A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS SPECIAL EDITION
From master director SERGIO LEONE and often credited as the first ever “Spaghetti Western” A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS is available for the first time as a DOUBLE DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD. Fully restored and upgraded to 5.1 surround sound and with over 3 hours of extra material it is out to buy from 18 April 2005, for £19.99 (RRP).Academy Award winner CLINT EASTWOOD stars in his trademark role of “The Man With No Name” in this first installment of the Sergio Leone trilogy. A mysterious gunman (Eastwood) has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim, dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the “quick draw”, the stranger soon receives offers of employment from each gang. But his loyalty cannot be bought: he accepts both jobs…and sets in motion a plan to destroy both groups of criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated set-ups, showdowns and deadly confrontations. In the end, only the ghost town’s bartender, the coffin-maker and the bell ringer remain, as “The Man With No Name” rides off into the sunset with his booty: aptly, a fistful of dollars
The highly collectable Double Disc Special Edition features over 3 hours of excellent extra material including: -
· Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling
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A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE
SERGIO LEONE’s last ever Spaghetti Western A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE stars JAMES COBURN and ROD STEIGER. This explosive DOUBLE DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD is packed full of extra material and has been fully restored with the inclusion of the missing ending and is out to buy from 18 April 2005 £19.99 (RRP).Juan Miranda (Rod Steiger) is a scruffy cigar chomping bank robber and leader of a bandit family who meets up with Sean Mallory (James Coburn), an IRA explosives expert on the run in Mexico during the height of the revolution in 1913. Together the unlikely duo stage a daring break in to free political prisoners, defend their comrades and risk their lives on a speeding train piled high with explosives!
The film opened in Italy in 1971 as “Giu la Testa!” or “Duck Your Head!” when translated to English. The film was then renamed to “Duck You Sucker!” when it landed in America a year later. (Leone was convinced that the expression was a popular catchphrase in the United States). But studio bosses then re-released the movie a few months later under a new title, “Fistful of Dynamite,” hoping to capitalize on Leone's earlier box-office triumph, “Fistful of Dollars,” the first in his genre-defining “Spaghetti Western” trilogy that also includes “For a Few Dollars More” and “The Good The Bad and the Ugly.”
This action packed Special Edition features over 3 hours of exciting extra material including: -
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FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE SPECIAL EDITION
Director SERGIO LEONE was anxious to capitalize on the international acclaim of A Fistful of Dollars, so he set to re-team with EASTWOOD for a sequel. The second film in the Dollars trilogy FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE also stars LEE VAN CLEEF. Out for the first time as a DOUBLE DISC SPECIAL EDITION DVD featuring over 3 hours of extra material and restored to its fully glory with 5.1 surround sound this classic is out to buy from 18 April 2005 for £19.99 (RRP). Scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni and featuring Ennio Morricone’s haunting musical score, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is a modern classic – one of the greatest westerns ever made. Eastwood is a keen-eyed, quick-witted bounty hunter on the bloody trail of Indio, the territory’s most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), is determined to bring Indio in first…dead or alive! Failing to capture their prey – or eliminate each other – the two are left with only one option: team up, or face certain death at the hands of Indio and his band of murderous outlaws.
The double Disc Special Edition comes with an array of fantastic extra material including: -
· Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling
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