For a Few Dollars More - More Color Press Photos

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Captain Apache - Italian Lobby Cards

For a Few Dollars More - More Press Photos

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LVC WTF? Escape From New York coming to VHS

 Here is a strange one... Escape From New York is coming to VHS from Vice Press.  Yes... VHS

https://vice-press.com/blogs/news/vice-press-home-video-presents-escape-from-new-york-on-vhs-posters

They are also releasing some cool looking posters-

LVC Candids

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Trailer - Leone's Almeria

 Trailer for a new film featuring many of the iconic locations-

Day of Anger - Press Brochure

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RIP Ángel del Pozo

Ángel del Pozo best know to LVC fans as Chet Miller in The Big Gundown passed away recently on March 29th.  Angel also appeared in El Condor.

New Book: Italian Western – Violent Image – Savage Soundtrack – The Music of Spaghetti Westerns

A new book on Spaghetti Western music has just been released.  Great looking cover!

About the book-

ITALIAN WESTERN. VIOLENT IMAGE, SAVAGE SOUNDTRACK.

The Composers and the music of the Spaghetti Western.

Music in an Italian western is far more than a background to the action; the music becomes an important and integral component of the film making process. It elevates and underlines the narrative and adds a new and greater dimension to each storyline. The composer interviews within this book are an insight into the workings of various Maestro’s who were involved with this quirky and innovative genre of films. The interviews were conducted over a period of twenty five years. As most of the composers are now sadly deceased it is a valuable and interesting look at how the music worked and the way in which each composer approached the genre.

Composers interviewed include. Alessandro Alessandroni, Piero Piccioni, Franco De Gemini, Franco Micalizzi, Francesco De Masi, Nico Fidenco, Guido, and Maurizio De Angelis, Stelvio Cipriani, Nora Orlandi and others, all of whom contributed original and thematic music to the genre. The book also contains chapters on the songs from the movies and the vocalists who performed them. Biographies of key composers such as Bruno Nicolai, Benedetto Ghiglia, Gianni Ferrio, Gianni Marchetti, Luis Enriquez Bacalov, Riz Ortolani, and many more.

The author John Mansell also discusses the use of music in the gunfight scenes, the screams, squeals, and whistles, which became the trademark of the movies and gives a brief history of the genre and how it was born.

John Mansell is a British film music critic, soundtrack collector, and a member of the International film music critics association (IFMCA).

amazon.com link

Barquero - Japanese Movie Program

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El Condor - Japanese Program

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Arrow Films 4K UHD Details

Arrow Films have announced the full specs of the new 4K UHD release coming out in the UK.  This release looks to have both new and archival special features.  Release date is set for June 3rd.

This 4 disc set includes both cut as well as the Sad Hill Unearthed documentary!  

DEFINITIVE RELEASE!

DISC 1 - INTERNATIONAL CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

• New 4K restoration of the 162-minute International Cut using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly restored original lossless English mono audio
• Optional newly remixed lossless English DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by film critic and historian Tim Lucas
• Theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots

DISC 2 - EXTENDED CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

• New 4K restoration of the 179-minute Extended Cut, using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly restored original lossless English mono audio
• Optional newly remixed English DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
• Audio commentary by film historian and Eastwood biographer Richard Schickel
• Seamless branching options to watch the Extended Cut with the uncut torture scene (mono only) and/or without the 'grotto' scene originally removed after the premiere
• Deleted and alternate scenes

DISC 3 - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)

• A Circular Trilogy, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
• The Laughter Behind the Epic, a newly filmed interview with Giacomo Scarpelli, son of co-writer Furio Scarpelli
• Three Colors, a newly filmed interview with Stefano Delli Colli, son of cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli
• Sergio and Sergio, a newly filmed interview with camera assistant Sergio Salvati
• The Hand That Drew The West, a newly filmed interview with Giuditta Simi, daughter of set/costume designer Carlo Simi
• They Call Him Angel Eyes, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker and Lee Van Cleef biographer Mike Malloy
• From Falls to Fame, a newly filmed interview with stuntman Fabio Testi
• The Man, The Cut, The Masterpiece, a newly filmed interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso
• Frames of Glory, a newly filmed interview with post-production supervisor Enzo Ocone
• That Magic Sound, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario
• The Voice Behind the Gold, a newly filmed interview with singer Edda Dell'Orso
• Call of the Coyote, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
• The Good, The Great and the Moody, a new visual essay exploring the film's iconic soundtrack by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
• Leone's West and The Leone Style, two archive featurettes with Eastwood, Wallach, Schickel, Alberto Grimaldi and Mickey Knox
• Reconstructing the Film, an archive featurette on the assembly of the Extended Cut
• Il Maestro Parts One and Two, two archive featurettes with film music historian Jon Burlingame
• The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction, a featurette on a deleted scene
• The Man Who Lost the Civil War, an archive featurette on the film's depiction of the Civil War
• Vignettes (Easter Eggs), four short interviews with Eastwood and Wallach
• Alternate credits sequences
• Four comprehensive image galleries

DISC 4 - SAD HILL UNEARTHED (BLU-RAY - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of Sad Hill Unearthed, a 2017 documentary by Guillermo de Oliveira following fans' efforts to restore the graveyard set
• Original 5.1 DTS-HD MA and lossless stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Lost in the Editing Room
• The Making of the Film
• The Making of the Original Soundtrack
• World Premiere Q&A
• Sad Hill in January 2020
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• Perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Abbey Bender, Anton Bitel, Howard Hughes and Tambay Obenson
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

Order Here!

God's Gun Press Photos

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LVC WTF?

I found an interesting eBay listing this week for a "Lee Van Cleef Collection Exclusive" Leather Jacket.  Did LVC have some sort of a wardrobe line in the 1970's?  

Priced at a $950 Buy It Now.

Bad Man's River - Foreign Posters

A few more non-US posters for Bad Man's River

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