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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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The following text is from the press release. We will offer you a full on review of this book in the very near future. For the first time ever, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has au...