GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

Media and contains quality is excellent.

This 1966 movie contains what every good movie does good story, great acting performance, beautiful cinematography and direction.

Greatest Western ever made! What a timeless classic.

I had the video cassette with me for a long time but watching it in DVD gives the extra experience. A truly remarkable Sergio Leone classic with enthralling action and adventure and the man with no name, Clint Eastwood, at his best.

A must watch for any die hard fan of western flicks.This movie belongs in the list of 100 movies u should watch before u die.Clint Eastwood as usual is superb.

First couldn't watch it on my Blu-ray or DVD player because of zone-restriction even though I had bought this in India. Had bought Phillips DVD player from Amazon which advertised itself as zone-free but it played DVD meant for India only (too lazy to return it). This time during my visit to the States bought a zone-free Blu-ray player (Sony 1200 model) and last night it played this and it played perfectly. Movie was great but at places I was distracted by how nice, handsome, and clean-shaven the main actors looked. Wish they were rough as Gabbar Singh. Second there was some comedic effect which didn't help the intensity of the drama. A nice movie to add to Clint Eastwood collection.

The best western movie out there, Leone, Eastwood, Wallach and Van Cleef at their finest, the final duel in the end is probably the greatest endings in the history of cinema. A Masterpiece, Buy it!

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Zwei glorreiche Halunken gehört für mich zu den größten Western aller Zeiten und diese 4K-Blu-ray-Ausgabe präsentiert den Film in bestmöglicher Form. Die epische Geschichte, die großartigen Charaktere und die unvergleichliche Atmosphäre haben auch nach Jahrzehnten nichts von ihrer Faszination verloren. Besonders beeindruckend ist das legendäre Zusammenspiel von Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef und Eli Wallach. Jeder der drei Hauptdarsteller verleiht seiner Rolle eine einzigartige Persönlichkeit und macht das Abenteuer unvergesslich. Die 4K-Restauration bringt die beeindruckenden Landschaftsaufnahmen und die vielen Details des Films hervorragend zur Geltung. Farben, Schärfe und Kontraste wirken deutlich verbessert, ohne den klassischen Charakter des Originals zu verlieren. Natürlich darf auch die legendäre Musik von Ennio Morricone nicht unerwähnt bleiben. Der ikonische Soundtrack gehört zu den bekanntesten der Filmgeschichte und trägt entscheidend zur besonderen Atmosphäre des Films bei. Fazit: Ein Meisterwerk des Western-Genres mit großartigen Darstellern, unvergesslicher Musik und beeindruckender 4K-Bildqualität. Für Filmfans und Sammler eine absolute Pflichtanschaffung. Klare Kaufempfehlung!

If you are a fan of Sergio Leone’s "Dollars Trilogy," this 4K UHD release is the definitive way to experience the final chapter. While many previous home media releases struggled with color grading—often leaning too heavy into a yellow tint—this scan is a revelation. The clarity in the extreme close-ups, a Leone trademark, allows you to see every bead of sweat and grain of desert sand with breathtaking precision. The HDR provides a natural depth to the landscapes that makes the cinematography feel more expansive than ever before. ​The Film ​Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows three gunslingers—the "Good" (Blondie), the "Bad" (Angel Eyes), and the "Ugly" (Tuco)—as they race to find a hidden cache of Confederate gold. It is a sweeping epic of greed and survival, punctuated by Ennio Morricone’s iconic score and a tension-filled three-way standoff that remains one of the greatest sequences in cinematic history. While this film is an undisputed titan of the genre, it sits comfortably as my second favorite Western, trailing only the legendary Rio Bravo. ​Disc Contents & Versions ​One of the best things about this release is that it caters to the purists. It includes: ​The Original Theatrical Cut: Clocking in at 161 minutes, this is the version many grew up with and is arguably the better-paced experience. ​The Extended Cut: For those who want every bit of footage possible, the 179-minute version is also present, fully restored. ​Supplemental Material: ​The extras included here are a cinephile’s dream. You aren't just getting the movie; you’re getting a masterclass in film history. The set features: ​Audio Commentaries: Deeply researched tracks from film historians like Sir Christopher Frayling and Richard Schickel. ​Documentaries: Multiple "Making Of" featurettes that dive into the production hurdles and the legacy of the film. ​Deleted Scenes: Specifically those that were restored for the extended version. ​Image Galleries: Rare behind-the-scenes photos and promotional posters. ​Whether you are upgrading from a standard Blu-ray or buying it for the first time, this 4K set is an essential addition to any collection. It honors the legacy of Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef in the best quality possible.

Magnificent movie. Good quality. One of the best true classic westerns. Very highly recommended.

A really beautiful transfer. Has a reversible cover which the store page shows both of

MGM released a DVD edition of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in the late 1990s, but it had few extras, a mono soundtrack, and a scratched print. Finally, MGM has given Sergio Leone's Western epic the double-disc special edition it deserves. The print is restored and as clear as I've ever seen it, the sound is now an astonishing 5.1 Surround (listen to the glass falling off Tuco after he springs through the window in the opening sequence!) nineteen minutes of footage from the Italian original have been restored, and the discs are packed with extras. Even the packaging is great: a sturdy interlocking box, with the DVDs kept in the upper and bottom parts of the two lids. Also inside the box are cards containing posters for the film in five different countries. The film, like most of the European Westerns of the 1960s, was critically disregarded in its day. The New York Times said of it: "the most expensive, pious, and repellent movie in the history of its peculiar genre. There is scarcely a moment's respite from the pain." It's amazing how people missed the brilliance of this movie, which turned Western conventions upside down in such a wonderfully bizarre, European way. Now the film is considered a classic, and only Sergio Leone's own "Once Upon a Time in the West" (another great 2 DVD set, by the way) has more respect in the genre. Leone's strange style -- stretched out time, obsession with close-ups and extreme wide-shots, focus on rituals, and use of Morricone's wild and avant-garde score -- are all in full force in this tale of three treasure-seekers searching for a cache of gold coins on the Texas-New Mexico border during the Civil War. The implacable and unflappable 'hero' Blondie (Clint Eastwood), the crazy comic bandit Tuco (Eli Wallach), and the calculating immoral sadist Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) cross each other's paths amidst the senseless violence of the war. Leone perfectly contrasts the self-interested men with the greater backdrop of the tragedy of war. It's a strangely emotionally affecting picture despite its focus on three men who are detached from normal society and seem not to care about anything but money. So many individual scenes stand out for their virtuosity that the movie a parade of "greatest hits." Most astonishing of all is "The Ecstasy of Gold" sequence where Tuco dashes madly through a cemetery, looking for the grave that might hold the gold. Morricone's music here is especially overwhelming. Chances are you've seen the film and love it. What about the new scenes and the extras? Nineteen minutes of footage have been restored that were never shown in the American prints. The scenes integrate perfectly into the film, and after seeing them once, you won't be able to imagine they were ever missing. Among the scenes are Angel Eyes visiting a destroyed fort; Tuco hiring bandits to help him chase Blondie; Blondie and Angel Eyes having a face-to-face when they first set out together to find the gold; and some extra conversation between Tuco and Blondie in the desert. However, these scenes were never dubbed into English in the 1960s. Therefore, the DVD producers had to newly dub them. Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood do their own voices. An actor named Simon Prescott does the imitation of the deceased Lee Van Cleef. Admittedly, Wallach and Eastwood no longer sound the same, but I couldn't imagine someone else imitating their voices -- it couldn't have been done any other way. Prescott is pretty good as Angel Eyes, if a bit more gravelly. The extras... Disc 1 has audio commentary by Richard Shickel, a film historian who wrote Eastwood's biography and also did commentary on Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America" DVD. His comments can be pretty dry, and he focuses mostly on Leone's style and techniques instead of on background information on the filming itself. Nonetheless, there are many interesting insights, and Shickel manages to say a lot during the three-hour running time. Most of the extras are on Disc 2: "Leone's West" -- A 20-minute documentary about the making of the film. Includes interviews with Shickel, producer Alberto Grimaldi, author of the English dialogue Mickey Knox, and best of all, Eastwood and Wallach. There's some very interesting info and memories here, mostly from Knox and the two actors. "The Leone Style" -- A 23-minute documentary, really just an extension of the first one. It spends more time on Leone's unusual techniques. The same interviewees appear here. "The Man Who Lost the Civil War" -- A 14-minute documentary that was produced separately from the DVD. It makes no mention of the movie, but is about its historical backdrop: the disastrous General Sibley campaign in Texas. Sibley appears in the film briefly, and this short documentary gives the viewer an important insight into the world of Blondie, Tuco, and Angel Eyes. "Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- An 11 minute look into the painstaking work involved with fixing the picture and sound, restoring the cut scenes, and re-dubbing it. "Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone" -- 8 minutes; mostly an interview with music scholar John Burlingame about the film's score. At the end of the feature, you can choose to listen to an audio-only twelve-minute lecture by Burlingame that provides a much more in-depth analysis of the music. "Deleted Scenes" -- Two scenes couldn't go back into the film. The extended torture scene had a damaged negative, so here it is in its rougher state. An apparently lost scene is reconstructed through text, stills, and clips from the French trailer. Finally, there's a gallery of posters, the original trailer, and MGM tossing in some gratuitous advertising for their other films. Don't miss this DVD. Not only is it one of the great action films and one the great westerns, but it's the kind of release that the DVD format was invented for!