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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - 2 Disc Special Edition [1966]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - 2 Disc Special Edition [1966]
Directed by Sergio Leone

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1811 in DVD
  • Released on: 2004-04-26
  • Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Format: PAL
  • Original language: English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 155 minutes

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
This two-disc Special Edition presents the restored, extended English-language version of Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, now clocking in at almost three hours (actually 171 minutes on this Region 2 DVD as a result of the faster frames-per-second ratio of the PAL format). It includes some 14 minutes of previously cut scenes, with both Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach returning to the editing suite in 2003 to add their voices to scenes that had never before been dubbed into English (Wallach's voice is noticeably that of a much older man in these additional sequences). The extra material contains nothing of vital importance, but it's good to have the movie returned to pretty much the way Leone originally wanted it. The anamorphic widescreen picture is now also accompanied by a handsome Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, making this the most complete and satisfactory version so far released.

Film historian Richard Schickel provides an authoritative and engaging commentary on Disc 1. On the second disc there are featurettes on Leone's West (20 mins), The Leone Style (24 mins), Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (11 mins) and a documentary about the historical background of the Sibley campaign, The Man Who Lost the Civil War (15 mins). In addition, there's a two-part appreciation of composer Ennio Morricone, Il Maestro, by film-music expert John Burlinghame. Tuco's extended torture scene can be found here, along with a reconstruction of the fragmentary "Socorro Sequence". In short, exemplary bonus features that will satisfy every Leone aficionado. --Mark Walker

Special Features
Disc 1:

  • Commentary by film historian Richard Schickel
  • Spoken languages: English, German, French
  • Subtitles: English hard of hearing, German hard of hearing, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese

Disc 2:

  • Leone's West
  • The Leone Style
  • The Man Who Lost the Civil War
  • Reconstructing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

  • The Socorro Sequence reconstruction
  • Extended Tuco Torture Scene
  • Il Maestro, Parts 1 & 2
  • French Trailer
  • Photo Gallery

    Synopsis
    The culmination of Leone's renowned "Dollars" series of spaghetti westerns that includes A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965). Set during the Civil War, this wagonload of grit carries three desperados whose squinting eyes are fixed on a Confederate treasure. While dodging authorities, the Good (Eastwood) the Bad (Van Kleef) and the Ugly (Wallach) keep busy by stabbing each other firmly in the back hoping to beat the others to the gold. The climax comes with the gripping stand-off at the cemetery. A typical Leone picture with brooding vistas, leisurely langorous pacing, operatic violence and a haunting score from Morricone.

    • Customer Reviews

    Quite simply put...5
    One of the Greatest films ever made, and in my opinion, Leones greatest work.
    A masterpiece in direction, cinematography, costume, dialogue and casting.
    Watch it and own it.

    Ground breaking5
    Of course this movie was really a prequel to Fistful of Dollars but it cemented the dominance of the spaghetti western as a new, grittier and somewhat more authentic type of western. Straight after seeing this movie I watched John Wayne, Bob MItchum and James Caan in El Dorado and the contrast could not have been more stark. El Dorado is very much a good quality standard of it's type and already out of date as a cinematic style. Eventually the conflict between the two styles led to seventies gritty westerns like the Wild Bunch and the John Wayne style disappeared. Ironically Clint Eastwood, the star of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, led the revival of the new American western retaining the best of the old and adopting the visual style of the new - and this led to The Outlaw Josey Wales and Unforgiven.

    A great transitional movie.

    Still one of the coolest films ever5
    I'm really not into westerns per se. I mean, John Wayne had a face like a knackered old saddle and his films bore me beyond belief. But somehow I ending up watching this film one xmas many moons ago and I was mesmerised. I couldn't believe that over 2 hours had elapsed, I was so gripped.

    This is glorious stuff, and as the cliche goes, they don't make em like this any more. Shame.