I came screaming in here after reading that article on High-Def Digest, and it was about all I could do to keep from typing the abbreviation for for unlawful carnal knowledge in 18-point font, bolded, and underlined.
I just wonder how these news outlets can get things so completely wrong. To me it almost seems impossible, and I wonder if it is more the case of someone announcing something they weren't supposed to yet rather than being wrong.
That could very well be also. This is the trouble with depending information from "inside" sources. Just because a project get started doesn't necessarily mean it will make it to the marketplace. There have been plenty of announced titles that never made it to store shelves over the years.
I know The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has been issued on blu ray this year. I am puzzled at way MGM didn't put out a box set of 3 or 4 of the Leone films as they did for DVD?
I'm holding off purchase as I would like to get the films in a box set.
Blu-ray.com had a story about some upcoming Fox releases on blu ray. For A Few Dollars More is listed as possibly coming next June.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3801
Has anyone heard anything further about a Leon blu ray box set?
I have to say I was very surprised about the news as MGM is having financial woes. Does Fox dictate what MGM is to release on blu ray?
I would love to see the other 9 James Bond films on blu ray.
No US news. The Digital Bits posted the following today:
And here's something interesting: Fox and MGM have officially announced a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western Trilogy for Blu-ray release in the U.K. on 6/7, including A Fistful of Dollars, the previously released The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and For a Few Dollars More. In fact, it's available for pre-order now on Amazon.co.uk. I've contacted Fox here in the States for word about a U.S. release and they haven't responded yet, but we'll keep on them to find out. This title ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE RELEASED IN THE U.S. TOO! We'll post an update as soon as we have anything new.
while this is great news that its coming out here in June,where's " Fist Full of Dynamite " which was in the Dvd set
also if they were planing this ,why have us spent on the good bad and Ugly,two things that won't even be brought
up on web reviews ,when it comes out
It is too bad that Fistful of Dynamite is not being included. I am still VERY excited that the Trilogy set is coming to the US in June. I've held out from the Anthology DVD set as I knew these were coming to blu ray. I believe For A Few Dollars More was announced as one of the original blu ray titles from MGM in 2006!!
I posted this before I believe, but find the article interesting. It's from 2007 and it is a discussion of the remastering of Fistful of Dollars for a future blu ray release.
Does anyone have further info on whether these are new restoration prints then?
MGM HD also showed the films in November 2009. Did anyone see these versions?