No problem! I wish I could understand the video as I canāt speak French, but itās always neat to see behind the scenes work of any film, especially one like Gli Specialisti!
Iāll see if I can find some time to make a translation
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If you did that Iād love you very much.
Iām back here again, and I thought you all would be interested by thisā¦ apparently after the time of Gli Specialistiās release, a comic based on Hud was made in France, it was titled āHud Le Specialisteā. It seems the comic ended abruptly after the creators were not paid, and it remains unfinished, but we at least have what remains of the comic, and in full HD!
Whatās really nice is that they actually have Hallydayās likeness in the comic, as well as his trademark trench coat and chainmail armor. It also seems to include Gastone Moschinās sheriff character as well, or somebody like him at least?
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Thanks so much for sharing - again!
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Very nice! Drawn by Joseph Gillain (pen name JijĆ©), written by his son Philippe (pen name Philip or Philipp), Hud le spĆ©cialiste was published in six issues of the short-lived French magazine Johnny, le journal de lāĆ¢ge dāor in 1970. The complete run, eleven pages, can also be viewed on Johnnypassion.com, ten pages on Choualbox.com.
Original Hud-page, found on eBay, where it is currently on sale for ā¬36,000:
Three years later, JijĆ© started work on a comics adaptation of Il mio nome ĆØ Nessuno, but the project was abandoned.
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The French 4K disc has English subtitles. Didnāt check the BD but I would think itās the same. Apparently the subs might force you to watch the film in French in regular players but I donāt know about that.
Maybe uncut? At least had the shots of the townspeople from JonathanCorbettās post.
Might have done some unnecessary filtering but it looks pretty good I guess.
No HDRā¦ I think.
http://www.spaghettiwesterndvds.com/screenshots/gli_specialisti_french_4k_01h25m21s.png size 14MB
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Super cool to know about all of this! That My Name Is Nobody comic looks awesome and itās a shame he never completed it. Honestly it plain sucks that we never got any other comics of our favorite characters either. I think there was one comic series called Charity John? Or Super Sartana? It was something like that. I donāt know too much about it other than P. Franco did some of the art for the covers.
Iāve been debating on whether or not to get this. I think I just might pick it up now since itās english friendly.
Who could we get to confirm this?
I read about it here Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - Gli Specialisti (1969) 4K UHD I donāt know if he has the disc or not.
I can only play it through my computer where I can change the tracks and subs the way I want, so that is why I unfortunately canāt confirm if the English subs only work on the French track on regular players.
Just bought it, thanks for the info. Perhaps Iāll finally get something out of this film.
I hope you can play the 4Kā¦ I was just able to check the Blu-Ray and at least I canāt get English subs at all. Sorry. 
So, no English subtitles even for the French?
So the 4K has English subs, the blu-ray does not. Interesting. Wouldnāt mind upgrading from the RL rip if that is confirmed.
Just another reason an upgrade should be considered. Iām going to pick up the UHD eventhough I donāt currently have the means to play it. Also started buying blu-rays before I had a player.
Iām no expert on fumetti, but hereās what Iāve been able to find out: According to Guida al fumetto italiano, 26 issues of Sartana (Charity John) were published from 1971 to 1974, later reprinted as collected editions under the title Super Sartana. Some material was even translated into French in 1973. More information on Italian (Spaghetti) Western comic books (and very nice images) can be found on Chico e i fumetti (in Italian). The cover paintings by P. Franco (Franco Picchioni) are great. Thanks for bringing them to my attention!
Anyone know anything about the French blu ray releases? I know only the UHD disc has english subs but has anyone picked it up or seen anything about the quality?
https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Specialisti,_Gli/BluRay
The customer reviews on Amazon look pretty goodā¦
Was thinking about trying to pick up a copy, but it seems that surely someone will be releasing this with English friendly options in the somewhat near futureā¦ with the amount of spaghs Arrow has been putting out, Iād think theyād be all over this one
Iām holding out until an English friendly release comes along. I actually have an original tape of this with the English dub but itās cut.