Arrow Video Satisfies Your Appetite for Spaghetti Westerns with THE COMPLETE SARTANA Collection!

ON JULY 3RD, ARROW VIDEO GATHERS THE FIVE ORIGINAL SARTANA FILMS TOGETHER IN ONE BEAUTIFUL, LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY COLLECTION!

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST was the film that got me hooked on Spaghetti Westerns. Soon after that I watched Sergio Leone's MAN WITH NO NAME TRILOGY, THE SABATA TRILOGY, DJANGO, the TRINITY films (featuring Terrence Hill and Bud Court), and various others from the sub-genre. But I still have yet to watch a single Sartana flick, which makes this set a definite must-own for yours truly! But if you want it, you better act fast because this set is limited to 2,500 copies!

About The Complete Sartana: 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 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.


Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 466 minutes (total run-time of all five films) | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio (English & Italian)

Extras:

• NEW! 2K restoration of all five films, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release!
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack!
• Audio commentary on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike Siegel! 
• Audio 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 Parke!
• NEW! Gianfranco Parolini on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death - An all-new interview with the film's writer-director!
• NEW! Fabbio Piccioni on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death - A brand-new interview with the film's writer!
• NEW! Sal Borgese on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming - Two brand-new interviews with the actor!
• NEW! Ernesto Gastaldi on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming - Two brand-new interviews with the writer! 
• NEW! Roberto Dell’Acqua on Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay - A brand-new interview with the actor! 
• Sartana Lives - An archival featurette on Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming featuring interviews with actor Gianni Garko and director Giuliano Carnimeo! 
• NEW! Sartana Shoots First - A brand-new interview with George Hilton on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin! 
• NEW! Erika Blanc on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin - A brand-new interview with the actor!
• NEW! Tony Askin on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin - A brand-new interview with the actor!
• NEW! Video essay on the major actors and supporting players in the official Sartana films!
• Galleries of original promotional images from the Mike Siegal Archive for all five films!
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin!
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and an extensive Spaghetti Western timeline by Howard Hughes!

Arrow's THE COMPLETE SARTANA will be available everywhere Blu-ray discs are sold on Tuesday, July 3rd, and will cost between $63 - $70. Order yourself a limited edition set right now (or forever hold your peace) from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!