Monday, August 11, 2025

New British 4K, Blu-ray re-release of “A Fistful of Dollars”

 








“A Fistful of Dollars”

Director: Segio Leone

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte. Marianna Koch

(1965)


Country: England

Label: Arrow

4K UltraHD BluRay and BluRay standard edition re-release (keep case)

    Video 4K (2160p) Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible); New 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative. Original English and Italian front and end titles.

    Audio: Italian (newly restored original lossless mono & newly remixed lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (newly restored original lossless mono & newly remixed lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1)

    Subtitles: English SDH; English

    Extras: Audio commentaries by Christopher Frayling and by Tim Lucas; Trailers, TV and radio spots; TV prologue without the intro;

Available: August 11, 2025









Country: England

Label: Arrow Video

Release date: August 11, 2025

2-disc BluRay standard edition re-release (keep case)

    New Extras: "When It All Started" interview with Fabio Melelli; "Four Fingers Four Picks" interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario; "Wind & Fire" interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa; "A Night at the Movies" interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini; "A Fistful of Outtakes" highlights from the original rushes; "The Day the Soundtrack Changed" visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the film's score;

    Archival Extras: "Marisol: Leone's Madonna of the West" interview with co-star Marianne Koch; "The Frayling Archives" and "A New Kind of Hero" interviews with Christopher Frayling; "A Few Weeks in Spain" interview with Clint Eastwood; "Tre Voci" featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi; opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton for the film's US TV debut in 1975, plus interview with its director Monte Hellman; "Restoration Italian Style" featurette on the film's remastering for DVD; location comparisons 1964-2004 featurette; alternate credits sequences; three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting 'A Fistful of Dollars'.

Collector's booklet with texts by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri, Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross

Release date: August 11, 2025


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