Once Upon A Time In The West

[juboxman]

The best of the spaghetti westerns--certainly deserves a good blu-ray release !

[zemat]

Hey !

At last the title has been announced by Paramount for June 2011 !!
You can find this information through an interview made by the French magazine "Les Années Laser" (March 2011, p.18) with the director of marketing from Paramount France.
The article also mentions the release of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" for September 2011.

[samdaman94]

Absolutely amazing news. I adore this film.

[Lope de Aguirre]

REALLY?! Its coming in JUNE?!

[Daniel Plainview]

For June, really? IF so then about time. It's almost criminal that it hasn't been released yet. A masterpiece like this shouldn't have gone over looked for so long.

I know what I'll be buying this June.

[Duffy12]

thedigitalbits just posted about that french article too-



"Now then, I'm sure our headline intrigued some of you, so let's get to it: File this in the Rumor Mill category, but we've just gotten multiple reports that Paramount France has announced the Blu-ray release of Once Upon a Time in the West (due to street in France in June) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (due in France in September). That confirms reports that we've been hearing from our own industry sources that both titles were being worked on for Blu-ray release here in the States. The French release has also been apparently confirmed in an interview with studio a rep in the March 2011 issue of the French magazine Les Années Laser (see page 18). So while you should definitely still take the news with a grain of salt until official announcements are made, we think you can safely assume that both titles are on the way for Blu-ray release this year both in Europe and here in the States as well. Certainly great news for catalog film fans! Thanks to Bits reader Matthiew P. for the heads-up."


http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents


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[Show spoiler]
ROCK!!!!!

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[smartslick]

Excellent news!

Originally Posted by Duffy12

thedigitalbits just posted about that french article too-



"Now then, I'm sure our headline intrigued some of you, so let's get to it: File this in the Rumor Mill category, but we've just gotten multiple reports that Paramount France has announced the Blu-ray release of Once Upon a Time in the West (due to street in France in June) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (due in France in September). That confirms reports that we've been hearing from our own industry sources that both titles were being worked on for Blu-ray release here in the States. The French release has also been apparently confirmed in an interview with studio a rep in the March 2011 issue of the French magazine Les Années Laser (see page 18). So while you should definitely still take the news with a grain of salt until official announcements are made, we think you can safely assume that both titles are on the way for Blu-ray release this year both in Europe and here in the States as well. Certainly great news for catalog film fans! Thanks to Bits reader Matthiew P. for the heads-up."


http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents


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ROCK!!!!!

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[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by smartslick

Excellent news!

Yep, Bill Hunt definitely has 'sources' and 'contacts'.

[SammyJankis]

Oh my, just thinking about seeing that opening shoot out on Blu-ray gets me giddy.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Oh my, just thinking about seeing that opening shoot out on Blu-ray gets me giddy.

Yep, agreed.

[Show spoiler]


"You brought two too many"

[Duffy12]

My favorite scene from the film is when Frank and his gang emerge from the foliage at McBain's ranch with Ennio Morricone's fantastic score playing in the background-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj03fSjd68o#t=1m46s

[Maggot]

For me, this year is turning out to be just as great or greater for Blu-ray than last year. Easily one of the best westerns ever. I hope this news pans out.

[SammyJankis]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

My favorite scene from the film is when Frank and his gang emerge from the foliage at McBain's ranch with Ennio Morricone's fantastic score playing in the background-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj03fSjd68o#t=1m46s

Completely effective in making you forget everything you know about Henry Fonda. You think of him as this likable guy, but by the end of that scene, you think of him as a, well, badass.

Not sure what my favorite scene is. I sure do love the revelation at the end.

[Maggot]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Completely effective in making you forget everything you know about Henry Fonda. You think of him as this likable guy, but by the end of that scene, you think of him as a, well, badass.

Not sure what my favorite scene is. I sure do love the revelation at the end.

Yea, when I first saw this movie I was blown away by his performance and the fact it was such a role reversal from what I had seen from him. He pulled it off so perfectly and naturally. Completely believable.

[dallywhitty]

I've never seen the film before, but as I love The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I'll likely be blind-buying this.

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

Completely effective in making you forget everything you know about Henry Fonda. You think of him as this likable guy, but by the end of that scene, you think of him as a, well, badass.

Not sure what my favorite scene is. I sure do love the revelation at the end.

Though I had heard of his reputation of being a good guy, I hadn't actually seen any of his work prior to watching Once Upon a Time in the West, so for me, it's the exact opposite when I watched 12 Angry Men, for example. But he plays a terrifying bad guy, and should have done so more often. Even though he didn't like it very much, as I understand it.