The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Blu-ray

Arrow Video

With the two preceding films in his "Dollars" trilogy having unleashed a boom in Euro Western productions, Sergio Leone knew that his concluding chapter would have to top them all. Armed with his largest budget yet, Leone created what is, for many, the final word on the subject - a violent, picaresque epic presented with operatic scope and intensity, with Clint Eastwood donning the iconic hat and poncho one last time.

A partnership between two scoundrels, Blondie (Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) goes awry, only for fate to intervene in the form of information about a cache of stolen Confederate gold buried in a graveyard. Each possessing a different clue to its location, the pair are forced into a distrustful partnership. However, the gold is also sought by Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary with his own twisted code of honour. Thus begins a desperate pursuit amidst the mass destruction and absurdity of the American Civil War, culminating in an iconic three-way standoff inside the graveyard.

Mythic, cynical and endlessly entertaining, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly brings Leone's grand sense of dramatic scale to its apotheosis. Arrow Films is proud to present this landmark Western in the most comprehensive edition ever assembled, featuring both cuts of the film meticulously restored in glorious 4K, and a wealth of new and archival bonus materials.

Product Features

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

DISC 1 - INTERNATIONAL CUT

• New 4K restoration of the 162-minute International Cut using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Newly restored original lossless English mono audio
• Optional newly remixed lossless English DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by film critic and historian Tim Lucas
• Theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots

DISC 2 - EXTENDED CUT

• New 4K restoration of the 179-minute Extended Cut, using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Newly restored original lossless English mono audio
• Optional newly remixed English DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
• Audio commentary by film historian and Eastwood biographer Richard Schickel
• Seamless branching options to watch the Extended Cut with the uncut torture scene (mono only) and/or without the 'grotto' scene originally removed after the premiere
• Deleted and alternate scenes

DISC 3 - EXTRAS

• A Circular Trilogy, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
• The Laughter Behind the Epic, a newly filmed interview with Giacomo Scarpelli, son of co-writer Furio Scarpelli
• Three Colors, a newly filmed interview with Stefano Delli Colli, son of cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli
• Sergio and Sergio, a newly filmed interview with camera assistant Sergio Salvati
• The Hand That Drew The West, a newly filmed interview with Giuditta Simi, daughter of set/costume designer Carlo Simi
• They Call Him Angel Eyes, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker and Lee Van Cleef biographer Mike Malloy
• From Falls to Fame, a newly filmed interview with stuntman Fabio Testi
• The Man, The Cut, The Masterpiece, a newly filmed interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso
• Frames of Glory, a newly filmed interview with post-production supervisor Enzo Ocone
• That Magic Sound, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario
• The Voice Behind the Gold, a newly filmed interview with singer Edda Dell'Orso
• Call of the Coyote, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
• The Good, The Great and the Moody, a new visual essay exploring the film's iconic soundtrack by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
• Leone's West and The Leone Style, two archive featurettes with Eastwood, Wallach, Schickel, Alberto Grimaldi and Mickey Knox
• Reconstructing the Film, an archive featurette on the assembly of the Extended Cut
• Il Maestro Parts One and Two, two archive featurettes with film music historian Jon Burlingame
• The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction, a featurette on a deleted scene
• The Man Who Lost the Civil War, an archive featurette on the film's depiction of the Civil War
• Vignettes (Easter Eggs), four short interviews with Eastwood and Wallach
• Alternate credits sequences
• Four comprehensive image galleries
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella