Kino Lorber is releasing director Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on April 27, 2021.
For three men the Civil War wasn’t hell… it was practice! By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic, and stylistically influential western ever made, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a classic actioner shot through with a volatile mix of myth and realism. Screen legend Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars) returns as “The Man with No Name,” this time teaming with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way. From sun-drenched panoramas to bold hard close-ups, exceptional camerawork captures the beauty and cruelty of the barren landscape and the hardened characters who stride unwaveringly through it.
Hailed as “the best-directed movie of all time” by Quentin Tarantino, this epic masterpiece was directed by the great Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in the West) and co-stars Lee Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More) as Angel Eyes and Eli Wallach (The Magnificent Seven) in the role of Tuco. Music by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Who Saw Her Die?).
Amid the endless homages and the sheer adoration meted out to Sergio Leone’s ambitious, pricier finale to his Spaghetti Western trilogy, it’s easy to forget just how damn good the film is.
Kim Newman — Empire Magazine
Release date: April 27, 2021
Genre: Western
Film and Disc details for Kino Lorber’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 4K UHD Blu-ray edition:
| Director | Sergio Leone |
| Cast | Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef |
| Country | Italy |
| Production Year | 1966 |
| Discs | 2 Blu-ray Discs |
| Region | 4K Blu-ray – Region Free / 2K Blu-ray – Region A |
| Run Time | 178 minutes |
| Formats | Color / 4K UHD / 2.35:1 |
| Audio | English |
| Subtitle | English |
| AKA | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo |
| Studio | Kino Lorber |
The following are the complete special features and bonus details for Kino Lorber’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Blu-ray Disc set:
Special features for 4K Ultra HD Disc 1 (Region Free)
| 179-Minute Extended Cut |
| Audio Commentary by Noted Cultural Historian Sir Christopher Frayling |
| Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel |
| English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround & Restored 2.0 Mono |
| Dual-Layered UHD100 Disc |
| Optional English Subtitles |
Special features for Blu-ray Disc 2 (Region A)
| 162-Minute Theatrical Cut |
| Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas |
| Leone’s West: Making of Documentary |
| Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and GBU Featurette Parts 1 & 2 |
| The Leone Style: On Sergio Leone Featurette |
| The Man Who Lost The Civil War: Civil War Documentary |
| Reconstruction GBU |
| Deleted Scene 1: Extended Tuco Torture scene |
| Deleted Scene 2: The Socorro Sequence – A Reconstruction |
| Vignette 1: Uno, Due, Tre |
| Vignette 2: Italian Lunch |
| Vignette 3: New York Accent |
| Vignette 4: Gun in Holster |
| Alternate Scene: The Optical Flip |
| Deleted Scene 1: Skeletons in the Desert |
| Deleted Scene 2: Extended Torture Scene |
| TRAILERS FROM HELL with Ernest Dickerson |
| Image Galleries |
| Original U.S. Theatrical Trailer |
| Original French Theatrical Trailer |
| English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround & Restored 2.0 Mono |
| Dual-Layered BD50 Disc |
| Optional English Subtitles |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) trailer
