The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Blu-Ray from 4k Master in 2017

Let's hope this is the definitive release. From digitalbits.com:

In announcement news today, the big news is that Kino Lorber has just announced that they’re working on a new 50th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD release of Sergio Leone’s iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967). The disc, expected to be street this summer (specific street date TBA) will include both the original U.S. Theatrical Cut in HD for the first time ever, as well as the Extended Cut, both mastered from 4K transfers. The 2-disc set will also include a huge slate of extras. Here’s the breakdown from Kino:

Disc One:

• 4K transfer of the Original U.S. Theatrical Cut
• New audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• “Trailers from Hell” with Ernest Dickerson
• Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio
• M.O.S. Deleted Scene of Blondie in the desert finding skeletons
• Trailers for Sergio Leone Westerns
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio
• AND MORE – to be announced

Disc Two:

• 4K transfer of the Extended Cut
• Newly Restored 2.0 Mono Audio
• Audio commentary by acclaimed film historian Richard Schickel
• Audio commentary by noted cultural historian Christopher Frayling
• Leone’s West making of documentary
• The Leone Style: On Sergio Leonefeaturette
• The Man Who Lost The Civil War: Civil War documentary
• Reconstruction The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• II Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Original U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Original French Theatrical Trailer
• English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

We’ll post additional details as they become available.

 

Looks the all the same extra stuff that was on the blu ray.

 

Though I enjoy the extra scenes, it's great that the original U.S. cut is finally getting a Blu-ray release. And the original mono, too!

I sincerely hope we will soon see properly remastered versions of the first two films in the Dollars trilogy.

 

Wonder if the color timing will be correct. There was an uproar over the last version that came to BD.

 

Looks like Fox/MGM are pretty much out of the reissue game.
That's fine with me since most of the other companies that are handling the transfers do a better job than them anyway.

 

Word in the street is this one will be the yellowized version too.

 

Great.

 

I'm curious how big a TV one would need for a 4k version of this shown at 2.35:1 with the bars on the top and bottom.
The first time I saw this on a 52" tv 1080P I decided I needed a bigger TV. I might be happy with my current 70" at 1080P but that may even seem small. I haven't purchased a movie in 10 years, but this might trigger a buy.

 

@Ken_McAlinden , my thought was probably off topic and meant more in general terms but they apply to this movie. The thought being, what size tv is needed for a 2.35:1 aspect ratio that is used fully?

I'm glad they are keeping this aspect ratio. Scenes where there are four or more people work great in this aspect ratio. They may look smaller than we are used to seeing them because we are so used to seeing at most, two people in a scene. There is so much width to see in this movie. Can you tell that I enjoy the way it was shot?

 

The italian bluray is probably about what this movie should look like color wise
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • IT Blu-ray vs. UK Remastered Blu-ray

 

I love the USA cut of this film and I'm looking forward to replacing my dvd of this film. Its one of my top 5 favorite films

 

Every time the studios have the chance to do their Leone titles right.
And every single time they muck it up somehow. This one will be no exception despite finally promising the International '66 cut.

 

Thanks for posting the good news.

I much prefer the original theatrical version in the USA and look forward to see that restored in hi-def.

Magnificent music score, too.

 

I haven't even opened my blu ray I got a few years ago!

 

Have any of the video discs ever had the Italian soundtrack with English subtitles?

 

Good to know. Can you fix the thread title?

 

Make sure you have 4k TV with High Dynamic Range, as well as size.
Not that it is relevant in this case, as itnow seems that this is not a UHD blu ray.

 

As long as the international theatrical cut isn't yellow like that last awful blu-ray, then I'm in.

 

Way off topic, but you've hit the nail on the head. Even if you had a 90" diagonal 16:9 panel, would the 60% or so scope aspect films have enough screen height? And is it right that Game of Thrones will be "bigger" than The Hateful Eight?

 

I rented the Blu-ray from Netflix recently. I'm not sure which one they have, but I watched it twice, and thought it looked great.

 

You know, I looked at this comparison, and I kind of like the "yellow" version. It gives the film a cool, gritty style.

 

Any news on this release? I was not able to find any on my own, but everyone on this site always seems to have better sources than I do.