The Great Silence / Il grande silenzio (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)

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Don’t mind me, i’m just passing through. But thought you could use this here map, good luck!:no_mouth:

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You should have given this to the Frank Wolf’s sherrif. :joy:

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It’s a movie, sometimes it’s good not to overthink it, because I am pretty sure the makers didn’t either

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I’ve been doing that regularly since Kinowelt announced it years ago and then never released it.

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If ‘Star Trek’, the Original Series, kept going for three series - purely down to the fans insistence on a second and third series - then, surely, the fans of sites such as ‘SWMDB’ can do the same.

The Companies that produce these ‘Spaghetti Westerns’ (‘Koch Media’ ‘Explosive Media’ etc), know that they are catering to a group of ‘Spaghetti’ afficienados.

Surely to goodness, if other ‘pressure groups’ (no matter what the subject) can influence Companies, Corporations, and the Environment, then why doesn’t the ‘SWDB’ - and all its supporters - do the same.

If ‘SWDB’ fans are wishing to see Classics, such as ‘The Great Silence’ released on Bluray etc.; then surely ‘SWDB’ has enough ‘influence’ and ‘history’ behind it, to influence a Production Company?

I’m probably talking through my sombrero
but - it seems to me - that ‘SWDB’ has enough ‘pull’ to, at least, put forward suggestions for future releases.

If those ideas are ignored by a Company, then fine
but at least everyone on ‘SWDB’ is telling the Company what the consumer desires


Just a thought


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so you are saying I should send StudioCanal an email? :wink:

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or the head of a horse

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Better that 


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There must be an issue with obtaining a quality master for this one. Most SWs on blu-ray aren’t exactly going to be best-sellers and still get released, yet this is one that would probably actually sell a fair few copies.

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Yes I think so too, I dont think they are holding back out of spite

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Sebastian, even I’m not sure how to go about influencing these Production Companies, regarding the release of particular titles. It was simply an idea (perhaps a naïve one), that with ‘SWDB’ being, in my opinion, THE ‘Spaghetti Western’ site on the Internet to promote the genre, then, perhaps, the members on here - who have vastly more experience, and contact in the ‘Spaghetti’ genre than I - might have an idea of their own, as to how and influence ‘decision making’ regarding future releases.

Remember: the majority of the time, the big Companies are driven by ‘Consumer Demand’.

As I said; I’m not sure how to go about it. Perhaps SWDB members agreeing (via a new thread) on a particular title that they would like to see, from a particular Company. Once a popular Spaghetti title for potential future release has been reached by members, then each member could bombard the necessary Bluray/DVD Production Company with letters, e-mails etc.
At least, the consumers would be voicing their opinions in no uncertain terms.

I don’t know


One thing is for sure
I think an e-mail from Sebastian would be preferable to the head of a horse, from ‘morgan’.
Don’t get me wrong, ‘morgan’, the horse’s head is a ‘bloody’ good idea
but you wouldn’t be able to fit it into a padded envelope


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Yeah finding a good master could definitely be an issue but also Arrow said they tried to get the rights but couldn’t so don’t know who does have their palms on the rights.

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The whole rights question seems to be very complicated in certain cases. For example, apparently Arrow couldn’t get the rights to the French audio for “Cemetery without Crosses” which is a real shame and the reason why I still haven’t parted with my old DVD in favor of their new Blu-ray (one day when I’m feeling rich I might succumb however).

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The news we have been waiting for.

The french cinematheque has restored the film and its alternate ending and 4k remastered it

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Great news,
I’m really glad and look forward to it.

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Awesome news! I think we can safely assume a blu-ray will follow?

Here’s the original French announcement:

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I am also hoping for a theatrical re-release. Added the info to our entry page Grande silenzio, Il - The Spaghetti Western Database

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I recently viewed and hopefully the next will be on blu-ray :slight_smile: Concerning the DB; I don’t recognize Silence’s father but for me he’s not Emilio Messina. The stage driver is Antonio Danesi not Pacifico. I did not see Giovanni or Franco Ukmar but Giancarlo is an outlaw in the saloon, Sergio is a bounty killer in the opening and Clemente is one of Sanchez’s bounty killers. Bruno is maestro d’armi but I didn’t spot him. I did not see Mauro Mannatrizio, William Mayor or Fulvio Pellegrino. I do not know Lorenzo Terzon, but Lino Coletta and Virgilio Ponti are bounty killers.

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He’s the man struggling with Tigrero’s whip!

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So happy that this has been restored in 4k. Blu-ray releases are only a matter of time now!!!