This one’s getting a TV screening tonight at 23:00 on Irish language channel TG4
Friday is Western Night, and they show some really great stuff here, rather like the BBC from 40 years ago.
I haven’t seen this on a TV schedule since I was a young teenager … and although I’ve watched it loads of times since then on VHS and DVD, I’ll be recording it tonight.
PS: They show films in English, just incase anyone was going to ask if a SW got dubbed into
Irish Gaelic
A few screen captures from last night’s broadcast … it was uncut and included the usually missing sequence of ‘Luis Dominguez’ Nino Castelnuovo sneaking out of Mexico, before his meeting with ‘Mesito’ (Little Table) Bud Spencer … Peter Graves is just awful in this, with corny delivery and completely out of place vibe … but I can just about overlook that as it’s a fun little adventure movie.
The TV rip looks better than the Warner Archive DVD … so hopefully they’ll make amends and release a nice BD version
Couldn’t exactly place what it is I didn’t care about his performance when I watched this, but I think that’s the perfect way of putting it. Didn’t seem to really belong to the world of the film.
Also, clearly saw an edited version of this since I was really taken aback by the violence in that second screenshot you sent lol.
This movie’s page in the SWDb has been updated to the new 3.0 format. Please do have a look. Let us know if you can add anything, or if there’s aspects that need change or expansion.
There is now a new poll going for this one too. Head up to the original post at the top of the page to participate! (trust level 1 and above as always, of course).
I really like this one. The zapata aspects of the film are more there as a background setting for the heist style. As of now I only have a not-too-good-looking Hungarian dvd, hope a good Blu ray will be released.
I think this movie is a lot of fun. Peter Graves gets to play James Phelps in the spaghetti west, Tetsuro Tanba gets to play a samurai in the spaghetti west, and Bud Spencer gets to be…well…Bud Spencer. What more can you ask for in a film?
I learned something the other day from a Plaion Pictures FB comment. They will include three versions, however no Italian language version. Apparently (aside from the fact that someone else holds the rights in Italy and dont ask me what’s stopping them from dealing with them) the Italian version is also cut differently… https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Esercito_di_cinque_uomini,_Un/BluRay
It also has different credits, which look better than the more familiar Mexican revolution montage credit sequence, which has always bugged me, because the reflection of the camera lens can be seen throughout …
Plaion’s release gets a two month delay due to necessary restoration work on the material which seems to be in bad shape (no surprise there). Better they take their time, good on them.
a TV print doesn’t necessarily mean they a) have access to it or b) makes for good HD source material, I guess… or they’re restoring version that leave gaps that can’t be filled with TV versions? we’ll have to see…
received my advance copy in the mail… let’s have a looksy. Qualität of the transfer looks pretty good, but this was just a quick check. English audio and/or subs on the theatrical version. They only sent one disc, assuming the long version is on the other, so couldn’t check that one.
(trust level 1 and above as always, of course).
