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Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name spawned imitations, variations and shameless rip-offs keen to emulate his success at the box office. Within months of A Fistful of Dollars’ release, Giuliano Gemma was playing Ringo, who was then followed by Franco Nero’s Django, Tony Anthony’s The Stranger and Gianni Garko’s Sartana – each providing their own twist on the Eastwood antihero, and each of them then subject to their own spate of unofficial sequels, spoofs and cash-ins.Sartana tapped into more than just his Spaghetti Western predecessors – a mysterious figure, he has a spectral quality, aided by his Count Dracula-like cloak which also nods towards comic strip figure Mandrake the Magician, with whom he shares a penchant for card tricks. He takes pride in his appearance unlike the Eastwood’s dusty wanderer or Nero’s mud-caked drifter. And there’s a dose of James Bond too in his fondness for gadgetry and the droll sense of humor.Unsurprisingly, this unique figure in the genre was treated to four official follow-ups. The Complete Sartana collects all five films, presented here in brand-new restorations: If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, in which George Hilton replaced Garko in the lead role.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSBrand-new 2K restoration of If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death from original film materials, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Brand-new 2K restorations of I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay and Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming from original camera negatives, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Original Italian and English soundtracks on all five filmsUncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audioNewly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracksOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracksAudio commentary on If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike SiegelAudio commentaries on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry ParkeGianfranco Parolini on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer-directorLight the Fuse: Sartana’s Casting, a video essay guide to many familiar faces in the Sartana films by Jonathan BygravesSal Borgese on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the actorErnesto Gastaldi on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the writerSartana Shoots First, a brand-new interview with George Hilton on Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a CoffinErika Blanc on Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actorTony Askin on Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actorRoberto Dell’Acqua on Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, a brand-new interview with the actorSartana Lives, an archive featurette on Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming featuring interviews with actor Gianni Garko and director Giuliano CarnimeoGalleries of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive for all five filmsReversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
T**L
Exciting and very well done!
I bought this set as a gift for my older son. He absolutely loves it. He took it home and binge watched it. He reports that he liked the packaging how the DVDs have reversible covers. (old and modern graphics). If you like spaghetti westerns, We recommend this set and you won't be disappointed.
R**G
I'm very glad I watched the subs version
This release is absolutely incredible. I've been waiting a long time for this, and I never knew if it would even come period. It kind of caught me off guard. I just finished watching "I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death", which was in Italian with English subtitles. I'm very glad I watched the subs version, because the dialogue is actually different than the English version, and it's a lot better than the English dub. I've been a fan for a long time, so this is a really nice treat. I hope the rest of the Spaghetti Westerns get re-released in such a high production quality, because it makes for a tremendous difference. Thank you guys so much for this release. I can tell there was a lot of effort put into this.If anyone is on the fence about buying this, don't let the price scare you. Yes it's a bit expensive, but when you consider what you're getting, it's really a steal and a major win.
J**W
GREAT BOX SET
ARROW DID ANOTHER GREAT JOB IN PACKAGING ALL 5 DVD'S FOR A GREAT PRICE. I COULDN'T FIND ANY THING WRONG, WITH QUALITY OF THE PICTURE. SO CRISP AND CLEAR AND THE SOUND IS GREAT ON ALL 5 DVD'S. I LOVE THESE SARTANA MOVIES AND THE WHOLE SPAGHETTI WESTERN GENER. ACTION PACK'D IN EVRY ONE OF THEM ANDTHE MUSIC WAS EXCELLENT AS WELL. GIANNI GARKO WAS EXCELLENT AS SARTANA. KLAUS KINSKI WAS GREAT AS ALL WAY'S IN HIS BAD ASS ROLL. ONE OF HIS BEST PERFORMANCES WAS THE EXCELLENT "AND GOD SAID TO CAIN"DARK AND GOTHIC, BUT A GREAT MOVIE. FRANK WOLFF(once upon a time in the west, kill them all and come back alone with chuck Connors and god forgives-I don't with Terence hill and bud spencer). GREAT PACKAGING,GREAT PRICE. IF YOU LOVE SPAGHETTI WESTERN'S LIKE I DO AND HAVE NOT ORDER'D THIS YET, PLEASE DO.YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
F**F
Fun
These movies are well made, silly fun. The extras are all great.
T**Y
Great spaghetti western movie series
Very clear pictures. In Italian with English subtitles rather than poorly dubbed where voices do not match the characters.
K**A
Spaghetti Western Gold
Love Arrow for collecting this series in one nice set. Some nice transfers of these mostly all good-great but all important Italian westerns. Spaghetti film school in a box! Great supplements and reversible covers. Get it while its here as is limited! Seems like it might already be OOP and on the 2nd hand market.
J**I
One Of The Coolest Characters In The Spaghetti Western Universe.
An important addition to any Spaghetti Western collection. This set contains the five canonical Sartana films, in the best quality possible. Seriously, these films have never looked better. Includes well written liner notes and awesome packaging. If only all releases were this well done. Absolutely essential...
M**I
Sartana Never Looked Better
This set offers the absolute best presentation of the Sartana spaghetti westerns in existence and is worth every penny. Arrow does fantastic job as usual.
F**O
With Sartana, Italian Western severed the last umbilical cord with realism, and embraced the fantastic (quote from booklet)
Sartana is not simply a gunman, he is also an illusionist particularly when he plays cards in the gambling houses and he is usually quite indifferent towards women. This is a review about the movies and the Arrow Video edition.THE MOVIESGenerally speaking, it's complicated to follow the storytelling of these movies and I think that a movie has not to be too difficult to follow so, in my opinion1. Have a Good Funeral My Friend...Sartana Will Pay is the best of them, in the fourth Sartana movie there is some kind of perfection, it features a beautiful score by Bruno Nicolai and you can see only here a love affair between Sartana and a woman, even if he 'uses' Abigail Benson to better play his own cards, in addition the powerful banker Ronald Hoffman is a fantastic villain and the gambling house owner Lee Tse Tung is some in-between character2 Light the Fuse...Sartana Is Coming is quite good, in the fifth Sartana movie there is a Rashomon-like storytelling according to three different points of view, plausible but not entirely reliable, for this reason you can't understand what happened exactly until the last minutes, Sartana's gadgets may look like a little bit exaggerated, however the movie features another beautiful score by Bruno Nicolai3 I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death is quite good, in the second Sartana movie the director changes and you have to find out who is the fake Sartana who robs a bank and frames Sartana, attracting different bounty hunters for a $10.000 reward, the storytelling is difficult to follow but not too much and you find out who is the fake Sartana in the last minutes4 Sartana's Here...Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, the third Sartana movie is interesting because there is a physical change in Sartana who is played by a different actor, you have a more sympathetic Sartana and at some point another iconic figure shows up...Sabbath is Sartana's complementary twin and as always you understand everything in the last minutes5 If You Meet Sartana...Pray for Your Death, the first Sartana movie introduces Sartana and is good for this, in my opinion it's the most difficult to follow and it's a pityTHE EDITIONIn the booklet you can read that audio and video synchronisation appears loose because the audio was recorded in post-production, in the first movie there are some wear and damage to both audio and videoOVERALLGreat job, there are some imperfections now and then but this is a great release: an iconic figure and a fantastic booklet
S**S
A boxset of entertaining, stylish and witty westerns.
This blu ray collection is essential for fans of spaghetti westerns and action movies in general. These witty and stylish films are incredibly entertaining and hold up for repeated viewing.From Arrow Video this boxset is packed with generous extras, features and interviews from the cast and crew.Also included are three audio commentaries, the first from Mike Siegal,and the other two from C Courteney Joyner and Henry Parke.The five Sartana films included in this collection are:If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your DeathI Am Sartana, Your Angel Of DeathSartana's Here, Trade Your Pistol For A CoffinHave A Good Funeral, My Friend Sartana Will PayLight The Fuse Sartana Is ComingHappy viewing.
S**B
Sartana the cool gunslinger
Highly recommended lesser known spaghetti western franchise than the movies with ao Clint Eastwood. Gianni Garko's performance is awesome as Sartana. There is a lot & lot of shooting & dead cowboys & Mexicans in those movies. Sartana is the cool cowboy who practically never gets shot. He is a master as gunslinger. This box is essential for every spaghetti western lover however also for the fans of other Arrow Video releases who normally would not buy this kind of genre i do highly recommend not to miss out on this box & as always the limited edition always comes with a beautiful booklet & beautiful artwork.
User
The great set from Arrow video.A must have for a fan of the classic western!
The complete Sartana is another great released from Arrow video.I just finished the first movie and really happy with the remastered quality.👍I highly recommend!This complete Sartana set is one of the best boxset from Arrow video you don't disapointing.😁(This set actually play on region A too! I'm from Thailand.)
B**R
brilliant box set
this is superb set of films which are now in the best picture quality ever a brilliant package from arrow films loaded with extras.I have worked my way through the films and they have been remastered and the extras are good as well nuff said
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