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== Release == === Theatrical === ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' was released in Italy on 23 December 1966.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Catalog Of Copyright Entries – Motion Pictures And Filmstrips, 1968 |url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19683221213libr |website=Archive.org |year=1968 |publisher=Library Of Congress, Copyright Office |access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917041327/https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19683221213libr|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, all three of Leone's Dollars Trilogy films were released during 1967: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' was released 18 January;<ref>{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=0058461 |title=A Fistful of Dollars |access-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117231729/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0058461/|archive-date=17 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' was released 10 May;<ref>{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=0059578 |title=For A Few Dollars More |access-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117231814/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0059578/|archive-date=17 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' was released 29 December.<ref name="GBUMojo" /> The original Italian domestic version was 177 minutes long,<ref name="Reconstruct">{{Cite AV media |title=The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (2-Disc Collector's Edition, Reconstructing The Good, the Bad & the Ugly) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] |location=Los Angeles, California |date=1967}}</ref> but the international version was shown at various lengths. Most prints, specifically those shown in the United States, had a runtime of 161 minutes, 16 minutes shorter than the Italian premiere version, but others, especially British prints, ran as short as 148 minutes.<ref name="The Good 2014" /><ref name="Original DVD">{{Cite AV media |title=The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Additional Unseen Footage) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] |location=Los Angeles, California |date=1967}}</ref> === Home media === On 28 January 1998, the film was released on [[DVD]] by [[MGM Home Video]].<ref name="TheNumbers"/> Its release from MGM contained 14 minutes of scenes that were cut from the film's North American release, including a scene which explains how Angel Eyes came to be waiting for Blondie and Tuco at the Union prison camp.<ref name="Original DVD" /> In 2002, the film was restored with the 14 minutes of scenes cut for US release re-inserted into the film. Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach were brought back in to dub their characters' lines more than 35 years after the film's original release. Voice actor [[Simon Prescott]] substituted for Lee Van Cleef who had died in 1989. Other voice actors filled in for actors who had since died. In 2004, MGM released this version in a two-disc special edition DVD.<ref name="MGM">{{Cite AV media |title=The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (2-Disc Collector's Edition) |medium=DVD |publisher=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |location=Los Angeles |date=1967}}</ref> Disc 1 contains an [[audio commentary]] with [[film writer|writer]] and [[film critic|critic]] [[Richard Schickel]]. Disc 2 contains two [[documentaries]], "Leone's West" and "The Man Who Lost The Civil War", followed by the featurette "Restoring 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'"; an animated gallery of missing sequences titled "The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction"; an extended Tuco torture scene; a featurette called "Il Maestro"; an audio featurette named "Il Maestro, Part 2"; a French trailer; and a poster gallery.<ref name="MGM" /> This DVD was generally well received, though some purists complained about the re-mixed stereo soundtrack with many completely new sound effects (notably, the gunshots were replaced), with no option for the original soundtrack.<ref name="4K Blu-ray" /> At least one scene that was re-inserted had been cut by Leone before the film's release in Italy but had been shown once at the Italian premiere. According to Richard Schickel,<ref name="MGM" /> Leone willingly cut the scene for pacing reasons; thus, restoring it was contrary to the director's wishes.<ref name="Cumbow 2008 p.103">Cumbow (2008) p.103</ref> MGM re-released the 2004 DVD edition in their "Sergio Leone Anthology" box set in 2007. Also included were the two other "Dollars" films, and ''[[Duck, You Sucker!]]''. On 12 May 2009, the extended version of the film was released on [[Blu-ray]].<ref name="IGN" /> It contains the same special features as the 2004 special edition DVD, except that it includes an added commentary by film historian [[Sir Christopher Frayling]].<ref name="The Good 2014" /> The film was re-released on Blu-ray in 2014 using a new [[4k resolution|4K remaster]], featuring improved picture quality and detail but a change of [[colour timing]], resulting in the film having a more yellow hue than on previous releases.<ref name="4K Blu-ray">{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Man-with-No-Name-Trilogy-Blu-ray/95396/#Review |title=The Man with No Name Trilogy Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com|access-date= 16 January 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065426/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Man-with-No-Name-Trilogy-Blu-ray/95396/#Review|archive-date= 20 December 2016|url-status= live}} Retrieved 16 January 2017.</ref> It was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD by [[Kino Lorber Studio Classics]] on 15 August 2017, in a new 50th Anniversary release that featured both theatrical and extended cuts, as well as new bonus features, and an attempt to correct the yellow colour timing from the earlier disc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Good-the-Bad-and-the-Ugly-Blu-ray/175359/# |title=The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Blu-ray |access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822053551/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Good-the-Bad-and-the-Ugly-Blu-ray/175359/|archive-date=22 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On 27 April 2021, Kino released an [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] version of the theatrical cut, using the same scan from the 2014 remaster, but with extensive colour correction. ==== Deleted scenes ==== The following scenes were originally deleted by distributors from the British and American theatrical versions of the film but were restored after the release of the 2004 Special Edition DVD.<ref name="MGM" /> *During his search for Bill Carson, Angel Eyes stumbles upon an embattled Confederate outpost after a massive artillery bombardment. Once there, after witnessing the wretched conditions of the survivors, he bribes a Confederate soldier ([[Víctor Israel]], dubbed by Tom Wyner<ref name="Tom">{{cite web |url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1567/good-bad-ugly/ |title=Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (live-action) |publisher=CrystalAcids.com|access-date= 17 September 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140917182329/http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1567/good-bad-ugly/|archive-date= 17 September 2014|url-status= live}} Retrieved 17 September 2014.</ref>) for clues about Bill Carson. *After being betrayed by Blondie, surviving the desert on his way to civilisation, and assembling a good revolver from the parts of worn-out guns being sold at a general store, Tuco meets with members of his gang in a distant cave, where he conspires with them to hunt and kill Blondie. *The sequence with Tuco and Blondie crossing the desert has been extended: Tuco mentally tortures a severely dehydrated Blondie by eating and bathing in front of him. *Tuco, transporting a dehydrated Blondie, finds a Confederate camp whose occupants tell him that Father Ramirez's monastery is nearby. *Tuco and Blondie discuss their plans when departing in a wagon from Father Ramirez's monastery. *A scene where Blondie and Angel Eyes are resting by a creek when a man appears and Blondie shoots him. Angel Eyes asks the rest of his men to come out of hiding. When the five men come out, Blondie counts them (including Angel Eyes), and concludes that six is the perfect number, implying one for each bullet in his [[revolver|gun]]. *The sequence with Tuco, Blondie, and Captain Clinton has been extended: Clinton asks for their names, which they are reluctant to give. The footage below is all featured within supplementary features of the 2004 DVD release * Additional footage of the sequence where Tuco is tortured by Angel Eyes's henchman was discovered. The original negative of this footage was deemed too badly damaged to be used in the theatrical cut. * Lost footage of the missing Socorro Sequence where Tuco continues his search for Blondie in a Texican pueblo while Blondie is in a hotel room with a Mexican woman (Silvana Bacci) is reconstructed with photos and unfinished snippets from the French trailer. Also, in the documentary "Reconstructing The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", what looks to be footage of Tuco lighting cannons before the Ecstasy of the Gold sequence appears briefly. None of these scenes or sequences appear in the 2004 re-release but are featured in the supplementary features.<ref name="IGN" />
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