Tag: Sergio Sollima

Restored Major Dundee, The Big Gundown, and the sad case of The Alamo.

Restored Major Dundee, The Big Gundown, and the sad case of The Alamo.

July 24, 2014 | By

Some thoughts on MGM’s reluctance to begin restoring John Wayne’s The Alamo (1960) + reviews of The Big Gundown (Grindhouse Releasing), Major Dundee (Twilight Time), and Run, Man Run (Blue Underground).

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BR: Big Gundown, The  / La resa dei conti (1968)

BR: Big Gundown, The / La resa dei conti (1968)

July 24, 2014 | By

Regarded by some as the greatest spaghetti western few have ever seen (genre connoisseurs excepted), Grindhouse Releasing’s 4-disc set is another landmark release featuring the original, rarely seen longer Italian cut, the shorter Columbia edit for the U.S. market augmented with 3 previously cut scenes, and a multitude of extras…

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DVD: Run, Man, Run (1968)

DVD: Run, Man, Run (1968)

July 23, 2014 | By

Sergio Sollima’s sequel to his bonafide spaghetti western classic The Big Gundown (1967) is a very different animal, following thief / knife maestro Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) several months after he and Corbett (Lee Van Cleef) split directions, heading off to their respective home and native lands…

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