A new British combo box set “Savage Guns”

 

“Savage Guns”

 

(“El Puro”, “I Want Him Dead”, “Trinity Sees Red”, “Four of the Apocalypse”)

(1969, 1968, 1970, 1975)

(Edoardo Mulargia, Paolo Bianchini, Mario Camus, Lucio Fulci)

(Robert Woods – Craig Hill – Terence Hill – Fabio Testi, Tomas Milian)

 

Country: England

Label: Arrow Video

Savage Guns: Four Classic Westerns Vol 3 | Limited Edition 4-disc BluRay box with El Puro, I Want Him Dead, Trinity Sees Red and Four of the Apocalypse.

Region code: A, B

Resolution: 1080p 2K restoration

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1, 2.35:1

Audio: Restored original lossless mono Italian; English (all four)

Subtitles: English for the Italian soundtracks; optional English HoH for the English soundtracks

DISC 1 - I WANT HIM DEAD. Extras: new introduction by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint; The Man Who Hated Violence - new interview with director Paolo Bianchini; Cut and Shot - new interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso; Nico Unchained - archival interview with composer Nico Fidenco; English theatrical trailer; Image gallery.

DISC 2 - EL PURO: Two versions of the film: the 98min cut in Italian and English, and the longer, 108min version, assembled from the original camera negative and an archival print in both Italian and a newly created hybrid English/Italian mix (for some scenes and dialogue lines in the long version the Italian audio is lost or was never produced, these are in Spanish with English subtitles). Extras: new introduction by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson; new interview with actor Robert Woods; new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Alessandro Alessandroni, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon.

DISC 3 - WRATH OF THE WIND: 97min version plus alternate 106min Spanish-language version of the film, featuring additional and extended scenes not found in the Italian or English versions. Extras: new introduction by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes; The Days of Wrath - new interview with camera operator Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli; They Call It... Red Cemetery! - a short film from 2022 by filmmaker Francisco Lacerda, serving as a love letter to the spaghetti western genre; Alternate "Revenge of Trinity" opening titles, newly restored for this release; Image gallery.

DISC 4 - FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE. Extras: new introduction by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; new audio commentary by author and producer Kat Ellinger; It Takes Four - previously unreleased interview with production manager Roberto Sbarigia; new, in-depth appreciation of the film by author, critic and Lucio Fulci scholar Stephen Thrower; new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composers, Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vince Tempera, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon; Newly restored theatrical trailer; Image gallery.

Extras:Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by author and critic Howard Hughes; Fold-out double-sided poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx; Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

Release date: December 11, 2023