If you can indulge my film nerd leanings for a moment, I’d just like to tell you that one of Hollywood’s finest epics is finally coming to DVD.

El Cid, the 1961 Charlton Heston/Sophia Loren vehicle about an 11th-century Spanish knight directed by the great Anthony Mann, will be released in a two-disc and a fancy pants collector’s edition on January 29. Curious to see what dim-witted modern duds like Troy, Alexander, and Kingdom of Heaven were reaching for? Check this one out. It’s old school Big Time filmmaking at it’s finest.

I’ve only seen it in scratched/spotty/wrecked pan-and-scan prints on TV that’ve been circulating for decades, so I’m excited to see a nice, cleaned up print in the original aspect ratio…because I’m a dork like that. Anyway, we’ll have a review up for you in a week or so.

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