One of the great war movies of all time, with an all start cast, and a gripping plot--based on the Alistair MacLean novel. A commando team is sent to a Greek Island to destroy the giant guns of World War II Germany which are controlling a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. This was a groundbreaker in the Special Effects department, too. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects.
A specialized commando team is organized in 1943, during WWII, to sabotage and put out of commission the Axis firepower on the mountainous Greek island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea.
Produced at Shepperton Studios, and Associated British Studios, Elstree, UK; color by Eastmancolor; shot in CinemaScope.
Cleo Scouloudi played the Bride and Nicholas Papakonstantinou played the Patrol Boat Captain.
In 1993, this version was replaced by a newly-restored version.
The restored version (VHS #72123) replaces the older videocassette version, which is no longer available from Columbia TriStar Home Video.
Available to buy in the UK (widescreen version).
DVD Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. Bonus Trailer - OLD GRINGO
Audio Commentary - 1. J. Lee Thompson - Director
Documentary - 1. MEMORIES OF NAVARONE
Production Interview - 1. Carl Foreman - Writer
Bonus Feature/Short - 1. GREAT GUNS
2. NO VISITORS
3. HONEYMOON ON THE RHODES
4. TWO GIRLS ON THE TOWN
Interactive Features:
Scene Selections
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew
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Review 1:
"...The film got an Oscar for special effects, and now you can see why once again via this wide-screen gem..."
Source: USA Today
p.3D 07/01/1994
Review 2:
"...[A] rip-roaring boys' own adventure..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.64 03/01/2001
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