The Grand Duel / Il grande duello (Giancarlo Santi, 1972)

What’s all the hate against this one? It was a long time since I saw it, but I remember liking it.

Some people like it, some people like it not so much, but there’s no hate.

I don’t hate it, I actually like the film. But it has a few flaws for sure.

Everything has flaws, especially when it comes to Spaghettis 8).

But these are bigger flaws.

Even Gandhi? :wink:

LOL, and Cannibal Holocaust?

I watched this tonight for only the second time. I didn’t remember much about it to be honest, other than the camp villain. Rewatching, at first I thought ā€œoh, this is terribleā€ but admittedly the experience isn’t helped by the fact that my copy is dire (from the Diamond Entertainment LvC ā€œFive Films on 2 DVDsā€ set - ā€œFully Restored and Enhanced Digital Mastersā€ my ass!! ::). As the film progressed I started to enjoy it more though it still seems a mixed bag - Van Cleef is great as always but the film seemed to lack atmosphere with some of the music sounding like a rip off of OUATITW, seemingly trying unsuccessfully to add a sense of the dramatic to the scenes.

I rather liked Peter O’Brien and had no idea until reading this thread that he is such a mystery man about whom almost nothing is known. I must say in watching the film I too thought Van Cleef was meant to have caught the bullet with his teeth and was thinking, ā€œdear oh dearā€¦ā€

Maybe when I’m due to watch this again I might do well invest in a better quality copy - though isn’t it annoying that the recent UK DVDs of this and Kid Vengeance both have stills of Van Cleef from The Big Gundown on their covers? ???

That’s an exception ;D.

Very lazy and / or unimaginative.

No man is perfect; even he made mistakes.

The only great man I have known was my Dad :slight_smile: .

Spoken like a true son! :slight_smile:

there are no biger than django :wink:

Anyone who knows more about the uncut version, where it can be obtained etc, please immediately contact me! thank you

i will give even 100 dollars for the uncut version!! for me the movie it’s simple a masterpiece!
i don’t know about the others, i can’t believe they cut 7 minutes
wild east must be re-released it again with digital remastered picture and uncut
i wonder what scenes they will cut, i hope action

HORST FRANK forever!!!

KSM is… they are looking for the uncut material.

very good!!! i can’t wait to see the uncut version…

KSM can take the hand scene from the trailer but the other material must call director giancarlo santi
or the producers of the film