will include titles such as: Fort Yuma Gold, El Yankee, Gating Gun [Robert Woods] and a double Cameron Mitchell release. The first is projected to be out by years end, we will fine tune our dates within this month for your information.
Also does anybody else wish they didnât use that specific poster as the cover? Iâve always felt it was the worst one compared to the others created.
"Besides the color correction (removing the yellowishness) we also made the following corrections and adjustments to create our 161 Minute cut of the Theatrical version:
The âflip cutâ transition/optical wipe from âTuco talking to Blondie and taking a bite of his cigar to being hungâ was restored to its original version
The fadeout to black of the âgun shop owner with the sign in his mouthâ scene is now a cut to exodus scene.
The fadeout of the âBlondie passing out as Tuco is bringing him waterâ scene happens exactly 1 second later than how it was on old MGM DVD release of the Theatrical Cut.
The dissolve from ânightâ scene to âcoach arriving at the missionâ scene now fades up from black
The shot of the train leaving the station (with Tuco and Wallace on it) was supposedly longer in the US theatrical cut, before cutting directly to Tuco in the train and not dissolving out earlier to the early morning camp scene - Our 4K of the 161 minute cut matches the old MGM DVD of the theatrical cut exactly."
But they write of the theatrical cut: Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio. Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio
And of the extended cut (disc 2): Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio. English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio; Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono. Optional English subtitles
The original English mono is already on the last MGM Blu, and Iâm sure it will be also on the new Blu. I think it was already confirmed, but check it somewhere. Like on the Sergio Leone Web Board.
Also this is two movies of which one never had a really good dvd release and the other one never had one at all. Spaghetti western fans should be falling over themselves cheering for this Westernhelden series. Viva Koch Media!!
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