Le Bon, la Brute et le Cinglé [The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) ] France July 2nd

[pro-bassoonist]

French distributors TF1 are set to release Kim Ji-woon's The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) in Gallic markets on July 2.

Info on the upcoming UK release:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ighlight=weird

Official film site and trailer:
http://www.3nom.co.kr/index.html

Eyeforfilm UK:

Pay attention!"

These words open the latest offering from versatile Korean director Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family, A Tale Of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life), as a hand is seen slamming down hard onto an old map. It is an arresting beginning to a film that never releases its grip on the viewer's attention, and rewards it with a pioneering foray into genre's wildest frontiers – and while you might well need a map to find your way through all the double-crossing subplots ("Any guesses what's going on here? No clue, huh?", as one character succinctly puts it), essentially they are, like the map itself, a MacGuffin around which are arranged some stunningly spectacular scenes of hyperkinetic chaos. Despite its lengthy duration, this film gallops along.

The Good, The Bad, The Weird represents, along with Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), Shashank Ghosh's Quick Gun Murugan (2008) and Sadik Ahmed's The Last Thakur (2008), a new kind of genre: the "eastern", or Asian western. Where Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns may have borrowed a few ideas, or sometimes even an entire plot, from the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, this new film from Kim repays the debt in full, reimagining Leone's finest work The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) transplanted to the lawless badlands of Japanese-occupied 1930s Manchuria, a desert landscape of ever-shifting boundaries where everyone is out to make their fortune, and everything is for sale. Here anything goes - and the same is true for this anarchic epic, as unbounded and pillage-happy as its three main characters.

Three exiled Korean adventurers, played by a dreamteam of Korea's biggest stars - vain bandit Chang-yi (Lee Byung-hun - A Bittersweet Life), lucky train robber Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho - Memories Of Murder, The Host), and relentless bounty hunter Do-won (Jung Woo-sung, Musa: The Warrior) – come into violent collision during two simultaneous assaults on the same train, and then engage in a mad cross-country race to secure a stolen map which they hope will lead to the fulfilment of their dreams, whether it is to get rich fast, to exorcise the past, to wreak revenge or just to be proven the best.

In pursuit, are an international syndicate of bandits, some double-dealing drug dealers, and the amassed forces of the Japanese imperialist army – but no odds will prevent this trio from having their final three-way showdown, even if they must outride and outgun everyone else to get there.

All the stock scenes of the oater are here: wide-open plains, train robberies, gun battles, knife fights, opium dens, horse chases and tense Mexican stand-offs - but Jee-woon, a past master at manipulating mood, once again delivers a film of constant tonal surprise, with the moments of extreme sadistic violence offset (often uncomfortably) by ramshackle comedy, and grand action set-pieces sitting alongside calmer character drama.

There is no CGI, all the actors do their own stunts, and it culminates in a massed dash across the desert that shows not only where old-world martial values clash with newer weapons technologies, but also where the western meets The Road Warrior. It's exciting, funny, thrilling, and as entertaining as hell – and proves, if proof be needed, that genre knows no borders.

Official Cannes poster:



Ciao,
Pro-B

[Kynch]

Thanks to Pro-Bassonist.

Up for pre-order on Amazon.fr.

[hoosier2007]

Looks pretty good, I Didnt know what this was untill i saw this thread, Check out the preview:

http://0-a.mymovies.net/player/defau...50&filmid=8205

[Xboxbydegrees]

this does look good!

Link to Amazon isn't working (for me).

[Kynch]

Originally Posted by Xboxbydegrees

this does look good!

Link to Amazon isn't working (for me).

It should work now: http://www.amazon.fr/bon-brute-cingl...dp/B0026NAUTK/

[nycomet]

They look like three members from the Chinese Village People.

[howwon]

Originally Posted by nycomet

They look like three members from the Chinese Village People.

Well, the three actors in pro-bassoonist's Cannes poster, are South Korean and not Chinese.

[tiger_qc]

Originally Posted by nycomet

They look like three members from the Chinese Village People.

That's one of the big reason it will be a BIG PASS from me.
Yeah that's right!

TF1 release too many movies that will NEVER gets OOP.

I guess that's where I drawn the line.

Cheers,
Gui.

[xradman]

Originally Posted by tiger_qc

That's one of the big reason it will be a BIG PASS from me.
Yeah that's right!

TF1 release too many movies that will NEVER gets OOP.

I guess that's where I drawn the line.

Cheers,
Gui.

Then you are missing out. This is one of the best films out of Korea recently. The three actors that you see in front are probably in the top 5 in Korea.

The Good - Jeong Wu-seong (Musa)
The Bad - Lee Byeong-heon (Bittersweet Life, GI Joe)
The Weird - Song Kang-ho (Host)

If the French release doesn't have English subtitles, I would recommend getting the UK release. If you speak French, then get the SteelBook.

[tiger_qc]

Originally Posted by xradman

Then you are missing out. This is one of the best films out of Korea recently. The three actors that you see in front are probably in the top 5 in Korea.

The Good - Jeong Wu-seong (Musa)
The Bad - Lee Byeong-heon (Bittersweet Life, GI Joe)
The Weird - Song Kang-ho (Host)

If the French release doesn't have English subtitles, I would recommend getting the UK release. If you speak French, then get the SteelBook.

Are you going to make me eat my words?
I actually really liked The Host HD-DVD from Korea and I was expecting nothing.

Thanks for the info xradman I'll consider it now...
I speak French , I live in Quebec.

Cheers,
Gui.

[Xboxbydegrees]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

French distributors TF1 are set to release Kim Ji-woon's The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) in Gallic markets on July 2.

Ciao,
Pro-B

Looks like Amazon is showing the 16th for a release date.

[Beefbowl]

Originally Posted by xradman

Then you are missing out. This is one of the best films out of Korea recently. The three actors that you see in front are probably in the top 5 in Korea.

The Good - Jeong Wu-seong (Musa)
The Bad - Lee Byeong-heon (Bittersweet Life, GI Joe)
The Weird - Song Kang-ho (Host)

If the French release doesn't have English subtitles, I would recommend getting the UK release. If you speak French, then get the SteelBook.

Song Kang-ho is one of my favorite actor. Shiri and Memories of Murder are some of my all time favorites.

I would love to get the steelbook version but I'll settle for a regular BD copy.

[Kynch]

Originally Posted by Xboxbydegrees

Looks like Amazon is showing the 16th for a release date.

Couldn't get a better SteelBook release on my birthday, ey? :/

[lolototo]

Originally Posted by Kynch

Couldn't get a better SteelBook release on my birthday, ey? :/

Even doubt that it will be SteelBook anymore, amazon.fr now has this picture up

Le bon, la brute et le cingle.jpg

[Kynch]

Originally Posted by lolototo

Even doubt that it will be SteelBook anymore, amazon.fr now has this picture up

Attachment 6480

Add to that the art for the Special FNAC Edition which only seems to be a slipcover over an Amaray case:

This wouldn't be the first time we got some SteelBook artwork but never got a SteelBook release.

[Xboxbydegrees]

has anyone seen this to confirm whether or not it is a steel?

[Kynch]

Definitely not a SteelBook.

[victors]

I guest no use of the Fnac edition

[Kynch]

Originally Posted by victors

I guest no use of the Fnac edition

I didn't even find in Fnac, maybe they don't have it yet, but I wouldn't count on it.

Now's a good time to get Steels from Fnac.

[victors]

Now's a good time to get Steels from Fnac. at your own risk
you don't wanna know the email they replied to us