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charliesheen
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Sergio Leone Preservations - Dollars Trilogy, Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West (Released)
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31-Jul-2006, 7:11 PM
Wow! I'm so glad I checked back and looked through the forum today, as to find out that these and Thunderbal are being done have made my week! I actually requested these cuts in the dream edit section of this board, am very glad someone else has had the same idea and has taken it further! I'm a bit of a Leone-geek as well, so here's a few thoughts.

Good The Bad And The Ugly:
I remember thinking that the extended Tuco torture scene that was included on the UK DVD (and I think most/all others as an extra) didn't look that bad - but Lee Van Cleef says a line or two that won't have been dubbed into English. If you can pull it off I'd love to see the full length scene in there

Fistful Of Dollars:
Adding back in the American TV intro as an alternate start would be very slick - is it on the DVD as an extra? I don't remember seeing it.

Fistful Of Dynamite:
The UK version cut out several seconds of horses falling/being shot - be good to get that back in, and I don't know if it would be possible but the centre section of the film surrounding the massacre is all horribly out of chronological order to the point of not making sense, I remeber it being explained in one of the documentaries about them losing a torture scene, so this was the best they could do - but might be worth trying to see if you can get it more in order. What extras are on the Danish DVD?

For a Few Dollars More:
Adding back in the line of dialogue at the fight would be great - why they didn't is just beyond me.

Once Upon A Time In The West:
Great to finally see the extended 10+minute intro only in the Italian version.

Once Upon A Time In America:
I'm not to hot on the different versions of this one, but I know the DVD version is still missing scenes (some of which if I remember were on a Brazillian laserdisc) - a possible future project.

Thanks for doing these and keep up the good work! Any rough estimate one when you'll have any done?