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Fistful of Dynamite (A) AKA Gił la testa AKA Duck, You Sucker (Blu-ray) (1971)
Rod Steiger and James Coburn will blow you away!Director: Sergio Leone
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Eureka for two versions of the film, stereo Italian sound and original English mono (other releases fold down the 5.1 remix for their mono tracks) and comprehensive extras, although it is subject to six seconds of BBFC cuts. The Kino Lorber edition has fewer extras but is uncut if the footage matters to the viewer.
Do note that it leaves out the Trailers from Hell segment from the Kino edition.
Versions:
The original Italian version ran for 157 minutes. However, the film was originally released in Britain in a heavily edited version that had a running time of 138 mins. In America, the film was released in an even shorter version, with a running time of 121 mins. Neither of these versions are currently available on DVD.
A version running 154 mins was released to LaserDisc in the 1990s, and this version was also included on the earlier DVD releases in France, Britain and Australia. However, this version only contained an abbreviated version of the three minute-long flashback that appeared at the climax of the Italian-release prints.
The climactic flashback was restored to its full length for the 'Collector's Edition'/'Special Edition' DVD releases released in the mid-2000s.
For more detail about the specific differences between the different edits of the film, please refer to this article by Glenn Erickson.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - longer European version, with extended 3-minute long flashback at the film's climax (156:56)
- Blu-ray ALL America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer European version, with extended 3-minute long flashback at the film's climax (156:55)
- Blu-ray ALL France- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer European version, with extended 3-minute long flashback at the film's climax (156:55)
- Blu-ray ALL Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer European version, with extended 3-minute long flashback at the film's climax (156:55)
- Blu-ray ALL Japan- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer European version, with extended 3-minute long flashback at the film's climax (156:55)
- Blu-ray B Italy- 01 Distribution - No cuts - 2009 Cineteca di Bolognia restoration of the Italian cinema version (157:17)
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition United Kingdom- Eureka - Yes, includes the MGM restoration with the extended three-and-a-half minute climactic flashback from the Italian version (156:49) and 2009 Cineteca di Bologna restoration (157:22), but both have been censored by order of the BBFC for horse-tripping by 6 seconds in keeping with the 2005 15-certification.
- Blu-ray B Standard Edition United Kingdom- Eureka - Yes, includes the MGM restoration with the extended three-and-a-half minute climactic flashback from the Italian version (156:49) and 2009 Cineteca di Bologna restoration (157:22), but both have been censored by order of the BBFC for horse-tripping by 6 seconds in keeping with the 2005 15-certification.
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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 04/01/14
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 02/01/20UPDATE LOG:
04/01/14: initial entry
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17/11/14: added US release.
01/10/15: Additions of the France, Germany, Japan releases, capsaholic.
13/06/19: Updated capsaholic, fixed broken link.
22/11/19: Added Eureka edition.
23/11/19: updated cuts
02/01/20: Capsaholic.
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