Director Gianfranco Parolini's three Sabata spaghetti
westerns are set to arrive on UK blu-ray in a boxset from Eureka
Classics.
The movies follow the exploits of gunslinger for hire Sabata, played by
Lee Van Cleef in 1969's Sabata and 1971's
Return of Sabata, and by Yul Brynner in 1970's Adiós Sabata.
The Sabata Trilogy is released on blu-ray by Eureka on
October 18th.
Bonus features include audio commentaries by critic Kim Newman, historian
Mike Siegel, and authors C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke; new video pieces on each film by Austin Fisher, author of 'Radical
Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian
Cinema'; trailers; and stills galleries.
The first 2000 copies come with a Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet featuring new writing by Western
expert Howard Hughes, an O-Card slipcase and reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork for each film.
Check out Eureka's trailer and artwork below.
The official synopses read:
Sabata (1969) – Who he is and where he came from, no one knows. But the leading citizens of the Western town of Daugherty think he knows too much. And they want to silence him; forever. Get ready for the fast-paced, explosive action as Lee Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) stars as Sabata, a mysterious, steely-eyed gunslinger who imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.
Adiós Sabata (1970) – Yul Brynner (Westworld, The Magnificent Seven) takes the reins as the title character in this action-packed sequel. Under the brutal rule of local garrison leader Colonel Skimmel, a group of Mexican revolutionaries hire gunslinger Sabata to rob a transport of Austrian gold in order to buy weapons. But Colonel Skimmel has other plans, taking the gold for himself and blaming the revolutionaries, but no scheming colonel is going to keep Sabata from earning his pay!
Return of Sabata (1971) – The great Lee Van Cleef returns as the famous freewheeling gunslinger Sabata. This third and final go-round for the enigmatic sharpshooter who administers a unique bran d of justice in the American West in the years following the Civil War finds Sabata in the role of victim. Sabata's skills as a gambler and thief are unparalleled. However, when a shifty band of desperadoes bilks him out of $5,000, he wants revenge!
