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

[quote=ā€œStanton, post:139, topic:199ā€]The Italian Version runs 100 min, while the German one runs 98 min.

A bed scene is missing, and the closing credits run longer.[/quote]

Too bad. A naked woman is always beautiful to see. :wink:

But in reality it is even more beautiful ā€¦ :wink:

But we still hope for an Uncut version. Thanks for the info, Stanton.

[quote=ā€œThe Stranger, post:141, topic:199ā€]Too bad. A naked woman is always beautiful to see. :wink:

But in reality it is even more beautiful ā€¦ ;)[/quote]

Very poetic.

Oh thank you.
They call me also:

The stranger - poetry between the teeth ;D

Has anyone seen the UK DVD under the Storm Rider title. It is certainly a good price and I am not too concerned about a couple of cut scenes, but how is the quality?

Iā€™ve just been in contact with Pegasus (the company whose release this is) and they are sending me copies to review of all their Spaghettis so Iā€™ll hopefully be able to give some detailed information in the next week or so.

Thats very nice of them :slight_smile: .

Yes, they do seem like nice folk. Letā€™s hope their DVDs are ok too. They do seem to concentrate at the lower end of the market for the most part. But theyā€™ve released 3 spaghettis so far. One of which (Adios Sabata) also has an MGM release here so Iā€™m intrigued as to the quality and source.

This is from loops at lovelockandloadhttp://www.lovelockandload.net/forum/index.php?topic=2545.0:

I picked these up over the weekend and they are terrible ( the dvds not the films ) . Storm Rider in particular is near unwatchable!

So I wouldnā€™t hope for much. >:(

[quote=ā€œSundance, post:148, topic:199ā€]This is from loops at lovelockandloadhttp://www.lovelockandload.net/forum/index.php?topic=2545.0:

So I wouldnā€™t hope for much. >:([/quote]

That a well-known problem for a reviewer

I have always avoided personal contact with people (writers, film makers, philosophers) whose work I had to review or judge: it may affect (or better: it inevitably affects) your judgment.

[quote=ā€œscherpschutter, post:149, topic:199ā€]That a well-known problem for a reviewer

I have always avoided personal contact with people (writers, film makers, philosophers) whose work I had to review or judge: it may affect (or better: it inevitably affects) your judgment.[/quote]

A valid point Scherps but Iā€™m happy enough being critical if I think itā€™s warranted. And a chat with a sales manager doesnā€™t constitute too deep a relationship. :wink:

Iā€™ve received the discs from Pegasus and will put up a review as soon as I can.
At a glance, the picture quality is not great. Widescreen, but faded and not too sharp. In fact it looks pretty much identical to the Region 1 public domain releases from Mill Creek or St Clair.

OK, review of the UK Pegasus DVD release is up.

http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Storm_Rider_(Il_Grande_Duello)_DVD_Review

Oh, image quality is even better on the St. Clair disc, if Iā€™m not mistaken

Wouldnā€™t surprise me if they used a VHS for source and made the image slightly wider by covering a small strip top and bottom

Thanks for the review, think Iā€™ll get this one. See it a few times on late night TV and not my favourite, but for the price you can find it here in the UK, hardly going to make a dent in the wallet.

Here are two screenshots from the St. Clair vision disc (a 3DVD/9Movies set)

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Nice review Phil. And yes if I relied on the U.K for Spaghetti releasesā€¦my collection would be a rather small one.

The German DVD has also better picture quality.
Good Review, Phil.
Strange title: Storm Rider. ::slight_smile:

Here are a few screenshots:
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[quote=ā€œscherpschutter, post:153, topic:199ā€]Oh, image quality is even better on the St. Clair disc, if Iā€™m not mistaken

Wouldnā€™t surprise me if they used a VHS for source and made the image slightly wider by covering a small strip top and bottom[/quote]

Yes, the St Clair release is better. They cleaned up those colours some. Not great but certainly better.

ā€˜ā€˜German VHS (top) vs German DVD (bottom).ā€™ā€™