The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Blu-ray 4K review and version history

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This is my in-depth review of the new 2021 Kino Lorber second go round with Sergio Leone's iconic THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966). There is so much to ground to cover in explaining the history of this film over the decades and its video history that I decided to try and do a complete run through of all issues. I have made many timestamps so you may skip just to the 2021 review if you wish but it is essential to understand how we got here.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:31 Explaining International and Italian release versions, 1998 and 2003 MGM cuts
00:11:04 Video History-1990 Laserdisc/1993 Trilogy boxset/1993 Japanese
00:15:32 1998 cut Laserdisc and DVD
00:19:52 2003 MGM extended English version DVD
00:26:12 2009 MGM extended English Blu-ray
00:27:18 2014 MGM BLu-ray Ritrovata transfer
00:33:24 2017 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
00:41:16 2021 Kino Lorber BLu-ray 4K review
00:45:10 2021 Extras
00:47:23 2021 Picture
00:49:35 The question of HDR
00:52:52 Italian scenes included as extras
00:53:57 Transfer notes-hairs in gate
00:55:09 Transfer graininess and explanation of Techniscope process
01:00:19 2021 Sound
01:01:32 1990 Laserdisc English mono PCM
01:06:42 New 5.1 remix
01:11:06 Importance of the 2021 Kino release
01:14:15 Why the 2021 Kino is essential
01:16:02 Thanks to Kino
01:18:29 My personal history with the film and research of Leone titles
01:25:00 Thanks to tireless fan preservationists Benji and Jordan
01:29:53 Final summary