A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971) 4K UHD coming from Kino - Blu-ray Forum

whiteberry · 05-07-2023, 03:00 PM

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Coming Soon on 4KUHD!

A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) Starring Rod Steiger & James Coburn – Shot by Giuseppe Ruzzolini (My Name is Nobody) – Music by Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars) – Directed by Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

A.k.a Duck, You Sucker

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drush9999 · 05-07-2023, 03:05 PM

As long as it has the original English mono audio with extra expletives intact.

HuggyBear73 · 05-07-2023, 03:09 PM

Was never a fan of this one. Nice to see it's coming to 4K tho.

Hope .. Once Upon a Time in the West ... is coming soon.

Jorvic · 05-07-2023, 05:00 PM

I still haven't unwrapped my Eureka Blu-ray I bought a while back.

It's my second least-watched Leone film and I could never quite take to it as much as his more famous works. But at least it's getting a 4K and I can upgrade.

Can't help but think at the same time how great it would be to have Once Upon a Time in America on the format.

GasmaskAvenger · 05-07-2023, 05:05 PM

Absolutely nabbing this one for sure.

Jackie Scanlon · 05-07-2023, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Hope .. Once Upon a Time in the West ... is coming soon.

Pretty sure Paramount have already confirmed it's on the way this year.

I'll also be grabbing this (pending making sure that Kino don't bork it on the initial run). Absolutely love it.

groovyalex391 · 05-07-2023, 05:43 PM

Well, with this and OUATIW confirmed for 4k, guess I can sell my KL Leone set now.

This is my least fav of his westerns but it's a really fascinating movie and I'd need to watch it again for sure.

Braktastic · 05-07-2023, 06:17 PM

Yas!

Talal86 · 05-07-2023, 06:34 PM

I never watched this, even though I'm a fan of the other Leone westerns. I guess it's time

Jackie Scanlon · 05-07-2023, 06:56 PM

I wonder if that means Eureka will upgrade theirs to 4K as well? It'll still be cut of course, though.

Dailyan · 05-07-2023, 07:03 PM

I suspect this will be an SDR release of the IP that MGM have on hand. KLI did say, in the past, that they would consider an UHD if it didn't cost "an arm and a leg". I'm not sure if that meant the negative was bad condition or the Italian rights holders would probably ask too much for access.

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Originally Posted by Jackie Scanlon

I wonder if that means Eureka will upgrade theirs to 4K as well? It'll still be cut of course, though.

I wonder if Eureka still care about MoC period

Bates_Motel · 05-07-2023, 07:03 PM

If they are using the newest Cineteca di Bologna remaster with the wider framing, it will have to be completely regraded same as the others to kill the yellow tint and restore the proper colors. Interesting there was no mention of that, at least yet anyway.

JohnCarpenterFan · 05-07-2023, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

If they are using the newest Cineteca di Bologna remaster with the wider framing, it will have to be completely regraded same as the others to kill the yellow tint and restore the proper colors. Interesting there was no mention of that, at least yet anyway.

I believe that was only a 2K master so hopefully this will be a new scan/remaster from scratch without any Ritrovata grading shenanigans.

Krynoid-Man · 05-07-2023, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackie Scanlon

I wonder if that means Eureka will upgrade theirs to 4K as well? It'll still be cut of course, though.

A 4K of the Dollars trilogy from Eureka would be nice too

Bates_Motel · 05-07-2023, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterFan

I believe that was only a 2K master so hopefully this will be a new scan/remaster from scratch without any Ritrovata grading shenanigans.

They've usually said regarding these Leone titles, since every know knew they needed re-grading, so hopefully you're right and its more of a "Few Dollars More" situation where they do it themselves from scratch.

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Originally Posted by Krynoid-Man

A 4K of the Dollars trilogy from Eureka would be nice too

They would have to license the masters from Kino (who did all the color regrading themselves), or else do their own re-grading.

DaylightsEnd · 05-07-2023, 09:42 PM

I'm in for this. And while Kino is working out their future 4k uhd westerns work slate from their prior blu ray releases, and are running out of Leone films to upgrade, I hope they also decide to rope in some Van Cleef and give us Death Rides A Horse 4k sooner than later.

SpaceBlackKnight · 05-07-2023, 10:12 PM

The recent Cineteca di Bologna restoration was finished 2k from a 4k scan of the OCN. Kino probably got access to the raw scan files and doing their own grade from there.

captainsolo · 05-07-2023, 10:35 PM

I'm flabbergasted. Kino has said they really didn't care to touch this again and previously they tinkered with MGMs master and slapped on the AFOD title after it had finally been removed after decades and replaced with the proper DYS English title.

Eureka did restore a version of the English mono but was stuck with Kino's version of the MGM master which wasn't as good as MGM's original BD plus still had the same baked in cropping and color issues. I've seen MGM's 35mm print of their master and while it's better than all the disc releases it still has the same problems and the hideous remix audio is made painfully even more apparent.
Plus Eureka had to cut both masters slightly for horsefalls.

The Italian master is a mess which I tracked down the first BD of without the piss yellow color tint application which turned up on the reissues and Eureka was forced to use it.

The film has needed an entirely new scan and proper research done for the correct audio in its best form and the history of the cuts and editions. Which no one has seemed to want to do. So where this "4K scan" is from I have no freaking idea. My guess would be that MGM scanned something in 4K and Kino picked up the rights. So this will likely be a 4K scan of MGM's flawed extended version possibly SDR only. I shudder to think what a 4K Italian master would belike given the hideous yellow they gave to the already pitiful master.

I nicely asked Kino on Twitter when they posted this about what the source was and if any of the myriad of problems would possibly be finally addressed. Mostly because I was completely shocked at the announcement.
Ignored as usual.

Zechs Merquise · 05-07-2023, 10:38 PM

With this and Once Upon a Time in the West, one hopes that Once Upon A Time in America can somehow be released from Disney's evil clutches for a 4K remaster and Blu-ray

Monterey Jack · 05-08-2023, 02:21 AM

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05-07-2023, 03:05 PM	#2
drush9999 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Sutton Coldfield, England 4K collection:566 Blu-ray collection:6092 DVD collection:488 Trading Score:1	As long as it has the original English mono audio with extra expletives intact.

05-07-2023, 03:09 PM	#3
HuggyBear73 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2011 Trading Score:128	Was never a fan of this one. Nice to see it's coming to 4K tho. Hope .. Once Upon a Time in the West ... is coming soon.

05-07-2023, 05:00 PM	#4
Jorvic Blu-ray Prince Member since:May 2018	I still haven't unwrapped my Eureka Blu-ray I bought a while back. It's my second least-watched Leone film and I could never quite take to it as much as his more famous works. But at least it's getting a 4K and I can upgrade. Can't help but think at the same time how great it would be to have Once Upon a Time in America on the format.

05-07-2023, 05:05 PM	#5
GasmaskAvenger Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jul 2014 Location:Fresno, California, USA 4K collection:1105 Blu-ray collection:4971 DVD collection:656 Trading Score:33	Absolutely nabbing this one for sure.

05-07-2023, 05:43 PM	#7
groovyalex391 Member Member since:Mar 2019	Well, with this and OUATIW confirmed for 4k, guess I can sell my KL Leone set now. This is my least fav of his westerns but it's a really fascinating movie and I'd need to watch it again for sure.

05-07-2023, 06:17 PM	#8
Braktastic Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2007 4K collection:586 Blu-ray collection:586 Trading Score:13	Yas!

05-07-2023, 06:34 PM	#9
Talal86 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 4K collection:227 Blu-ray collection:374 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:74	I never watched this, even though I'm a fan of the other Leone westerns. I guess it's time

05-07-2023, 06:56 PM	#10
Jackie Scanlon Power Member Member since:Oct 2019 Location:UK 4K collection:186 Blu-ray collection:883 DVD collection:574	I wonder if that means Eureka will upgrade theirs to 4K as well? It'll still be cut of course, though.

05-07-2023, 07:03 PM	#12
Bates_Motel Banned Member since:Jul 2014 Location:Los Angeles Trading Score:2	If they are using the newest Cineteca di Bologna remaster with the wider framing, it will have to be completely regraded same as the others to kill the yellow tint and restore the proper colors. Interesting there was no mention of that, at least yet anyway.

05-07-2023, 09:42 PM	#16
DaylightsEnd Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2019 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	I'm in for this. And while Kino is working out their future 4k uhd westerns work slate from their prior blu ray releases, and are running out of Leone films to upgrade, I hope they also decide to rope in some Van Cleef and give us Death Rides A Horse 4k sooner than later.

05-07-2023, 10:12 PM	#17
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	The recent Cineteca di Bologna restoration was finished 2k from a 4k scan of the OCN. Kino probably got access to the raw scan files and doing their own grade from there.

05-07-2023, 10:35 PM	#18
captainsolo Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:155 Blu-ray collection:1268 DVD collection:353 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:19	I'm flabbergasted. Kino has said they really didn't care to touch this again and previously they tinkered with MGMs master and slapped on the AFOD title after it had finally been removed after decades and replaced with the proper DYS English title. Eureka did restore a version of the English mono but was stuck with Kino's version of the MGM master which wasn't as good as MGM's original BD plus still had the same baked in cropping and color issues. I've seen MGM's 35mm print of their master and while it's better than all the disc releases it still has the same problems and the hideous remix audio is made painfully even more apparent. Plus Eureka had to cut both masters slightly for horsefalls. The Italian master is a mess which I tracked down the first BD of without the piss yellow color tint application which turned up on the reissues and Eureka was forced to use it. The film has needed an entirely new scan and proper research done for the correct audio in its best form and the history of the cuts and editions. Which no one has seemed to want to do. So where this "4K scan" is from I have no freaking idea. My guess would be that MGM scanned something in 4K and Kino picked up the rights. So this will likely be a 4K scan of MGM's flawed extended version possibly SDR only. I shudder to think what a 4K Italian master would belike given the hideous yellow they gave to the already pitiful master. I nicely asked Kino on Twitter when they posted this about what the source was and if any of the myriad of problems would possibly be finally addressed. Mostly because I was completely shocked at the announcement. Ignored as usual.

05-07-2023, 10:38 PM	#19
Zechs Merquise Special Member Member since:Oct 2012	With this and Once Upon a Time in the West, one hopes that Once Upon A Time in America can somehow be released from Disney's evil clutches for a 4K remaster and Blu-ray

05-08-2023, 02:21 AM	#20
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:709	Shaun Shaun SHAUN

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