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Dammit Sony!

post #1 of 6
4/13/05 at 10:46am
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From the Digital Bits

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Now, here's that good news/bad news. Leaks out of MGM in Europe have revealed that the studio will release a trio of long-awaited 2-disc Sergio Leone special edition DVDs in the U.K. on 4/18. These include A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dynamite. We've checked with our sources and learned that these same special editions HAD tentatively been scheduled to street from MGM here in the States in December. Do you sense a BUT coming? You're right. BUT... now that Sony is busy gobbling up MGM Home Entertainment, any decision to release these special editions in the U.S. is going to have to be made by them. Eventually. In other words, these DVDs have been caught in the thick of the merger, and there's a fair possibility that it's going to be a while before we see them here. We're checking with Sony to see what they say... but we'd be surprised if they commented at this point. We'll let you know in any case.
I'm pretty concerned how Sony will handle the releases for MGM's film library. They better give them the quality treatments they deserve.
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post #2 of 6
4/13/05 at 11:13am
I'd held off purchasing the first two in the dollar trilogy for so long hoping they'd get fair treatment. I'd hate to think that just as the wait was finally over they get the proverbial shaft again. Balls
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post #3 of 6
4/13/05 at 11:16am
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post #4 of 6
4/14/05 at 4:43am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

That settles it, Import. Fuck that and fuck waiting until DECEMBER.

$105.22 for me to import, god damn it Sony.

Hell i'll import Dynamite for now, that's the one that really matters......

but really, I was looking forward to having them besides my GBU set.

Are the R2 releases in the same type of packaging as the Region 1?
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post #5 of 6
4/14/05 at 5:21pm
Well, fuck.

The Bits had a follow-up today, but even the "official" word from Sony is no new information:

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We've got a follow-up on that Sergio Leone SE DVD story we posted in The Rumor Mill yesterday. We've contacted Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and learned pretty much exactly what we expected: The deal to purchase MGM just closed, so they're only just starting to address the logistics of assuming responsibility for MGM Home Entertainment's catalog and DVD release slate. It's too early to know if the titles MGM had previously slated for release later this year (including the A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dynamite special editions) will street as planned, or will be delayed. Rest assured we'll keep you up to date on this in the weeks and months ahead. Cross your fingers, Leone fans.
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post #6 of 6
8/3/05 at 4:03am
Fuck, I just don't want to pay such hefty amounts to import, I can wait........

But when the fuck are we getting any info? I hate when stuff falls off the radar like this.
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