A Fistful of Dynamite SE in April
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25-02-2005 16:03 | 9102 views
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MGM Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of A Fistful of Dynamite Special Edition for 18th April 2005 priced at £19.99. Sergio Leone’s last ever Spaghetti Western stars James Coburn and Rod Steiger and has been fully restored with the inclusion of the missing ending for this two-disc special edition packed with over 3 hours of bonus features.
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.”
Features include...
Disc One: Main Feature
Disc Two: Bonus Features
Artwork and menus follow...
Disc One
Disc Two
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.”
Features include...
Disc One: Main Feature
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English and French DD5.1 Surround
- Subtitles (Main Feature & Commentary): English, French, Dutch
- Audio Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling
Disc Two: Bonus Features
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
- Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish
- “The Myth Of Revolution” Sir Christopher Frayling on Leone (21:16)
- “Sergio Donati Remembers ‘Duck You Sucka’” The co-writer memories of the film (07:03)
- “Sorting Out The Versions” Featurette including shortened versions, the long flashback sequence and UA’s decision to rename the film (11:08)
- “Once Upon A Time In Italy” Behind the scenes putting together the exhibit on Leone at The Autry Exhibition (05:47)
- “Restoration Italian Style” John Kirk on restoring the original Italian version (05:53)
- “Location Comparisons” Intercutting film clips with current footage of locations set to music (09:08)
- “Radio Spots” (03:54)
- Original Theatrical Trailer (03:27)
- “Photo Gallery” x30 Stills
Artwork and menus follow...
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Having seen the film many times I now consider this to be his 3rd best film, after Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good the Band and the Ugly.
It isnt as simplistic or showey, or immediately likeable as Fistful of Dollars or Few dollars more, which is probably why people dont take to it as easily. And it is also an unusual film in that the first half is quite humorous, but the second half is a very dark commentary on the nature of the 'Revolution'.
This film is hugely underestimated and deserves to be revisited. It has great emotional depth, something which is missing from Fistul Dollars, Few dollars more and dare i say, Once upon...in America, my least favorite Leone film.
Make no mistake, 'Dynamite' is not a western. It is more of a 'Zabata' movie if anything, but most of all it is a serious comment on the nature of Revolution told through the fictional story of two rogues.
Buy and enjoy, and hopefully see it for the masterpiece that I believe it is.
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With regards to America, i have seen this film more times than i can remember, so its not for lack of viewings. I just find none of the characters have any redeeming features, they're pretty much all w*****s and deserve what they get, most of all Deniros character and i think Leone became quite vulgar later in his carreer which we saw a little of in 'Dynamite', more of in 'My name is Nobody' but most of all in 'America'.
Anyway, 'Dynamite' rocks. But with respect, so do the rest of his movies.
The only thing that brings me back to the film is the amazing score, stunning visuals and the fact that most of the film is a drea, which is fascinating. But do i like it/ I want to, but i find it difficult.
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Should read:
...Leone became quite vulgar later in his carreer which we saw a little of in 'Dynamite', more of in 'My name is Nobody' but most of all in 'America'.
The only thing that brings me back to the film is the amazing score, stunning visuals and the fact that most of the film is a dream, which is fascinating. I want to like it, but I find it difficult.
Anyway, 'Dynamite' rocks. But with respect, so do the rest of his movies.
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Anyway, I just hope this is the complete version I saw in the cinema - I'll be hugely disappointed otherwise.
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