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Day of the Owl (The) AKA Il giorno della civetta AKA La maffia fait la loi AKA Mafia (Blu-ray) (1968)
Two men... One woman...Director: Damiano Damiani
Year of Copyright: 1968
Year of Production: 1967
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Day of the Owl
* The Film - Italian Version (108:40)
* The Film - English Version (103:11)
"Franco Nero on The Day of the Owl" 2022 interview including archival interview excerpts with Nero, director Damiano Damiani and original novel author Leonardo Sciascia (17:21)
"Franco Nero, Ugo Pirro, Lucio Trentini" 2006 documentary (26:34)
"Claudia Cardinale" 2017 Belgian TV interview (22:20, in French with English subtitles)
"Identity Crime-Sis: An Italian Genre Finds Itself with Mike Malloy" 2022 interview (20:04, in English)
"Casting Cobb: A Tale of Two Continents by Howard S. Berger and David Nicholson-Fajardo" 2023 video essay (32:36, in English)
Theatrical Trailer (2:50, in Italian with English subtitles)
DISC TWO: The Case is Closed, Forget It
DISC THREE: How to Kill a Judge -
Subtitles:English (for Italian dub), English HoH (for English dub)*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Version
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English Version
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:2K restoration from the original camera negative (credits are in Italian on both versions).
Extras are in Italian with English subtiltes unless noted.
*The English HoH track is only available from the pop-up menu or your remote's subtitle button.
Limited edition of 3000 copies (each for the UK and US), presented in a rigid box with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, as well as a 120-page book featuring new and archival writing on the films by experts on the genre including Andrew Nette on Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl; Piero Garofalo on The Case is Closed: Forget It; Paul A. J. Lewis on depictions of the mafia in each of the films within this set; Shelley O’Brien on each of the scores; a newly translated archival interview with Damiani; Nathaniel Thompson on Franco Nero; Marco Natoli on Damiani’s place within the cinema politico movement in Italian cinema; a critical overview for each the films by Cullen Gallagher and credits for each film, and reversible sleeves featuring designs based on original posters for each film.
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Day of the Owl
* The Film - Italian Version (108:40)
* The Film - English Version (103:11)
"Franco Nero on The Day of the Owl" 2022 interview including archival interview excerpts with Nero, director Damiano Damiani and original novel author Leonardo Sciascia (17:21)
"Franco Nero, Ugo Pirro, Lucio Trentini" 2006 documentary (26:34)
"Claudia Cardinale" 2017 Belgian TV interview (22:20, in French with English subtitles)
"Identity Crime-Sis: An Italian Genre Finds Itself with Mike Malloy" 2022 interview (20:04, in English)
"Casting Cobb: A Tale of Two Continents by Howard S. Berger and David Nicholson-Fajardo" 2023 video essay (32:36, in English)
Theatrical Trailer (2:50, in Italian with English subtitles)
DISC TWO: The Case is Closed, Forget It
DISC THREE: How to Kill a Judge -
Subtitles:English (for Italian dub), English HoH (for English dub)*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Version
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English Version
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:2K restoration from the original camera negative (credits are in Italian on both versions).
Extras are in Italian with English subtitles unless noted.
*The English HoH track is only available from the pop-up menu or your remote's subtitle button.
Limited edition of 3000 copies (each for the UK and US), presented in a rigid box with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, as well as a 120-page book featuring new and archival writing on the films by experts on the genre including Andrew Nette on Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl; Piero Garofalo on The Case is Closed: Forget It; Paul A. J. Lewis on depictions of the mafia in each of the films within this set; Shelley O’Brien on each of the scores; a newly translated archival interview with Damiani; Nathaniel Thompson on Franco Nero; Marco Natoli on Damiani’s place within the cinema politico movement in Italian cinema; a critical overview for each the films by Cullen Gallagher and credits for each film, and reversible sleeves featuring designs based on original posters for each film.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Foreword by Jean-Baptiste Thoret (8:54)
"Mafia" interview with director/critic Vito Zagarrio (40:21)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy) -
Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Packaged in a cardboard case.
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Day of the Owl
* The Film - Italian Version (108:40)
* The Film - English Version (103:11)
"Franco Nero on The Day of the Owl" 2022 actor interview (17:21)
"Franco Nero, Ugo Pirro, Lucio Trentini" 2006 documentary (26:34)
"Claudia Cardinale" 2017 Belgian TV interview (22:20, in French with English subtitles)
"Identity Crime-Sis: An Italian Genre Finds Itself" 2022 interview with genre expert Mike Malloy (20:04, in English)
"Casting Cobb: A Tale of Two Continents" 2023 video essay by filmmaker Howard S. Berger and David Nicholson-Fajardo (32:36, in English)
Theatrical Trailer (2:50, in Italian with English subtitles)
DISC TWO: The Case is Closed, Forget It
DISC THREE: How to Kill a Judge -
Subtitles:English (for Italian dub), English HoH (for English dub)*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Version
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English Version
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:2K restoration from the original camera negative (credits are in Italian on both versions).
Extras are in Italian with English subtitles unless noted.
*The English HoH track is only available from the pop-up menu or your remote's subtitle button.
Limited edition of 3000 copies (each for the UK and US), presented in a rigid box with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, as well as a 120-page book featuring new and archival writing on the films by experts on the genre including Andrew Nette on Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl; Piero Garofalo on The Case is Closed: Forget It; Paul A. J. Lewis on depictions of the mafia in each of the films within this set; Shelley O’Brien on each of the scores; a newly translated archival interview with Damiani; Nathaniel Thompson on Franco Nero; Marco Natoli on Damiani’s place within the cinema politico movement in Italian cinema; a critical overview for each the films by Cullen Gallagher and credits for each film, and reversible sleeves featuring designs based on original posters for each film.
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OVERALL: Draw
Radiance Films has the most extras and is English-friendly but Studio Canal has two exclusive pieces.
GENERAL NOTES:
An error at a seamless branching point between the Italian and English versions on the Radiance Films releases resulted in a minute of footage missing from playback. This has been fixed for retail copies while recipients of the early bundles will receive a replacement disc with an R2 suffix on the disc face. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani - Limited Edition America- Radiance Films - No cuts - includes the Italian version (108:40) and the English export version (103:11).
- Blu-ray A Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani - Limited Edition Canada- Radiance Films - No cuts - includes the Italian version (108:40) and the English export version (103:11).
- Blu-ray B France- Studio Canal - No cuts (108:54).
- Blu-ray B Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in Three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani - Limited Edition United Kingdom- Radiance Films - No cuts - includes the Italian version (108:40) and the English export version (103:11).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 24/09/19
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 18/08/23UPDATE LOG:
24/09/19: Initial entry.
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14/01/23: Updated title.
12/05/23: Added US/UK/Canada, dates.
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