A wordless gunman comes to the dreary provincial nest Blackstone to avenge his brother. Appeared citizens have lynched him cold-blooded because of alleged embezzlement of bank deposits. Together with El Diablo, a Mexican band chief interested in the whereabouts of the money, he thoroughly cleans up in the cafe. Bonus material: Booklet; Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Rolf Giesen- About the Specialist; Austin Fisher about "The Specialists"; French Trailer; Italian Trailer; German Trailer; Other Highlights

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The iconic filmmaker joined Uma Thurman and moderator Sean Fennessey at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles to debut ‘The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge’ and dish on how it all came together.

Spaghetti Westerns don’t come any hotter than Shango (Shango, La Pistola Infallibile), a wild ride into a time where questions were answered through gritted teeth or worse still, with bullets. Directed by Edoardo Mulargia who co-wrote the intense script with headline star Anthony Steffen, we follow Shango, a Texas Ranger who finds himself face-to-face with a Confederate officer and his gang of violent thugs who are busy terrorizing the locals of a town in their savage hunt for gold. Violent and raw, Shango is packed with hardened characters, all battling for survival in the torturous heat of an unforgiving land whilst reflecting that, for some, war is never truly over and that they will always find something to fight for.EXTRAS2.0 English Dual Mono2.0 Italian Dual Mono with English SubtitlesAudio Commentary with Author and Academic Lee BroughtonAudio Commentary with Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani and Troy HowarthThe Career of Edgar G. - An Interview with Eugenio ErcolaniSon of a Gun - An Interview with Manuel De TefféReverse sleeve featuring art by Joel Robinson

Als eine Goldlieferung der Southern Pacific Railroad Company gestohlen wird, werden Mike Sturges (Steve Reeves) und sein Bruder Roy (Franco Fantasia) des Verbrechens beschuldigt. Sie werden in das höllische Staatsgefängnis von Yuma geworfen und müssen dort unter der Aufsicht des sadistischen Wärters Bill Savage (Nello Pazzafini), der eine Vorliebe für die Folterung von Gefangenen hat, harte Arbeit verrichten. Roy ist bald tot und Mike führt auf seiner Suche nach Gerechtigkeit einen Gefängnisausbruch an. Mit der Hilfe einer gutherzigen Prostituierten (Rosalba Neri) und seiner Ex-Freundin (Silvana Venturelli) macht sich Mike auf die Jagd nach den Männern, die ihn hereingelegt haben.In seinem letzten Filmauftritt überzeugt Muskelstar Steve Reeves als charismatischer Westernheld auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit. Ich bin ein entflohener Kettensträfling bietet alles, was das Italo-Western-Herz begehrt: raues Wüstenflair, skrupellose Gegner, dramatische Rachemotive und kraftvolle Actionszenen. Die sorgfältige Inszenierung, unterstützt von einem atmosphärischen Soundtrack und soliden Nebenfiguren, macht den Film zu einem spannenden Genrebeitrag mit nostalgischem Charme. Ein würdiger Abschied für Reeves und ein Geheimtipp für Westernfans!Bonusmaterial:Original Kinotrailer; Bildergalerie mit seltenem Werbematerial; TBA

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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.4K ULTRA-HD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSDISC 1 – INTERNATIONAL CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)New 4K restoration of the 162-minute International Cut using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) 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 spotsDISC 2 – EXTENDED CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)New 4K restoration of the 179-minute Extended Cut, using the original 2-perf Techniscope negative 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) 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 scenesDISC 3 – EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)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

In 1964, Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars introduced audiences to a new, edgier breed of Western. The following year, he demonstrated that the first film was no fluke with For a Few Dollars More, cementing Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name” as a genre icon and spawning a legion of imitators.In the Old West, two rival bounty killers (Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef) hunt the same target: the psychopathic bandit known as “El Indio” (Gian Maria Volonté). The price on his head is high – but one of the hunters harbours a secret personal vendetta. Forming an uneasy alliance, the pair succeed in infiltrating El Indio’s gang... but as greed begets violence, the hunters become the hunted, leading to a final showdown in a circle of death.Made with a much higher budget than its predecessor, For a Few Dollars More expanded the canvas of Leone’s mythic, feverish vision of the Western and further developed his unmistakable authorial signature. Fully uncut and newly restored in sumptuous 4K with a plethora of new and archival bonus features, the Man with No Name returns in deadly style.4K ULTRA-HD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSDISC 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) 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 historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas Original Italian credits and intermission break (separate from main feature) Trailers, TV spots and radio spotsDISC 2 – EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)A Violent Tale of Vengeance, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli No One Shoots at the Colonel, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker and Lee Van Cleef biographer Mike Malloy Crafting the West, a newly filmed interview with Giuditta Simi, daughter of set/costume designer Carlo Simi Cuts and Rhythm, a newly filmed interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso Western Strings, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D’Amario Timeless Voice, a newly filmed interview with singer Edda Dell’Orso For a Few Notes More, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa For Ennio's Dollar Score, a new visual essay exploring the film’s iconic soundtrack by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon Career-spanning hour-long interview with Sergio Leone, never released in full before, filmed by Large Door Productions in 1983 On Location in Almería and Granada, an archive featurette produced and presented by filmmaker Alex Cox The Frayling Archives and A New Standard, two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling Back for More, an archival interview with Clint Eastwood Tre Voci, an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi Restoration Italian Style, an archival featurette on the film’s remastering for DVD The Original American Release Version, an archival featurette Location Comparisons 1965–2004, an archival featurette Alternate credits sequences Four comprehensive image galleries Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella