Actor : David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker Director: J. Lee Thompson Genre: Action/Adventure Year: 1961 Studio:Sony Pictures Length: 158 Released:October 18, 2011 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD Misc:NTSC Language: English Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, Korean, Spanish
DESCRIPTION:
Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon,The Bridge on the River Kwai) was determined to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most of the 50's working in anonymity. To accomplish this, he decided to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, The Guns of Navarone, to the screen. Supported by an all-star cast and produced on a grand scale, the film was an enormous success, receiving seven 1961 Academy Award(r) nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. Although Foreman achieved his goal, it was MacLean who would wind up the true beneficiary; his novels became the source for many high adventure screen epics, including Ice Station Zebra andWhere Eagles Dare. However, it is The Guns of Navarone that remains not only the best of the MacLean adaptations, but one of the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced.
Special Features :
The Greek Resistance The Old School Wizardry of The Guns of Navarone World War II and the Greek Islands The Real World of Guns of Navarone The Navarone Effect Military Fact or Fiction Commentary with Film Historian Stephen J. Rubin Commentary with Director J. Lee Thompson Forging the Guns of Navarone: Notes from the Set Ironic Epic of Heroism Epic Restoration Featurette A Heroic Score Narration-free Prologue Roadshow Intermission Memories of Navarone Retrospective Documentary Message from Carl Foreman Great Guns Original Featurette No Visitors Featurette Honeymoon on Rhodes Two Girls On The Town Original Featurette
Actor : David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker Director: J. Lee Thompson Genre: Action/Adventure Year: 1961 Studio:Sony Pictures Length: 158 Released:October 18, 2011 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD Misc:NTSC Language: English Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, Korean, Spanish
DESCRIPTION:
Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon,The Bridge on the River Kwai) was determined to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most of the 50's working in anonymity. To accomplish this, he decided to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, The Guns of Navarone, to the screen. Supported by an all-star cast and produced on a grand scale, the film was an enormous success, receiving seven 1961 Academy Award(r) nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. Although Foreman achieved his goal, it was MacLean who would wind up the true beneficiary; his novels became the source for many high adventure screen epics, including Ice Station Zebra andWhere Eagles Dare. However, it is The Guns of Navarone that remains not only the best of the MacLean adaptations, but one of the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced.
Special Features :
The Greek Resistance The Old School Wizardry of The Guns of Navarone World War II and the Greek Islands The Real World of Guns of Navarone The Navarone Effect Military Fact or Fiction Commentary with Film Historian Stephen J. Rubin Commentary with Director J. Lee Thompson Forging the Guns of Navarone: Notes from the Set Ironic Epic of Heroism Epic Restoration Featurette A Heroic Score Narration-free Prologue Roadshow Intermission Memories of Navarone Retrospective Documentary Message from Carl Foreman Great Guns Original Featurette No Visitors Featurette Honeymoon on Rhodes Two Girls On The Town Original Featurette
