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‘The Specialists’ [Eureka Classics] on Blu-ray May 18, 2020!

Specialists Eureka Classics Blu-ray From Sergio Corbucci, the legendary director of Django, Navajo Joe, The Great Silence, Companeros and The Mercenary comes The Specialists (Gli Specialisti, aka Drop Them or I ll Shoot) , a thrilling spaghetti western starring French music and film great Johnny Hallyday (The Man on the Train, Détective, Vengeance). Notorious gunfighter Hud Dixon (Hallyday) arrives in Blackstone, a town where his brother was wrongfully accused of robbing a bank and lynched for it. As Hud seeks revenge, he starts to discover the truth behind the stolen loot, and has to contend with an idealistic sheriff, a beautiful and seductive female banker, a corrupt businessman and a one-armed Mexican bandit, who was once his friend.Also starring Gastone Moschin (The Conformist, Caliber 9), Françoise Fabian (Belle de Jour, My Night at Maud s), and gorgeously filmed by Dario Di Palma (The Seduction of Mimi, The Oldest Profession), Eureka Classics is proud to present Gli Specialisti on Blu-ray from a new 4K restoration.

 

Sergio Corbucci’s thrilling spaghetti western, starring French Rock and Roll star Johnny Hallyday

 

Specialists Eureka Classics Blu-ray

 

BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

  • LIMITED EDITION O-CARD SLIPCASE [First Print Run of 2000 units]
  • 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from an incredible 4K restoration
  • Restored Italian and French audio options
  • Rarely heard English dub track
  • Optional English subtitles
  • Feature-length audio commentary by filmmaker Alex Cox
  • A brand new and exclusive interview with Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: A LIMITED EDITION collector s booklet [First Print Run of 2000 units] featuring new writing by western authority Howard Hughes on both the film, and the “French-western” sub-genre

 

 

DETAILS:

Label: Eureka!

 

Title| THE SPECIALISTS [Gli Specialisti] (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray Edition (feat. Ltd Edition O-Card Slipcase & Collectors Booklet)

Starring| JOHNNY HALLYDAY | GASTONE MOSCHIN | FRANÇOISE FABIAN

Director| SERGIO CORBUCCI

Blu-ray Cat. No.| EKA70382

Blu-ray Barcode| 5060000703825

Blu-ray RRP| £19.99

 

Release Date| 18 May 2020

Certificate| 15 (TBC)

Run Time| 104 minutes

OAR| 2.35:1

Picture| Colour

Genre| Spaghetti Western / Adventure

Year| 1969

Country| Italy / France / West Germany

Language| ITALIAN / FRENCH

Subtitles| ENGLISH (Optional)

The Specialists is released

on Blu-ray in the UK May 18, 2020!

ORDER NOW!

 

 

Specialists Eureka Classics Blu-ray

 

Specialists Eureka Classics Blu-ray

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