Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		3.5
Audio		5.0
Extras		2.5
Overall		3.5

Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Dr. Svet Atanasov September 22, 2019

Burt Kennedy's "Support Your Local Gunfighter" (1971) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film, deleted scenes, and exclusive new audio commentary by filmmaker/historian Michael Schlesinger. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".

In the United States, Burt Kennedy's Support Your Local Gunfighter was first released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time in 2016. For an in-depth analysis of the film, please see Jeffrey Kauffman's review of this release here

Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Support Your Local Gunfighter arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.

The release is sourced from an older master that was supplied by MGM. (It is the same master that a couple of years ago Twilight Time used to produce this double-feature release). It terms overall quality, this master is actually slightly better than the one that was used for Support Your Local Sheriff. There are still areas where it is easy to see that depth and clarity can be improved, but their consistency is better. However, this film also has more darker footage and this is usually where the age of the master shows because grain does not appear as nicely exposed and resolved as it should be. Often times it becomes borderline noisy, which is why some of the light crashing occasionally looks exacerbated. Colors are stable, but the primaries and the supporting nuances can be more convincing (see screencaptures #4 and 5). There are no traces of sharpening adjustments. Image stability is very good. My score is 3.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).

Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.

There are no technical anomalies to report. When MGM prepared the current master the audio was also remixed, so the dynamic balance, clarity, and depth are all with native characteristics. Can a new remix offer any meaningful improvements? I don't think so. Some cosmetic improvements are perhaps possible, but I think that the basics are solid here.

Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Trailer - a vintage trailer for Support Your Local Gunfighter. (3 min, 480/60i).

• Deleted Scenes - two remastered deleted scenes. In English, not subtitled. (8 min, 1080p).

• Commentary - in the audio commentary for Support Your Local Sheriff filmmaker/historian Michael Schlesinger mentions that this audio commentary was actually recorded earlier, and that there is some overlapping of production information and other interesting details about the two films. Well, I can confirm the veracity of the latter part, but this is still a very nice commentary with plenty of new information about Support Your Local Gunfighter. In other words, do not assume that if you have listened to the other commentary you won't find anything of substance here. There is plenty.

• Additional Trailers - additional trailers for the following releases from Kino Lorber's catalog:
  
  1. Support Your Local Sheriff
  2. Duel at Diablo
  3. Rawhide
  4. Young Billy Young

Support Your Local Gunfighter Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Kino Lorber's new release of Support Your Local Gunfighter is sourced from the same master that MGM supplied to Twilight Time for the first release of the film, which also included Support Your Local Sheriff. If remastered Support Your Gunfighter will look better on Blu-ray, but the current master is free of digital anomalies and I think that it has pretty decent organic qualities. RECOMMENDED.