Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo - Italy

[AnimeOnBlu]

Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (aka The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)

http://www.terminalvideo.com/tvweb/a...rmato=BLUE-RAY

Coming out Oct. 10, 2009 from Mondo.
Runtime: 168 mins (Theatrical Cut?)
Audio: English**, Italian DTS-HD MA Mono **NOTE - Mondo may or may not own the rights to the English audio, so it is possible the English Audio may be dropped before the release.
Subtitles: Italian
Price: 24,99 €

[El_Burro]

from dvd-store.it:

video format 2,35:1 Anamorfico 1080p

audio format 1.0 Dolby Digital: Italian
5.1 DTS HD: Italian

No info about Subtitles

Its confirmed that these version will be italian only. Shame because they have done an awesome work of restauring...

[Rat-Man]

yes the work of "cineteca di bologna" is wonderful...I seen a preview, great!
is better than the last Usa/europe version :P

[TERMINATOR T-800]

another buy for me....

[adh56]

Have you guys seen the t-shirt they have at Target? It's got a picture of Clint with the hat and it says "The Good" underneath. To bad they don't carry size small or else I'd own it already.

[AnimeOnBlu]

http://blu-ray.dvd.it/western/il-buo...io/id-2285785/

DVD.it now has a preorder up. It says English and Italian but also lists a 1:78:1 Open Matted AR. I hope that is wrong but it just adds to the growing uncertainty regarding the specs of this release.

[AnimeOnBlu]

Well, someone on AVS is saying that he contacted Mondo and they confirmed no English audio. I have asked pro-b if it would have them, and he let me know that a reliable source had flagged the release with English audio. Boy oh boy this release is getting fun. I am not sure what is going to happen but I have my copy on order and will let you know how it turns out.

[El_Burro]

well the author of these bluray already confirmed that there will be no english audio track!
sorry.

Anyway told about the process of remastering and its very intersting..should be different from the others version around, also for the color of the film...

No extra inside tho.

[AnimeOnBlu]

This just got weirder. From Mondo's own site:
http://www.mondohe.com/novita-ottobr...to-il-cattivo/

Specs:

Video: 1080p VC-1 1:78:1
Audio: English & Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles: Italian
BD: BD25
Time: 168 mins

But the only problem is, it list DVD zone 2. Really weird because if these are the correct specs, this release is either open-matted or cropped, and it lacks any kind of mono audio. Should be shipping from the Italian sites soon so I guess someone will find out on here or HDD soon.

**Lets see if these specs change as Mondo's site seems to be acting up.
_________________________________________
DVDStore Italy has this new specs:
Formato video 2,35:1 Anamorfico 1080p
Formato audio 2.0 PCM: Italiano
5.1 DTS HD: Italiano
Sottotitoli Italiano NU

Sounds more accurate tbh.

[El_Burro]

dvdstore got the right one for sure.
author confirmed that they wanted to put only italian track.
Also video has been totally remastered and to follow more the idea of the original film.
Also its screwed the size of BD because its bd50 (confirmed by the author himself as always)

[Spartan21]

Will this have english audio or not? Can anyone officially confirm this yet?

[El_Burro]

Originally Posted by Spartan21

Will this have english audio or not? Can anyone officially confirm this yet?

nope!
only italian tracks.

[AnimeOnBlu]

Someone at cinefacts forum confirmed no English audio and 161 min version. No Extras, and BD25. Apparently has more grain then the MGM version.

[El_Burro]

eh it was confirmed by the man who worked at the authoring of the bluray,that there will be only two italian tracks.
and yes now has been confirmed by others users that there is only these two tracks!

few people are telling that is a better than the MGM version but i hope to see a proper review soon...

[AnimeOnBlu]

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...&postcount=314

Comparisons of the MGM BR and Mondo BR. Wow, the Mondo version craps all over the MGM. Also it is a BD50, my mistake. Glad I didn't try to cancel my order.

[Rat-Man]

yeah fantastic video for this Leone's masterpiece, now I only need "C'era una volta il west"

[AnimeOnBlu]

Specs:

1080p VC1 2:35:1
Italian PCM 2.0 & Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1
Optional Italian Subtitles
Time: 175 mins (Italian Theatrical Cut)
BD: BD50
Region: Free
Extras: None

Spectacular release. The screenshots don't even begin to do it justice. It is just beautiful. The SQ is quite good as well.

Originally Posted by Rat-Man

now I only need "C'era una volta il west"

I hope Mondo or Paramount is working on it. I would get that Day 1.

[retablo]

Wow, like night and day. Interesting that the Italian version (or the MGM, whichever is closer to the original) has a completely different color timing.

But now you can really see the DNR working it's black magic for MGM.

[Lyle_JP]

I already hated the MGM (Fox) disc for only giving us the remixed sound and super-extended cut (which included a long, unnecessary scene that Leone did not want and cut from all versions of the film), and I always felt that there was too much digital trickery. This seals it. The Italian video remaster truly reveals the shoddy, minimum effort Fox put into this release.

[El_Burro]

Originally Posted by AnimeOnBlu

I hope Mondo or Paramount is working on it. I would get that Day 1.

"william" who has been involved in the remastering-authoring process told that for now,nothing new about that