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== Germany ==
All available DVD releases of ''Il Mercenario / A Professional Gun / The Mercenary'' that we know of. If you are looking for BluRay discs, [[Mercenario, Il/BR|click here]].
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===Germany ===
|[[Image:Mercenario Front.jpg|right|120px]]
[[File:Gr8ful8.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: [[Koch Media catalog|Koch Films]]
* Release date: May 12, 2016
* 8-DVD Box: The Gr8ful Eight - Acht Meisterwerke des Italowestern
* Includes: [[Tempo degli avvoltoi, Il|Last of the Badmen]], [[Mercenario, Il|The Mercenary]], [[Navajo Joe]], [[Tepepa|Tepepa]], [[Morte non conta i dollari, La|Death at Owell Rock]], [[Quien Sabe/DVD|El Chuncho]], [[Sugar Colt]], [[Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo|Shoot the Living...]]
* Buy now: '''[http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01CJBSTNW?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21 Amazon DE] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01CJBSTNW?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 ES] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01CJBSTNW?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 IT]'''
 
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[[Image:Franconerodvd.jpg|right|200px]]
* '''Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete'''
* Label: [[Koch Media catalog|Koch Films]]
* Release date: May 2, 2014
* Franco Nero Italo Western Box
* also includes [[Uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta, L'|Pride and Vengeance]] & [[Cipolla Colt|Cry, Onion!]]
* '''Buy now [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00IB8S1HC?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B0000755WR From Amazon.de]
 
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[[File:WesternUnchainedBox.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: Koch Media
* 8 DVD [[Koch Media DVD catalog/Western Unchained Collection#Western Unchained Collection - The Box|Western Unchained]] box
* Release date: May 24, 2013
* Includes: [[Tempo degli avvoltoi, Il|Last of the Badmen]], [[Mercenario, Il|A Professional Gun]], [[Navajo Joe]], [[Tepepa|Blood and Guns]], [[Morte non conta i dollari, La|Death Does Not Count the Dollars]], [[Yankee]], [[Sugar Colt]], [[Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo|Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead]]
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00CHXVK6Q?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21 From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B00CHXVK6Q?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00CHXVK6Q?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it]'''
 
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[[File:Mercenariowesternsunchained.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: [[Koch Media catalog|Koch Films]]
* Release date: January 18, 2013 (Re-release, identical to previous Koch release)
* Video: 2.35:1 (16:9)
* Audio: German, English, Italian (DD 2.0)
* Subtitles: German
* Extras: Trailers; Featurette; Picture Gallery
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009YQTDC2?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21 From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B009YQTDC2?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B009YQTDC2?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es]'''
 
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* '''Re-Release in an Amaray-case without booklet'''
* Label: [[Koch Media catalog|Koch Films]]
* Release date: December 16, 2010
* '''Buy now [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B0000755WR From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es]'''
 
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[[Image:Mercenario Front.jpg|right|200px]]
* '''[[Mercenario, Il|Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete]]'''
* '''[[Mercenario, Il|Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete]]'''
* Released by [[Koch Media DVD catalog|Koch Media]] February 5, 2010
* Label: [[Koch Media catalog|Koch Films]]
* Release date: February 5, 2010
* Digitally remastered, restored and uncut (102 mins)
* Digitally remastered, restored and uncut (102 mins)
* Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL (Region 2)
* Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL
* Region 2
* Audio: '''English''', Italian, German (DD 2.0)
* Audio: '''English''', Italian, German (DD 2.0)
* Subtitles: German (optional)
* Subtitles: German (optional)
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* DVD Review: [[Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete (DVD Rezension)|Deutsch]] | [[The Mercenary DVD Review|English]] | [[Mercenario, Il/DVD Release Special|Focus]], [http://www.dvd-forum.at/31786/dvd_review_detail.htm External review], including screenshots (in German)
* DVD Review: [[Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete (DVD Rezension)|Deutsch]] | [[The Mercenary DVD Review|English]] | [[Mercenario, Il/DVD Release Special|Focus]], [http://www.dvd-forum.at/31786/dvd_review_detail.htm External review], including screenshots (in German)
* '''Buy now [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B0000755WR From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es]'''
* '''Buy now [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B0000755WR From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0000755WR?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es]'''
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* '''Re-Release in an Amaray-case without booklet'''
* '''Buy now [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=B0000755WR From Amazon.de] | [http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=spagh-21 Amazon.it] | [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B004ELPGKU?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 Amazon.es]'''
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|[[File:Mercenariowesternsunchained.jpg|right|120px]]
* '''[[Mercenario, Il|Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete]]'''
* Announced for January 18th 2013
* Re-release: identical to previous Koch release
* Video: 2.35:1 (16:9)
* Audio: German, English, Italian (DD 2.0)
* Subtitles: German
* Extras:
**Trailers
**Featurette
**Picture Gallery
* '''Pre-Order now: [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B009YQTDC2?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21 From Amazon.de]'''
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== Italy ==
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===UK===
|[[Image:Ilmercenariodvd.jpg|right]]
[[File:Mercenaryukdvd.jpg|right|200px]]
* Mondo Home Entertainment Region 2 release
* Label: 88 Films , [[Mercenario, Il/BluRay|also released on BluRay]]
* Release date: January 8, 2018
* Region 2
* Video: 2.35:1
* Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0
* Subtitles: English
* Extras: Mercenary Musings by Eric Zaldivar; Theatrical Trailer
* Pre-order now: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercenary-DVD-Franco-Nero/dp/B01MRHRBIA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1483276991&sr=1-5&keywords=mercenary&linkCode=ll1&tag=spaghetti-21&linkId=7598fff69b6ce075612f7e9aee08ea80 From Amazon.co.uk]
 
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===Italy===
[[File:Mercenariocg.jpg|right|200px]]
* Release date: June 2020
* Label: CG Home Ent.
* Details tbc
* '''Buy now: [https://www.amazon.it/Mercenario-Franco-Nero/dp/B084X8CJQ4?&linkCode=ll1&tag=spagh-21&linkId=3e562e39d8cf1b06b8902dc5203f3202&language=it_IT&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Amazon.it]'''
 
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[[Image:Ilmercenariodvd.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: Mondo Home Entertainment
* Region 2
* Release date: ?
* DVD Film Length: 101.45 minutes PAL
* DVD Film Length: 101.45 minutes PAL
* Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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* Extras: Franco Nero biography and filmography, Sergio Corbucci biography and filmography, Colt Collection promotional video, Universal Studio promotional video, DVD credits
* Extras: Franco Nero biography and filmography, Sergio Corbucci biography and filmography, Colt Collection promotional video, Universal Studio promotional video, DVD credits
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0010YGHZ2/028-6793813-5070148?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1638&creativeASIN=B0010YGHZ2 From Amazon.de]'''
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0010YGHZ2/028-6793813-5070148?ie=UTF8&tag=italowestern-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1638&creativeASIN=B0010YGHZ2 From Amazon.de]'''
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* Also available as part of the 8-disc Colt Collection
* Also available as part of the 8-disc Colt Collection [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/forum/index.php/topic,645.0.html Forum Topic]
 
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[[Image:Mercenaryit.jpg|200px|right]]
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* Old Italian DVD
* Old Italian DVD
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* Details tbc
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===USA===
[[File:Mercenariodvdkino.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
* on DVD and BluRay
* Release date: November 7, 2017
* Extras: Audio commentary by Alex Cox; Trailer
* Widescreen, English audio, NTSC
* '''Buy now: [https://www.amazon.com/Mercenary-aka-Professional-Gun-mercenario/dp/B075DXZSCD/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=spaghetti-western-20&linkId=1fb218ff5bb34e511f27719f249a8fe2 From Amazon.com]'''
 
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[[Image:MercenaryGodsGun.jpg|180px|right]]
*'''The Mercenary'''
* Label: TGG Direct - Western Double Feature
* Release date: December 11, 2012
* DVD-R, Region 0
* 2 DVD set with [[Diamante Lobo|God's Gun]]
* Video: 16:9 anamorphic - NTSC
* Audio: English
* Runtime: ca. 106 min
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AMQGF60?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-western-20 From Amazon.com]'''


== France ==
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[[File:ProfGodsGun.gif|180px|right]]
|[[Image:Mercenariofr.jpg|right|120px]]
* '''Professional Gun'''
* Label: Direct Source and other bootleg lables
* various cover designs
* [[file:Cut Button.png|30px]]
* full screen pan & scan, NTSC
* English audio only
* Not recommended
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000056NNW/002-0875664-3649605?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-western-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000056NNW From Amazon.com]''' | w/ '''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008G7J8?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-western-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B00008G7J8 God's Gun]''', (also miserable copy)
 
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===France===
[[File:Mercenariodvdsilver.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: Metropolitan Vidéo / Sidonis Calysta
* Release date: April 7, 2023
* DVD only edition (also released as BluRay/DVD limited edition)
* 107min
* Subtitles: French
* Audio: English, French
* Details tbc
* '''Buy now: [https://www.amazon.fr/El-mercenario-Franco-Nero/dp/B0BS91RQNV?&linkCode=ll1&tag=swdb-21&linkId=65366013964530fe299b048a634edb3f&language=fr_FR&ref_=as_li_ss_tl From Amazon.fr] | [https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=12665&awinaffid=667287&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnac.com%2Fa17705495%2FIl-Mercenario-DVD-Franco-Nero-DVD-Zone-2 From FNAC]''' | [https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0BS91RQNV?&linkCode=ll1&tag=spwdb-21&linkId=f15b76121e7150cb1a1c31515996487f&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl From Amazon.de]
 
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[[File:Mercenariowildside.jpg|right|200px]]
* Label: Wild Side Video
* Release date: January 2015
* '''Buy now: [https://www.amazon.fr/Mercenario-El-Franco-Nero/dp/B00NG047P0?&linkCode=ll1&tag=swdb-21&linkId=150f15fd55772c055d4cd137cbb6f06e&language=fr_FR&ref_=as_li_ss_tl From Amazon.fr]'''
 
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[[Image:Mercenariofr.jpg|right|200px]]
* '''El Mercenario'''
* '''El Mercenario'''
* Wild Side Video (FNAC exclusive edition)
* Label: Wild Side Video (FNAC exclusive edition)
* Release date: ?
* remastered transfer
* remastered transfer
* Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL
* Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL
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* Subtitles: French (different ones for the Italian and the English ones in some aspects)
* Subtitles: French (different ones for the Italian and the English ones in some aspects)
* Extras: Introduction by Jean-François Giré (13min), author of "Il était une fois ... le western européen"; picture gallery; filmographies; internet links
* Extras: Introduction by Jean-François Giré (13min), author of "Il était une fois ... le western européen"; picture gallery; filmographies; internet links
* '''Buy now: [http://ad.zanox.com/ppc/?14301017C655250870T&ULP=http://video.fnac.com/a2709808/El-Mercenario-Jack-Palance-DVD-Zone-2 From FNAC.com]'''
* '''Buy now: [https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=12665&awinaffid=667287&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnac.com%2Fa4032627%2FEl-Mercenario-Jack-Palance-DVD-Zone-2%23omnsearchpos%3D2 From FNAC.fr]'''
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* Coffret Sergio Corbucci
* Coffret Sergio Corbucci
* Wild Side Video (FNAC exclusive edition)
* Label: Wild Side Video (FNAC exclusive edition)
* Release date: ?
* Also includes:
* Also includes:
** [[Navajo Joe]]
** [[Navajo Joe]]
** [[Django]]
** [[Django]]
** [[La banda J. & S. cronaca criminale del Far West|Far West Story (Sonny & Jed)]]
** [[La banda J. & S. cronaca criminale del Far West|Far West Story (Sonny & Jed)]]
* '''Buy now: [http://ad.zanox.com/ppc/?14301017C655250870T&ULP=http://video.fnac.com/a2725809/Coffret-Sergio-Corbucci-Western-Spaghetti-Edition-Limitee-Fnac-4-Films-DVD-Zone-2 From FNAC.com]'''
* '''Buy now: [https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=12665&awinaffid=667287&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnac.com%2Fa2725809%2FCoffret-Sergio-Corbucci-Western-Spaghetti-Edition-Limitee-Fnac-4-Films-DVD-Zone-2%23omnsearchpos%3D1 From FNAC.com]'''
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===Japan===
* August 9, 2023 re-release
 
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[[File:Mercenariojapandvd2021.jpg|right|200px]]
* Release date: July 14, 2021
* Details tbc
* Also released on BluRay
* Complete Japanese dub (1974 broadcast version)
* Extras: Sergio Corbucci memoir; interview with Nori Corbucci 2001; theatrical trailer


== Japan ==
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[[Image:Mercenaryjapanese.jpg|200px|right]]
|[[Image:Mercenaryjapanese.jpg|120px|right]]
* '''The Mercenary'''
* '''The Mercenary'''
* SPO/Stingray
* Label: SPO/Stingray
* Release date: ?
* Italian and English audio
* Italian and English audio
* Uncut
* Uncut
* Widescreen (2.35:1)
* Widescreen (2.35:1)
* Trailer
* Trailer, edited version (as an easter egg)
* Availability: Out of print
* Availability: Out of print
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== Spain ==
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===Spain===
|[[Image:Elmercenario.jpg|120px|right]]
[[Image:Elmercenario.jpg|200px|right]]
* '''Salario para matar - El mercenario'''
* '''Salario para matar - El mercenario'''
* [[Suevia DVD catalog|Suevia Films]]
* Label: [[Suevia DVD catalog|Suevia Films]]
* Full screen
* Release date: ?
* Spanish audio
* Video: 1.85:1 letterboxed (to be confirmed), PAL
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* Spanish audio 2.0
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* Region 2
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* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B001UHV0BU?ie=UTF8&tag=thespagwest01-21 From Amazon.es]'''
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[[Image:SalarioParaMatarDVD.jpg|right|200px]]
* '''Salario para Matar'''
* '''Salario para Matar'''
* From Llamentol
* Label: [[Llamentol DVD catalog|Llamentol]]
* Released May 11, 2009  
* Release date: May 11, 2009  
* Picture format: PAL - Widescreen   
* Picture format: PAL - Widescreen   
* Audio: Spanish DD 2.0, Italian 2.0
* Audio: Spanish DD 2.0, Italian 2.0
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* Run Time: 95 minutes
* Run Time: 95 minutes
* Extras: photo gallery, Filmographies
* Extras: photo gallery, Filmographies
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== USA ==
[[Image:SpaguettiWesternBoxDVD.jpg|right|200px]]
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* Spaguetti Western Box
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* Label: [[Llamentol DVD catalog|Llamentol]]
|[[File:ProfGodsGun.gif|120px|right]]
* Release date: February 10, 2010
* '''Professional Gun'''
* 10 DVDs
* From: Direct Source and other bootleg lables
* Includes: [[Cjamango]] - [[Black Jack]] - [[Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo]] - [[Acquasanta Joe]] - [[Sette winchester per un massacro]] - [[Amigos, Los|Los Amigos]] - [[Dinamite Jim]] - [[Mercenario, Il|Il Mercenario]] - [[Pistole non discutono, Le|Le pistole non discutono]] - [[30 Winchester per El Diablo]]
* various cover designs
 
* [[file:Cut Button.png|30px]]
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* full screen pan & scan, NTSC
* English audio only
* Not recommended
* '''Buy now: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000056NNW/002-0875664-3649605?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-western-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000056NNW From Amazon.com]''' | w/ '''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008G7J8?ie=UTF8&tag=spaghetti-western-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B00008G7J8 God's Gun]''', (also miserable copy)
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== Australia ==
===Australia===
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* '''A Professional Gun'''
* '''A Professional Gun'''
* Pal, Region 4
* Pal, Region 4
* Unknown specifications; probably similar to not-recommended US releases
* Unknown specifications; probably similar to not-recommended US releases
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== Brazil ==
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===Brazil===
|[[Image:Mercenariobrazil.jpg|120px|right]]
[[File:Faroeste3.png|right|200px]]
* Label: Versatil Home Video
* Release date: January 2022
* Faroeste Spaghetti collection Vol. 3, 2 DVDs includes [[Mercenario, Il/DVD|Mercenario]], [[Quien Sabe/DVD|Quien Sabe?]], [[Tempo di massacro/DVD|Massacre Time]] and [[Precio de un hombre, El/DVD|Bounty Killer]]
* Region all
*  Video: Anamorphic Widescreen, NTSC, Uncut and restored versions
* over an hour of extras, limited edition with 4 postcards
* Audio: Italian, Spanish (Bounty Killer only)
* Subtitles: Portugues
 
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[[Image:Mercenariobrazil.jpg|180px|right]]
* '''Os Violentos Vão para o Inferno'''
* '''Os Violentos Vão para o Inferno'''
* Available from [[Ocean Pictures DVD catalog|Ocean Pictures]]
* Label: [[Ocean Pictures DVD catalog|Ocean Pictures]]
* Release date: ?
* Video: full screen
* Video: full screen
* Audio: English (stereo), Portuguese (stereo)
* Audio: English (stereo), Portuguese (stereo)
* Subtitles: Portuguese
* Subtitles: Portuguese
* Poor picture quality and very poor sound quality on English track.  Not recommended.
* Poor picture quality and very poor sound quality on English track.  Not recommended.
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[http://www.sundances.net/spaghetti/mercenary.php More DVD information at Fistfull of DVD's]
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===Argentina===
* Label: DSX
* Release date: June 15, 2011
* Remastered edition
* Audio: English, Spanish
* Subtitles: Spanish
* Video: Letterbox widescreen, NTSC


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[[Category:DVD]]

Latest revision as of 15:55, 29 October 2023

All available DVD releases of Il Mercenario / A Professional Gun / The Mercenary that we know of. If you are looking for BluRay discs, click here.

Germany

Gr8ful8.jpg

Franconerodvd.jpg

WesternUnchainedBox.jpg

Mercenariowesternsunchained.jpg
  • Label: Koch Films
  • Release date: January 18, 2013 (Re-release, identical to previous Koch release)
  • Video: 2.35:1 (16:9)
  • Audio: German, English, Italian (DD 2.0)
  • Subtitles: German
  • Extras: Trailers; Featurette; Picture Gallery
  • Buy now: From Amazon.de | Amazon.it | Amazon.es


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  • Mercenario - Der Gefürchtete
  • Label: Koch Films
  • Release date: February 5, 2010
  • Digitally remastered, restored and uncut (102 mins)
  • Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL
  • Region 2
  • Audio: English, Italian, German (DD 2.0)
  • Subtitles: German (optional)
  • Extras: German and English trailers, exclusive featurette "How to make a Revolution" (40mins, English and German subtitles!), picture galleries (locations before and after; posters and stills), booklet/liner notes by Mike Siegel; digipack packaging
  • Note: The DVD is fully English-friendly, the menus and the liner notes are in German however.
  • DVD Review: Deutsch | English | Focus, External review, including screenshots (in German)
  • Buy now From Amazon.de | Amazon.it | Amazon.es

UK

Mercenaryukdvd.jpg
  • Label: 88 Films , also released on BluRay
  • Release date: January 8, 2018
  • Region 2
  • Video: 2.35:1
  • Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0
  • Subtitles: English
  • Extras: Mercenary Musings by Eric Zaldivar; Theatrical Trailer
  • Pre-order now: From Amazon.co.uk

Italy

Mercenariocg.jpg
  • Release date: June 2020
  • Label: CG Home Ent.
  • Details tbc
  • Buy now: Amazon.it

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  • Label: Mondo Home Entertainment
  • Region 2
  • Release date: ?
  • DVD Film Length: 101.45 minutes PAL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Audio Dolby Digital: Italian 5.1, Italian 2.0 mono
  • Subtitles: Italian for the hard of hearing (optional)
  • Extras: Franco Nero biography and filmography, Sergio Corbucci biography and filmography, Colt Collection promotional video, Universal Studio promotional video, DVD credits
  • Buy now: From Amazon.de

  • Also available as part of the 8-disc Colt Collection

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  • Old Italian DVD
  • Details tbc

USA

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  • Label: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
  • on DVD and BluRay
  • Release date: November 7, 2017
  • Extras: Audio commentary by Alex Cox; Trailer
  • Widescreen, English audio, NTSC
  • Buy now: From Amazon.com

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  • The Mercenary
  • Label: TGG Direct - Western Double Feature
  • Release date: December 11, 2012
  • DVD-R, Region 0
  • 2 DVD set with God's Gun
  • Video: 16:9 anamorphic - NTSC
  • Audio: English
  • Runtime: ca. 106 min
  • Buy now: From Amazon.com

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  • Professional Gun
  • Label: Direct Source and other bootleg lables
  • various cover designs
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  • full screen pan & scan, NTSC
  • English audio only
  • Not recommended
  • Buy now: From Amazon.com | w/ God's Gun, (also miserable copy)

France

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  • Label: Metropolitan Vidéo / Sidonis Calysta
  • Release date: April 7, 2023
  • DVD only edition (also released as BluRay/DVD limited edition)
  • 107min
  • Subtitles: French
  • Audio: English, French
  • Details tbc
  • Buy now: From Amazon.fr | From FNAC | From Amazon.de

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  • Label: Wild Side Video
  • Release date: January 2015
  • Buy now: From Amazon.fr

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  • El Mercenario
  • Label: Wild Side Video (FNAC exclusive edition)
  • Release date: ?
  • remastered transfer
  • Video: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, PAL
  • Audio: English, Italian, French
  • Subtitles: French (different ones for the Italian and the English ones in some aspects)
  • Extras: Introduction by Jean-François Giré (13min), author of "Il était une fois ... le western européen"; picture gallery; filmographies; internet links
  • Buy now: From FNAC.fr

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Japan

  • August 9, 2023 re-release

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  • Release date: July 14, 2021
  • Details tbc
  • Also released on BluRay
  • Complete Japanese dub (1974 broadcast version)
  • Extras: Sergio Corbucci memoir; interview with Nori Corbucci 2001; theatrical trailer

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  • The Mercenary
  • Label: SPO/Stingray
  • Release date: ?
  • Italian and English audio
  • Uncut
  • Widescreen (2.35:1)
  • Trailer, edited version (as an easter egg)
  • Availability: Out of print

Spain

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  • Salario para matar - El mercenario
  • Label: Suevia Films
  • Release date: ?
  • Video: 1.85:1 letterboxed (to be confirmed), PAL
  • Spanish audio 2.0
  • Region 2
  • Buy now: From Amazon.es

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  • Salario para Matar
  • Label: Llamentol
  • Release date: May 11, 2009
  • Picture format: PAL - Widescreen
  • Audio: Spanish DD 2.0, Italian 2.0
  • No Subtitles
  • Region: 0
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Extras: photo gallery, Filmographies

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Australia

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  • A Professional Gun
  • Pal, Region 4
  • Unknown specifications; probably similar to not-recommended US releases

Brazil

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  • Label: Versatil Home Video
  • Release date: January 2022
  • Faroeste Spaghetti collection Vol. 3, 2 DVDs includes Mercenario, Quien Sabe?, Massacre Time and Bounty Killer
  • Region all
  • Video: Anamorphic Widescreen, NTSC, Uncut and restored versions
  • over an hour of extras, limited edition with 4 postcards
  • Audio: Italian, Spanish (Bounty Killer only)
  • Subtitles: Portugues

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  • Os Violentos Vão para o Inferno
  • Label: Ocean Pictures
  • Release date: ?
  • Video: full screen
  • Audio: English (stereo), Portuguese (stereo)
  • Subtitles: Portuguese
  • Poor picture quality and very poor sound quality on English track. Not recommended.

Argentina

  • Label: DSX
  • Release date: June 15, 2011
  • Remastered edition
  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Subtitles: Spanish
  • Video: Letterbox widescreen, NTSC
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