Sergio Leone: Masterworks (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) [UHD]

One of the greatest of all Italian filmmakers, Sergio Leone was a true cinematic visionary who pioneered the popular “Spaghetti Western” genre and immortalized the talents of actors Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson; and composer Ennio Morricone. These 4 Leone classics endure as some of the most iconic and influential artistic depictions of the Old American West. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) – Leone’s seminal masterpiece introduced the world to Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name”—a lean, cold-eyed, cobra-quick gunfighter who drifts into a grim and dusty border town where two competing bands of smugglers terrorize the impoverished citizens. Though “The Stranger” receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang, his steely loyalty cannot be bought. For a Few Dollars More (1965) – Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef co-star as rival bounty hunters who join forces to bring the murderous bandit El Indio and his vicious gang of criminals to justice. But all is not as it seems in this explosive and sublime second installment of Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) – In the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic, and stylistically bold Western ever made, Clint Eastwood returns for one last showdown as “The Man with No Name,” locked in a legendary duel with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach). Each man pursues a cache of $200,000 and lets no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in his way. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Leone’s frontier fable is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast, and as tough and bawdy as every kid imagines the Old West. Henry Fonda flips his good-guy image as Frank, a sadistic killer, clashing with Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, and the mighty Charles Bronson in the film which re-established the Western’s significance to cinema art.

Special Features:
Disc 1: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (4KUHD) HDR/DV
-Master by Amazon MGM Studios – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
-Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
-Audio Commentary by Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
-5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
-Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
-Optional English Subtitles

Disc 2: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (4KUHD) HDR/DV
-Master by Amazon MGM Studios – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
-Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
-Audio Commentary by Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
-| 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
-Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
-Optional English Subtitles

Disc 3: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - THEATRICAL CUT (4KUHD): HDR/DV
-Master by Amazon MGM Studios – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
-Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
-5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
-Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
-Optional English Subtitles

Disc 4: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - EXTENDED CUT (4KUHD): HDR/DV
-Master by Amazon MGM Studios – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
-Audio Commentary by Noted Film Historian Sir Christopher Frayling
-Tuco Torture: Extended Beating Scene
-Italian Opening Titles | Il Brutto
-Angel Eyes Arrives: A Slightly Extended Version of Van Cleef’s First Scene
-Il Cattivo
-Il Buono
-Bones in the Dessert: A Reconstruction of the Deleted Scene from the OCN
-Original Intermission Cards
-Extended Freeze Frames: Tuco’s Final Line
-Tuco Outtakes
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
-Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc-
-Optional English Subtitles

Disc 5: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (4KUHD)
-Restored by the Paramount Archive Team, L’Immagine Retrovata and The Film Foundation – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- New Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
- Audio Commentary by Filmmakers John Carpenter, John Milius and Alex Cox; Film Historians Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr. Sheldon Hall; and Cast & Crew
-5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
-Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
-Optional English Subtitles

Disc 6: BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY)
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS -MARISOL “Sergio Leone’s Madonna in the West”: Interview with Actress Marianne Koch
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - The Frayling Archives: A Fistful of Dollars
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - A New KIND OF HERO: Sir Christopher Frayling on A Fistful of Dollars
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - A FEW WEEKS IN SPAIN: Clint Eastwood on A Fistful of Dollars
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - TRE VOCI: Three Friends Remember Sergio Leone
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME: Renowned Filmmaker Monty Hellman Discusses the Original Television Broadcast
-A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - The Net