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Tony Arzenta (1973) - Movie Wallpaper

Writing by blake on Monday, 29 of October , 2007 at 11:00 pm


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Carla Gravina and Alain Delon in a classic image from one of my all time favorite films Tony Arzenta.

My favorite non-Melville gangster performance by Alain Delon is as Tony Arzenta in this film. One of the sadly lost in the cracks gems of crime cinema. The only video release it has at the moment is on Japanese DVD. I originally saw this film twice at I believe it was the 5th Tarantino Film Festival. Tarantino had a really nice print of the film.

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Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film.

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5 Comments

Comment by Riska

Made Tuesday, 30 of October , 2007 at 8:23 am

Actually this movie goes also by the alternative title “Big Guns” and it’s been available for a long time on DVD (the French version). There is also the Italian version. But the original English version does not seem to exist anymore.

Comment by blake

Made Tuesday, 30 of October , 2007 at 8:46 am

How is the French or Italian in comparison with the Japanese DVD? Thanks for that info!!!

Comment by Riska

Made Wednesday, 31 of October , 2007 at 3:19 am

I don’t know about the Japanese release, but it’s probably also the dubbed version, with Japanese subtitles. The movie was originally shot in English, and its release in France and Italy was dubbed accordingly in French and Italian.

Comment by michel.gerfaut

Made Wednesday, 9 of January , 2008 at 7:57 am

I find this movie in English, I captured it from TV, but has a bad quality.
Can you accord English sound at a DVD quality french or italian image ?

Comment by dom

Made Wednesday, 13 of February , 2008 at 11:16 pm

A favourite of mine too, one of those films that you don’t tire of seeing. In fact, if the truth be known, given the choice I’d rather watch Tony Arzenta than Le Samourai or Le Cercle Rouge…it’s just a much more entertaining experience. The Japanese dvd recently went oop, though I think the French language dvd is still available.

Odd that English speaking Anton Diffring is dubbed if it was shot in English.

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