Once Upon a Time in America Ex. Dir. Cut blu-ray Italy ADDED

[Tiberio_Cesari]

Title: Once Upon a Time in America
Country: Italy
Region: All
Releasing Studio: Warner Home Video
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p 24fps
Soundtracks: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; French Dolby Digital 5.1; German Dolby Digital 5.1; Italian Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Castilian) Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Latin) Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Subtitles (are they optional?): English HoH, French, German HoH, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin)
Cuts: No cuts - Extended Director's Cut (251:09)
Commentaries: no
Extras: "Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone" Featurette (19:34); Trailer (1:33)
Notes: The Italian audio track features the original 1984 dubbing.
Source:* I own it

[Ian_Gorski]

This is already listed.

The aspect ratio is actually 1.85:1 - it's the only version of the film that isn't zoomed/cropped to 1.78:1

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

No, this one isn't listed. The Extended Cut is, but the director's cut is not at the moment. Will get to this soon.

[Ian_Gorski]

Sorry, my mistake

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Thank you, added!

[Tim_Rogerson]

What's the picture quality of this like? I heard that it wasn't too hot due to quality of the 'restored' footage.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Opens with:

The main challenge of this restoration was putting the missing scenes back into the film. These scenes, which Sergio Leone had to cut and were previously considered lost, were inserted into this extended version in the most harmonious way possible. Unfortunately, the only materials available were discarded strips of working positives which were printed for reference only. Part of the restoration work included improving the quality of these missing scenes so that they could be re-integrated into the film as seamlessly as possible. The resulting version brings us closer to the filmmaker's original vision for the film.

Documents and testimony from Sergio Leone's family and collaborators were essential for the reconstruction of this extended version.

So the picture quality is not ideal for the newly restored scenes, but the best that could be done. Watchable though.

[Alister_Manson]

Yes it's quite variable quality. Some added scenes are barely discernable from the main film, others are extremely washed out. The added scenes in the cemetary are the worst, it's almost monochrome with an ugly green tint.