The Restored, Extended Version Clint Eastwood stars in one of the most stylistically influential westernfilms ever made. This epic from director Sergio Leone has been restored to its original version with 18 additional minutes, featuring new English audio track recordings for the added footage, that previously existed only in the original Italian version. This extended English language version includes a remixed 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack. Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) are gunmen who admire each other professionally but dislike each other personally. Encountering a group of dying soldiers, Tuco learns the location of the graveyard where a Confederate treasure is buried, while Blondie learns the identity of the exact grave. Joined by mercenary drifter Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), they cross the desert, each of the desperadoes knowing half the secret and each focusing his squinty eyes on the $200,000 bounty. In a classic that puts style above substance, Italian director Sergio Leone uses vivid Cinemascope imagery to depict a bleak and bloody American West in this final installment of his collaboration with Clint Eastwood in the Man with No Name Trilogy. A prototype for the so-called Spaghetti Western genre, the film solidified Eastwood's position as a major international star with his stoic, brooding presence. Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli's stunning visuals are a match for the vivacious Ennio Morricone score, one of the most recognizable in all of cinema. Although the film was not released in the United States until 1967, it was produced and released internationally in 1966. New 35mm Print courtesy of MGM Studios, with special thanks to John Kirk, who will introduce the film and discuss the restoration. Admission to the screening is free to all JTS attendees.       .	Here is a link to the website for the just-released DVD of the restored film: www.clinteastwood.net/gbu_dvd.html