Guns of Navarone, The
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1961)
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
In Collection
#5574
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043396721296
IMDB   7.6
2 hr 38 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   PG
Gregory Peck Capt. Keith Mallory
David Niven Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Anthony Quinn Col. Andrea Stavros
Stanley Baker Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
Anthony Quayle Maj. Roy Franklin
James Darren Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Irene Papas Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scala Anna
James Robertson Justice Commodore Jensen/Prologue Narrator
Richard Harris Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Irene Pappas
Bryan Forbes Cohn
Allan Cuthbertson Maj. Baker
Michael Trubshawe Weaver
Percy Herbert Sgt. Grogan
George Mikell Sessler
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Alexander Mackendrick
Producer Carl Foreman
Cecil F. Ford
Writer Alistair MacLean
Carl Foreman
Cinematography Oswald Morris
Musician Dimitri Tiomkin


An impenetrable fortress, an invincible army...and the unstoppable commando team.

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 an credibility after spending most of the '50s 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 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 and Where Eagles Dare. However, it is The Guns Of Navarone that remains not only the best of the Maclean adaptions, but one of the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Sony Pictures
Chapters 28
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles Chinese; English; French; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish; Thai
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Director's Audio Commentary
Retrospective Documentary: "Memories of Navarone"
"A Message From Carl Foreman"
Four Original Featurettes
Talent Files
Theatrical Trailers
Production Notes
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections