Cult Spaghetti Westerns (Blu-ray Collector's Box Set) (Cult Fims) [UK]

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Release date: January 8, 2024
Purchase links: Cult Films UK - Amazon UK - HMV
Price: £32.99 (Cult Films) - £34.99 (Amazon) - £29.99 (HMV)
Notes: Includes the following films Django - A Bullet for the General - Keoma in a Collector’s Boxset + Artcards


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THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF CULT SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, acknowledged by film critics and fans worldwide as cinematic landmarks, brought together for the first time in this must-have collector's set: THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN STARTS HERE!

DJANGO
DJANGO Banned in UK until the 90s, Sergio Corbucci's ground-breaking western stars Franco Nero as Django, the mysterious lone gunfighter who arrives in a bleak, mud-drenched town. Caught in the middle of a violent feud between two gangs of sadistic bandits, Django will need to fight for his life armed with his devastating revolving Gatling gun. Music by Oscar®Winner Luis Enriquez Bacalov.

A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL aka QUIEN SABE? Directed by Damiano Damiani (Amityville 2)

During the Mexican Revolution, a covert US assassin sent to kill the rebel General Elias, infiltrates a gang of bandits led by the charismatic El Chuncho (Gian Maria Volonté of the Leone Dollars films). The gang which also includes the crazed priest, El Santo (Klaus Kinski) and the beautiful Adelita (007 s Martine Beswick) will unwittingly lead the gringo assassin to the General.

Music by Oscar® Winner Ennio Morricone.

KEOMA
This is director Enzo G. Castellari s (the director of the original Inglorious Bastards and Tarantino s avowed maestro ) acknowledged Western masterpiece. Franco Nero is Keoma, a gunslinger who returns to his hometown to find it is now ruled by a gang of sadistic villains. Aided by his childhood friend, a superb, banjo-playing Woody Strode, Keoma will fight the ruthless killers to the bitter deadly end.



Extras:

  • Exclusive in-depth presentation of each film by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy.. in the style of his epoch-making Moviedrome BBC Series
  • Exclusive, lively interviews with: Franco Nero (Django); director Damiano Damiani (Bullet For The General); and outspoken Enzo Castellari (Keoma)
 
Django

  • Conversation with Django star Franco Nero
  • Alex Cox (maverick, filmmaker RepoMan & presenter of BBC Moviedrome), defines Django
  • Alternative opening sequence
  • Dual audio: English, plus optionalsubtitled Italian
    Remastered in HD from new scan of restored negative
  • More extras to be confirmed
 
Release date May 18th is not yet confirmed and may be a later release date

Cult Films posted a reply on twitter May 4th
Unfortunately we are not planning a release on May 18th. These news falsely circulated for quite a while. We apologize for this as we are planning a later release yet TBC

So don't be surprised if you pre order from Amazon and your order does not get dispatched
 
Ah, except it’s not really definitive. It’s 3 superb movies granted but there are some missing. Yes I get different distributors, rights holders and so on but Companeros and Texas Adios would have been great too.
 
Release now happening



Release date January 8 2024

Three seminal Spaghetti Westerns in one definitive Boxset, all restored and first time together on Blu-ray

DJANGO
One of the greatest and most influential Spaghetti Westerns ever, Sergio Corbucci’s iconic masterpiece is revered by film critics and fans – none more so than Quentin Tarantino who declares the deep influence that Corbucci had on all his films, as epitomised by his ‘Django Unchained’.

Banned for decades, Corbucci’s ground-breaking ultra-violent western stars the legendary Franco Nero as Django, the mysterious lone gunslinger who – dragging a coffin behind him – arrives in a bleak, mud-drenched town where he’ll face two gangs of sadistic evil killers. Presented complete and uncut, from new 4K-restored elements – pristinely faithful to the original film vision.

KEOMA, THE VIOLENT BREED
Acknowledged as the genre swansong, this late Western masterpiece is directed by Enzo G. Castellari whom Tarantino calls ‘his maestro’ (having remade Castellarri’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’) and regards as a ‘cinematic icon’. Screen-legend Franco Nero reprises his relentless deadly gunslinger persona, now as the eponymous Keoma who, returning to his hometown, finds that it is now ruled by a gang of sadistic killers. Aided by an old friend (a superb Woody Strode), Keoma fights the ruthless bunch to the bitter, last-man-standing, end. This gritty no-holds-barred western is presented from 2K-restored vault materials, showcasing its iconic set-pieces and its striking action-cinematography as never before.

A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL aka QUIEN SABE?
A covert US assassin is sent to kill a General who is one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He infiltrates a gang of guerrillas led by the charismatic El Chuncho (Gian Maria Volonté of the ‘Dollars films’) with his lieutenants, the crazed priest (Klaus Kinski), and the beautiful Adelita (007’s Martine Beswick). As the rebels go on a rampage stealing weapons, they unwittingly lead the assassin to the General. And the US agent has a bullet for him!

‘A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL‘ established the politically-imbued ‘Zapata-Western’ genre; it is finally presented in superb high definition finally doing justice to its lavish widescreen cinematography and it is further elevated by the exuberant music from Oscar® Winner Ennio Morricone.

Quoting Tarantino, whose encyclopaedic admiration and devotion to spaghetti westerns provides the curating thread of this box-set: “’A Bullet For The General’ is one of the greatest Spaghetti Westerns ever made. I just love that movie”.

+ DJANGO & DJANGO BONUS FEATURE
Complementing this definitive box-set is a riveting on-screen tribute by Quentin Tarantino enthusing on the deep influence which Sergio Corbucci, the creator of ‘Django’, had on his entire career. In the feature-length piece, illustrated with never-seen film-set footage and many film clips, Tarantino explains how – whimsically – in his ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, the fictional Hollywood cowboy actor played by Leonardo DiCaprio ends up working for the real Sergio Corbucci in Italy.

DISC (1)
DJANGO Special Features:
• Interviews with:
-Franco Nero on being Django
–Ruggero Deodato on being Corbucci’s assistant
–Alex Cox defines DJANGO
• New reworked English subtitles & additional SDH
+ DJANGO & DJANGO

DISC (2)
A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL aka QUIEN SABE? Special Features:

  • Interview with Director Damiano Damiani
  • Alex Cox introduces ‘A Bullet for the General’
  • New reworked English subtitles & additional SDH
DISC (3) KEOMA, THE VIOLENT BREED Special Features

  • Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari on the making of ‘Keoma’
  • Interview with Editor Gianfranco Amicucci
  • Alex Cox presents ‘Keoma’
  • Second Interview of Enzo Castellari ‘Westerns and Crime Flicks’
  • New reworked English subtitles & additional SDH
 
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