wow those prices 
well, if some fool pays that much then congrats to the seller
âITâS A SERIOUSLY GOOD INVESTMENT I SWEAR! THESE THINGS ARE RARE AND OUT OF PRINT!!!â
wife drives off with the dog, never to be seen again.
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Especially if you pay $500 for an empty case with no movie in it 
Whoâs stupid idea was that ? Letâs shrinkwarp an empty dvd case and sell it for 50 bucks.
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Koch has announced today the blu ray release of ANY GUN CAN PLAY for 2019
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Because movie rights = MONEY
Be excited to see that in anything besides VHS quality.
Finally Arrow have spoken. Apparently Blue Underground interfered 
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Licensing of these old flix is a frigginâ mess⌠maybe cooler heads prevail and thereâs a way to get the product out to fans, canât they stick the BU logo sticker on it as well (âreleased in partnership withâ) or something, and share some of the profit? Annoying outcome, hoping for a solution
you withheld the most interesting fact about their announcement: they plan 13 more HD releases of spaghetti westerns 
What @Grinder posted in another forum, is among other things, that theyâre looking for an HD master for Der Fremde von Paso bravo; they bring Drei Ausgekochte Halunken with West- and Eastgerman dub; and Twice a Judas (where the search for the west german dub was so far not successful. Does anyone have it?) and possibly Toedlicher Ritt nach Sacramento, as well as Le Due facce del dollaro for which they seem to have the rights as well.
I can also add that I am hearing things about a possible release of Run Man, Run (and I am hoping for a Sollima Box in cooperation with Explosive Media, personally). With any luck, they still hold the rights to Blindman, that would also rock.
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Finally a good print of Any Gun Can Play! What took so long?
And back to DJangoâŚ
We place the onus to resolve the issue of Blue Undergroundâs continued exploitation of the films outside of their license period, upon the underlying Italian rights owner.
I wish we could know the actual details about what exactly is going on⌠Iâm not sure how Blue Underground could âexploit outside of their license periodâ legally⌠either BU has the legal rights or they donât. If they donât, then they would not be able to legally âthreatenâ any sellers of the Arrow disc⌠they would not only be empty threats, but illegal and actionableâŚ
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And before people hate-mob Blue Underground, its worth noting that Arrow wasnât trying to sell this blu ray anywhere but North America, so I guess the rights to the film are also being exploited in every other country in the world as wellâŚ
Sounds to me like the Italian ârights ownerâ probably sold the film to Arrow without being totally upfront about whatever their previous contract with BU was⌠and now Arrow is trying to put the pressure on BU to allow release of their already printed productâŚ
And since this release has been announced for a while now, I really doubt that Arrow is just now finding out about issues with BUâŚ
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I suspect something along these lines as well. Or it is about how long BU would be able to keep it, etcâŚ
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Yes, I just take issue with Arrowâs new statement making it sound like BU are acting like Maniacs⌠obviously intended to get Arrowâs fanbase to direct their anger towards BU in attempt to make BU cave inâŚ
Because there may be a misunderstanding between parties, but when it comes to written legal contracts, there is no room for confusion. The terms are specified and either BU holds the rights in the US or they donât.
I suspect that BU has already made Arrow aware of this, and Arrow chose to call their bluff regarding possible legal action, and proceed with releaseâŚ
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A dream come true for me. 
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They could call the court case: âDjangoâs Showdown for the Westâ
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My preorder of the title was cancelled a month ago so probably not 
It sounds like Arrow was hoping for a solution before December 11th and when that didnât happen well here we are.
As a spaghetti western fan what I hope for is the best possible release to come out so therefore hope that it can be settled somehow.
yeah obviously lots of people want this blu ray so I hope they can settle on something
would be a shame for the new scan to go to waste, although Iâm still happy with my BU disc
I wonder if BU had plans on a new 4K release or something ⌠although I would assume that would require a new scan as well
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British Petroleum supports Arrow 100%
Me too, but I feel bad for all the people who got hyped about this release only to be let down. I guess I am lucky that I never got really excited about it.
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Got my Texas Adios yesterday! Mostly got it for the extras and it just struck me how nice and charming both Franco Nero and Alberto DellâAcqua come across in the interviews. After seeing DellâAcquaâs brother interviewed in the Sartana box it was nice to see this, just seemed like a really cool guy!
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