The guns of Navarone

DVD 1961

A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.

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Fortification Greece Fiction

Government missions Great Britain Fiction

Greece Fiction

Infiltration (Military science) Fiction

World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Greece Fiction

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Action and adventure films Feature films Fiction Video recordings for the hearing impaired War films

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ISBN:

9781424829880
1424829887
0767821785

Description:

2 videodiscs (157 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
Number of discs may vary
Title from container
Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean
Special features: New audio commentary from film historian Stephen J. Rubin; new "Forging the Guns of Navarone" documentary; new "Ironic epic of heroism" documentary; new "A heroic score" featurette; new "Epic restoration" featurette; new narration-free prologue; new Roadshow intermission; audio commentary from director J. Lee Thompson; "Memories of Navarone" retrospective documentary; "A message from Carl Foreman;" "Great guns" original featurette; "No visitors" original featurette; "Honeymoon on Rhodes" featurette; "Two girls on the town" original featurette; talent files; production notes
Photographer, Oswald Morris ; original music, Dimitri Tiomkin ; film editor, Alan Osbiston
Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Academy Awards, USA, 1962: Oscar - Best Special Effects

Control Number:

531019

UPC:

043396163232
043396721296

Other Authors:

Baker, Stanley, Sir, 1928-1976, actor
Columbia Pictures, production company
Darren, James, actor
Foreman, Carl, screenwriter, film producer
Highroad (Firm), production company
MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987. Guns of Navarone
Niven, David, 1910-1983, actor
Papas, Irene, actor
Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003, actor
Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989, actor
Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001, actor
Scala, Gia, actor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
Thompson, J. Lee (John Lee), 1914-2002, film director

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