TheHutt said:

kk650 said:

It seems that you and TheHutt are the experts on this film, would either of you be interested in working with me to create a regraded US theatrical cut and US extended cut with mono tracks to make everybody currently angry about the official release having the strong blanket yellow tint and lacking mono with original sound effects happy again?

Well, basically, about the cuts you have to perform to create a US Theatrical Cut, here is a complete analysis:

http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1622

However, you'd have to bear some points in mind:

- the time indexes specified in this comparison are PAL times (25fps), so you'd have to convert them to 23.976fps. Also, mind the difference of the logo lengths.

- The Cut 1 is an oversight during DVD production and should not be there (ie the scene does not need to be cut). This scene was complete in the 1993 LD / 1998 LD.

- The end of Tuco pistol buying scene is faded to black prior to the Grotto scene in the Extended Edition. The US Theatrical version does not have this fade and cuts directly to the soldiers riding through town. No idea how to fix this one.

- The at the end of cut 10 there is some music which is carried over to the next shot in the Extended Edition. In the Theatrical, there is no music at the beginning of the same shot.

The Groto fade can be fixed with the Mondo Blu-ray. The Mission fade would have to be fixed with the old International cut DVD.I agree with you Hutt that the extra gun shot with Blondie should be kept since it appeared in earlier media. Looking at your list Hutt do you think the two, small, extra shots at the end of the movie (Blondie looks anxiously to the bridge and chews on his cigarillo/Blondie waits slightly longer for the cannon to fire) should be kept? They look like small shots that where meant to be in the International cut but were lost somewhere along the way. Going to check the early LD to see if they are there.