International Press Release Arrow Video Press Release: A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (4k UHD) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

4K ULTRA-HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
Perfect bound collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri, Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

DISC 1 - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
New 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original English and Italian front and end titles
Newly restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
Optional newly remixed lossless English and Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas
Trailers, TV spots and radio spots

DISC 2 - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)
When It All Started, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
Four Fingers Four Picks, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D’Amario
Wind & Fire, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
A Night at the Movies, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini
A Fistful of Outtakes, highlights from the original rushes
The Day the Soundtrack Changed, a new visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the film’s iconic score
Marisol: Leone’s Madonna of the West, an archival interview with co-star Marianne Koch
The Frayling Archives and A New Kind of Hero, two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling
A Few Weeks in Spain, an archival interview with Clint Eastwood
Tre Voci, an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi
Opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton filmed for the film's US TV debut in 1975, plus an archival interview with the prologue's director Monte Hellman

Restoration Italian Style, an archival featurette on the film's remastering for DVD
Location Comparisons 1964-2004, an archival featurette
Alternate credits sequences
Three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting 'A Fistful of Dollars'

 

[titch]

In all probability, the same masters that Kino had (see The Great Escape) but with Fidelity In Motion encoding and some new supplements + booklets. The 5.1 soundtracks will probably sound just as horrible, as the Kino ones. Desirable for many collectors, but not for the Home Theatre Forum members, who tend to be the most vocal.

 

[tenia]

I'd bet instead on something much deeper than just this, and closer to what Arrow did on their Bruce Lee movies (ie at least going back to the raw scan, and re-doing everything else).
(also, Arrow provided a different better mono track for The Great Escape than the one on the Kino release)

 

[Robert Harris]

“New 4k restoration” That ONEG is gonna be worn out.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

New 4K restoration makes a great gift for grandma or grandpa though!

 

[titch]

Ordered all three from Arrow Film's website - I'm not waiting for any reviews. By the time reviews come in, these will have sold out.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Ordered all three from Arrow Film's website - I'm not waiting for any reviews. By the time reviews come in, these will have sold out.

I hope Arrow doesn't cancel my order like they did with some earlier orders.

 

[dpippel]

Ordered all three from Arrow Film's website - I'm not waiting for any reviews. By the time reviews come in, these will have sold out.

That's a good point. I just did the same.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I have never ordered from the Arrow UK site. A couple of questions for those who have:

1. The 2nd disc of extras is a BD. From past experience, will this be region locked?
2. These are two disc limited editions. In the US, Arrow quite often follows up limited editions with a less expense standard edition several months later. Does that happen with the UK division, or will these probably be the only releases?

 

[ScottJH]

I have never ordered from the Arrow UK site. A couple of questions for those who have:

1. The 2nd disc of extras is a BD. From past experience, will this be region locked?
2. These are two disc limited editions. In the US, Arrow quite often follows up limited editions with a less expense standard edition several months later. Does that happen with the UK division, or will these probably be the only releases?

If it's from Arrow UK the BDs containing the extras are 99.9% Region locked.
They release standard releases in the UK once the Limited sells out.


Orbit DVD put up their preorder around 11am. If your order was just these comes to $106.97(free shipping) but won't ship until all 3 are released & they charge you now.

 

[titch]

I hope Arrow doesn't cancel my order like they did with some earlier orders.

I've previously had problems with Arrow suddenly claiming that my credit card is not approved, just before they were due to ship a pre-ordered title. However, I switched to PayPal for my method of payment and since then have had no issues with them.

 

[ScottJH]

After The Cell DC issue & some legacy extras from Inglorious Basterds not playing on Panasonic players hopefully there won't be any QC issues w/ these releases.

 

[dpippel]

Orbit DVD put up their preorder around 11am. If your order was just these comes to $106.97(free shipping) but won't ship until all 3 are released & they charge you now.

Also, be aware that pre-orders with Orbit CANNOT be changed or canceled.

 

[Sultanofcinema]

Also, be aware that pre-orders with Orbit CANNOT be changed or canceled.

I placed three separate orders with Orbit so they will ship as they come out.

 

[compson]

I cancelled my Arrow website order and ordered all three from Rarewaves. Taking advantage of a 10% off code good until tomorrow, I paid $103.36, including shipping to the U.S.

 

[dpippel]

I cancelled my Arrow website order and ordered all three from Rarewaves. Taking advantage of a 10% off code good until tomorrow, I paid $103.36, including shipping to the U.S.

My order with Orbit came to $106.97 shipped. I don't mind waiting and having them ship all three together when the last is released. How many times have I seen these films? I've lost count.

 

[John Dirk]

I'm fine with the film versions I already have but the extra do make this an intriguing proposition.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

If it's from Arrow UK the BDs containing the extras are 99.9% Region locked.
They release standard releases in the UK once the Limited sells out.

I may as well just wait for a standard releases then, since the BD of extras is region locked. I do not have a region-free player, so no sense paying for the extras if I cannot watch them. I have the Kino 4K releases, so am in no hurry.

 

[Dave H]

Also, be aware that pre-orders with Orbit CANNOT be changed or canceled.

I'm assuming they have this policy as they are a very small company and purchase X amount of copies with the intent of selling to those pre-ordering customers...and don't want to get stuck with extra copies from those who cancel? I'm only guessing.

 

[Allansfirebird]

Did my pre-orders on the BRD editions through Rarewaves to save a few shekels, and grabbed the Arrow release of One-Eyed Jacks along with them. If I'm gonna double/triple dip on the Dollars Trilogy (I've got the old MGM and KLSC releases), I might as well triple-dip on Brando's western opus, too (after Criterion and Imprint).