DVD : The Guns of Navarone (Special Edition)
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The Guns of Navarone (Special Edition) starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle directed by: J. Lee Thompson, Alexander Mackendrick List Price: $19.94 Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $6.45 (32%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $7.27 Collectible Price: $19.94 Third Party New Price: $9.98

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767821780 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767821785 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 23, 2000 Running Time: 156 minutes Sales Rank: 4475 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1961 Digital Life Related Items: Clint Eastwood Collection: Where Eagles Dare The Bridge on the River Kwai Force 10 From Navarone The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set) The Dirty Dozen see more Digital Life Editorial Review: Product Description: Explosive action film about allied commandos during world war ii plotting to destroy german guns. Special features: directors audio commentary four original featurettes subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai talent files theatrical trailer production notes and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Gregory Peck Anthony Quinn Run time: 157 minutes Rating: Pg Amazon.com: This rousing, explosive 1961 WWII adventure, based on Alistair MacLean's thrilling novel, turns the war thriller into a deadly caper film. Gregory Peck heads a star-studded cast charged with a near impossible mission: destroy a pair of German guns nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone, from where they can control a vital sea passage. As world famous mountain climber turned British army Captain Mallory, Peck leads a guerrilla force composed of the humanistic explosives expert, Miller (David Niven), the ruthless Greek patriot with a grudge, Stavros (Anthony Quinn), veteran special forces soldier Brown (Stanley Baker), and the cool, quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must overcome internal conflicts, enemy attacks, betrayal, and capture to complete their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace for this exciting (if familiar) military operation, a succession of close calls, pitched battles, and last-minute escapes as our heroes infiltrate the garrisoned town with the help of resistance leader Maria (Irene Papas) and plot their entry into the heavily guarded mountain fort. Carl Foreman's screenplay embraces MacLean's role call of clichés and delivers them with style, creating one of the liveliest mixes of espionage, combat, and good old-fashioned military derring-do put on film. In 1978, the sequel Force 10 from Navarone was released, but MacLean fans will prefer to check out the action-packed thriller Where Eagles Dare. --Sean Axmaker Stills from The Guns of Navarone(click for larger image) Beyond The Guns of Navarone at Amazon.com More Military & War Films More Gregory Peck Films More Classic Films

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Rating: - Remastered Classic
The reissued DVD version of THE GUNS OF NAVARONE is a great improvement over my tired old VHS copy. Not only is the film in widescreen presentation, the color and sound is superior to the tape version.

As with most Alistair MacLean inspired movies we find a story with a handful of commandos, plan gone awry with double agents in their midst, battling a large contingent of the Wehrmacht. One wonders what the Germans were doing with all that substantial air power, armor, and artillery on a small island at a time when the Eastern front was collapsing. The same situation was encountered in WHERE EAGLES DARE and FORCE TEN FROM NAVARONE.

The Plot: In a bid to gain a foothold on the Dodecanese Islands the British landed a force on Kheros. Unfortunately the Germans had other plans and isolated the Allied force while they prepared to retake the island. The British plan to withdraw the lone garrison, ... Read More

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Rating: - An Average WWII Movie
This is a pretty good film overall, but Peck doesn't seem to have his heart in it most of the time. I honestly prefer Force 10 from Navarone much more than this film.

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Rating: - Reeeeeally bad transfer!
Great movie. AWFUL TRANSFER! The sound quality is pretty good but the picture quality is deplorable. The colors and shading actually pulse! Some scenes are obviously un-restored and are full of visual noise/artifacts. Worse still is that this wasn't a schlock transfer from "Bob's VHS to DVD and Storm Door Company". Noooooo. This was a vaunted Superbit transfer carried out by Sony. This ripping yarn deserved much, MUCH better treatment. The clarity is not there and at the least, the images should have been stabilized. Issuing this as a "Superbit" is a travesty as it leads you to expect superior, near hi-def quality. Instead, it's like watching an un-restored film to VHS transfer.

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Rating: - British Fiction
"The Guns of Navarone" is tied in first place with "Where Eagles Dare" as the worst war movie ever produced and it is no coincidence that the same author, Alistair MacLean, wrote both books of the same titles from which the scripts for these films were taken. The only similarity with actual history and "Navarone" is the failed operation of British forces to take, occupy and retain the Aegean islands, known as the Dodecanese, west of Turkey. Churchill wanted these islands taken in order to bring Turkey into the war against Germany. Many of these islands were occupied by the Italian Army and when Italy surrendered to the Allies in September 1943, British forces landed on these islands but the Germans reacted swiftly and retook the islands, in the course of which the British sustained over 700 dead and 3200 POWs. The Italians sustained far heavier losses. This operation was a German victory. "Navarone" mentions 2000 British ... Read More

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