Quote Originally Posted by Ogeez
Whoa there Tex.

Ok yes I am a HUGE Clint fan so please take what I say as one Fan's opinion, but I have to interject regarding your comments. TGTBATU is a classic in it's own right and WAS made in 1969. So to expect this film to be digitally remastered is pushing it I think. Widescreen sure, and as one fat cook allways says - BAM! - on that last seen with Lee, Clint and Surgio when watched in Widescreen.

Sorry I think you may have had too high of an expectation on a classic EUROPEAN film made by an Italian Director who knew little about the industry itself.

Oh and no insult intended.
Hi,

I can definitely see where you are coming from, it is 1969 and it is Italian and there are a lot of other factors too but have you seen or heard Once Upon a Time in the West? I think that is 1971, it is a US backed film but mostly an Italian production team and it looks and sounds great. Not Master and Commander great, or U571 great or even Open Range great, but given the limitations of the source material, the sound is impressive. And the picture quality is, to my eyes anyway, probably the best this film can look.

I would surmise that Once Upon a Time is a lessor known film than TGTBATU (certainly lessor known to me) and it just seemed to me that if OUATITW got such a loving treatment on DVD, then why wouldn't they put the same care and attention into a TGTBATU release. Hopefully the release in May that a previous poster mentioned will meet or exceed the standard set by OUATITW (Damn Sergio came up with some long titles!).

If you are a fan of the genre, I recommend Once Upon a Time. I also recommend it as an example of where the DVD production team took a limited source and created a spectacular experience and revitalized a film.

Oh and isn't it Eli Wallach in the final scene of TGTBATU? Not Surgio....

Yam