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Title: A dazzling blu-ray transfer of Leone's operatic gangster epic.
Review: This blu-ray is a splendidly mastered version of this grand gangster epic - a masterwork by the great Italian director, Sergio Leone. It is the full-length version presented with film-like accuracy, and superior color-timing, that bests the special-edition, standard dvd version.Leone's film was an international success that was ruined with excessive cutting for it's initial US release, but now has gained legendary status as his last great project. Told in dream-like flashbacks and full of powerful psychosexual emotions, it is loaded with grandiose set pieces and remarkable performances, all capped with a lush, evocative score by Ennio Morricone. One of the greatest films of it's era, now in a brilliant, high-definition version that captures the essence of the original International theatrical release (including the intermission card).
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