A great Western is coming to Blu-Ray here in the States. Let’s hope it’s a great transfer.
E1 Entertainment has announced a Blu-Ray disc of One Eyed Jacks (1961), with a November 8 street date. It appeared on ClassicFlix yes
terday and it’s now got a listing on Amazon.
If you troll the forums (which I do every once in a while), you may have seen a lot of stuff about recent French and German releases of this public domain picture. There seems to be some of the usual debate about how good they look. Judging from the cover art, this E1 release has some relation to the German one. I’ve lost count of how many DVDs of this film I’ve tried out — the old letterboxed laserdisc is far and away the best it’s ever looked on video. This new release will give me a chance to start blowing money on a new format. Can’t wait.
The merits (of lack of same) of One Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando’s only picture as director, are a matter of personal taste. (I love it.) The story of its production could fill books (and should) — I covered it briefly a while back. To make a long story short, it could have easily been a 50s Western.
It’s been years since I’ve seen this one. Count me in on the BD purchase for Scorsese’s favorite Western. Thanks for the heads-up, Toby.
This is number one on my list to pick up.
Just like Outlaw Josey Wales, this flick is right
up there with this.
All the copies previously have been very
weak and edited to death.
Great news for all the collectors and fans
of this genre.
Thanks for the tip!
Hope that come November, everybody’s not cursing me for urging them to spend their $15 on this disc!