The Spaghetti Western thread

[Ian Jane]

Kino have announced that they have Fistful Of Dynamite in the works for a UHD release later this year.

[Zaibatan]

fuck yes! I'm a sucker for weird and surreal spaghetti-westerns, so matalo! is definitely in my top 15.

I'm a huge Canevari fan myself so MATALO! hitting BD is cause for much celebration for me. I wonder if we'll ever get an English-friendly release for his EMMANUELLE film or UNA JENA IN CASSAFORTE or DELITTO CARNALE, for that matter!

[Randy G]

TCM is showing Paolo Cavara's Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears staring Anthony Quinn and Franco Nero this month.

Anyone seen it and have comments?

Usually a TCM broadcast indicates a release is on the horizon.

[killer must kill again]

Coming in July from Arrow.

Blood Money: 4 Classic Westerns LE

• Brand new 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
• Original Italian and English front and end titles
• Restored lossless original Italian and English soundtracks
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
• Brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli
• Galleries for all four films
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Howard Hughes

$10,000 BLOOD MONEY

• Brand new audio commentary by author and film historian Lee Broughton
• Tears of Django – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with director Romolo Guerrieri and actor Gianni Garko
• The Producer Who Didn’t Like Western Movies – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
• How the West Was Won – brand new interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• Theatrical trailer

VENGEANCE IS MINE

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
• Cain and Abel – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with actor Gianni Garko and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• In Conversation with Nora Orlandi – newly edited archival interview with the film’s iconic composer
• Movie After Movie – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
• Theatrical trailer

FIND A PLACE TO DIE

• Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes
• Sons of Leone – newly edited archival interview with director Giuliano Carnimeo
• Traditional Figure – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Gianni Ferrio, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon

DISC 4 – MATALO!

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• A Milanese Story – brand new, in-depth interview with filmmaker Davide Pulici, discussing the career of Matalo! director Cesare Canevari
• Untold Icon – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Mario Migliardi, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
• Theatrical trailer

fuck yes! I'm a sucker for weird and surreal spaghetti-westerns, so matalo! is definitely in my top 15. blood money is very good too (volonte's crazy little brother is the bad guy and it ends with a classic shootout in a rad looking ghost town), the sequel vengeance is mine is not that good though, too much out of place romantic flashbacks IIRC

[fatboyslim142]

Coming from Wicked Vision later this year.

I wonder if Arrow will upgrade these two or not.

[Ian Jane]

Coming in July from Arrow.

Blood Money: 4 Classic Westerns LE

• Brand new 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
• Original Italian and English front and end titles
• Restored lossless original Italian and English soundtracks
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
• Brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli
• Galleries for all four films
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Howard Hughes

$10,000 BLOOD MONEY

• Brand new audio commentary by author and film historian Lee Broughton
• Tears of Django – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with director Romolo Guerrieri and actor Gianni Garko
• The Producer Who Didn’t Like Western Movies – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
• How the West Was Won – brand new interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• Theatrical trailer

VENGEANCE IS MINE

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
• Cain and Abel – newly edited featurette with archival interviews with actor Gianni Garko and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• In Conversation with Nora Orlandi – newly edited archival interview with the film’s iconic composer
• Movie After Movie – brand new interview with producer Mino Loy
• Theatrical trailer

FIND A PLACE TO DIE

• Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes
• Sons of Leone – newly edited archival interview with director Giuliano Carnimeo
• Traditional Figure – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Gianni Ferrio, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon

DISC 4 – MATALO!

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• A Milanese Story – brand new, in-depth interview with filmmaker Davide Pulici, discussing the career of Matalo! director Cesare Canevari
• Untold Icon – brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Mario Migliardi, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
• Theatrical trailer

[Ian Jane]

Coming from Wicked Vision later this year.

[Randy G]

The Tarantino/Avary podcast covered Corbucci's Sonny & Jed and it's up on YT right now.

[Darcy Parker]

I have an OKish German DVD of CALIFORNIA. I checked over at the SWDB and it looks like Koch/Germany has given it a website exclusive Blu release similar to what Shout! has been doing. So it's out there, but probably difficult for us to get on this side of the Atlantic. Also a French release from Artus that's not English friendly. And an older Japanese release that is.

eBay is probably your best bet for that German disc.

[Andrew Monroe]

I really like CALIFORNIA too. One of the best late entry SW. I think the only copies I have are the Franco Cleef version and maybe on one of the multiple budget sets I have. It might be on that budget BD that crammed a ton of films on one disc. I don't have it handy to check. Obviously not an optimal presentation.

[Spaghetti Monkey]

I have an OKish German DVD of CALIFORNIA. I checked over at the SWDB and it looks like Koch/Germany has given it a website exclusive Blu release similar to what Shout! has been doing. So it's out there, but probably difficult for us to get on this side of the Atlantic. Also a French release from Artus that's not English friendly. And an older Japanese release that is.

[Randy G]

One of my favourite SW is California, not sure of it has been released on BD anywhere.

[Ian Jane]

It's over a year old at this point but the Wrong Reel podcast has a great episode about Once Upon A Time In The West with guests Tony Stella and David Lambert .

https://wrongreel.com/podcast/wr557-...e-in-the-west/

[Ian Jane]

Looks like Kino kinda-sorta announced that Paramount will be releasing Once Upon A Time In The West on Blu-ray in the future (finally).

[Ian Jane]

Coming to Blu-ray 3/28/23 from First Line Films/MVD

Seven From Texas AKA Hour Of Death (1964)

Bonus Materials
Bonus DVD: '$100,000 for Lassiter' (Dollars for a Fast Gun) (1966)
12 page booklet by Mike Hauss
8 Page booklet by Tom Betts
2 mini poster cards
Optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Italian, German

An engaging spaghetti western, mastered in 2K, tells the story of seven dangerous men hired to escort a sick woman and her husband across treacherous territory. Each of the mixed bag of seven has lives altered by circumstance and their own unique motives in helping the pair. They meet hostile Indians and then must brave through the expansive, barren desert in a seemingly doomed trek to civilization, overcoming death in more ways than one. This gritty masterpiece of ill-fated hope, the power of love and the burning desire for revenge, is considered as one of Spanish director J. R. Merchant's most impressive westerns.