Big Gundown Coming to Blu-ray in UK from Indicator

Label: Indicator

Release date: December 5, 2022

2-Disc Limited Edition (5000 copies), individually numbered

Region code: B

Contains three versions for the film

• US theatrical cut (90mins); 
• Extended US cut (95mins, with scenes that were added for TV broadcast)
• Original 110-minute Italian version (Italian and English audio).

2K restorations

Original mono audio

Isolated music & effects tracks

Extras: 

• Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on the Italian theatrical version (2022)
• Audio commentary with film historians C Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke on the extended US cut (2013)
• Spaghetti Western Memories (2012): documentary in which director Sergio Sollima and actor Tomas Milian revisit this much-heralded western
• Tomas Milian: Acting on Instinct (2013): the genre-film star revisits The Big Gundown and reveals some of his acting secrets
• Stephen Thrower on ‘The Big Gundown’ (2022): the author and musician on the unique qualities of Sollima’s classic
• Austin Fisher on ‘The Big Gundown’ (2022): the author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema situates the film in the wider context of the genre
• Original US theatrical trailers
• Original Italian theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Image galleries, production stills, and promotional material

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Italian cinema expert Roberto Curti, archival interviews with Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, and Sergio Sollima, extracts from the film’s promotional materials, an examination of the work of co-screenwriter Franco Solinas, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits

Limited edition exclusive poster