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The film's first English language DVD was released by MGM in the UK in 2003.

This version of the film runs 153 minutes and is almost complete although it is unfortunately missing the four-minute long flashback scene at the end.

In 2005, following the restoration of Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, MGM re-released the film in the UK with more supplemental material, the aforementioned flashback scene reinstated and with a newly created 5. 1 surround soundtrack.

The restored version had a brief art house theatrical run in the U. S. and was subsequently released there in a " Collector's Edition " in 2007.

The remastered surround tracks have attracted criticism online for the misplacement of certain music cues throughout the film ( most prominently during the last two flashback scenes and the end credits ) and for censoring at least two expletives from the film's soundtrack.

Furthermore it's been reported that the mono soundtrack included on the 2007 Collector's Edition is not the original mix, but simply a fold-down of the surround remaster.