Edition |
Special edition, widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby 2-channel surround. |
Cast |
Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, James Darren, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Albert Lieven, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Walter Gotell, Norman Wooland, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, George Mikell, Tutte Lemkow, Cleo Scouloudi, Christopher Rhodes. |
Credits |
Production designer, Geoffrey Drake ; film editor, Alan Osbiston ; music played by Sinfonia of London ; songs by Dimitri Tiomkin ; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Alfred Perry ; sung by Elga Anderson ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean. |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1961. |
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Issued as part of the WWII, 60th anniversary collection box set. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
A specialized commando team is assembled to destroy the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone, because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. |
Note |
Special features: Optional directors commentary; Retrospective documentary "Memories of Navarone; A message from Carl Foreman; Original featurettes "Great guns", "No visitors", "Honeymoon on Rhodes", "Two girls on the town"; Talent files (J. Lee Thompson, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn). |
Awards |
Academy Award 1961 for special effects. |
Language |
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
War films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014
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Foreman, Carl.
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Thompson, J. Lee (John Lee), 1914-2002.
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Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003.
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Niven, David, 1910-1983.
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Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001.
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Baker, Stanley, Sir, 1928-1976.
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Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989.
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Darren, James.
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Papas, Irene.
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Scala, Gia.
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Robertson Justice, James, 1907-1975.
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Harris, Richard, 1930-2002.
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Lieven, Albert, 1906-1971.
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Forbes, Bryan, 1926-2013.
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Cuthbertson, Allan, 1920-1988.
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Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
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MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987.
Guns of Navarone.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
WWII, 60th anniversary collection box set.
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ISBN |
1404987436 set |
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9781404987432 set |
Music No. |
11526LIT Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. |
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