While I enjoy the added footage of the extended English language version-I didn’t find it necessary to completely re-record the entire film in an atrocious 5.1 mix. Also, I find that the insertion of these scenes really interrupts the flow of the original (Leone actually cut it for the US and changed some things that he had wanted to do differently.) not to mention that MGM inserted the grotto scene against the wishes of the Leone family-it was never supposed to be in the film.
This is why I stick with the original 161 minute cut.
Spencer Draper
While I enjoy the added footage of the extended English language version-I didn’t find it necessary to completely re-record the entire film in an atrocious 5.1 mix. Also, I find that the insertion of these scenes really interrupts the flow of the original (Leone actually cut it for the US and changed some things that he had wanted to do differently.) not to mention that MGM inserted the grotto scene against the wishes of the Leone family-it was never supposed to be in the film.
This is why I stick with the original 161 minute cut.