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The Guns of Navarone

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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

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Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 20  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 47 mins

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle

Director: J. Lee Thompson

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 3, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • 2-Disc Set
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono 5.1 - English
  • Dubbed - Portuguese, Spanish - Optional
  • Subtitles - French, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Stephen J. Rubin - Film Historian; Carl Foreman - Screenwriter
  • Featurettes - 1. "Forging the Guns of Navarone": Notes from the Set
  • 2. "Ironic Epic of Heroism"
  • 3. "Memories of Navarone"
  • 4. "A Heroic Score"
  • 5. "Great Guns"
  • 6. "No Visitors"
  • 7. "Honeymoon on Rhodes"
  • 8. "Two Girls on the Town"
  • 9. Roadshow Intermission

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One of the best WWII action-adventures, with an all-star cast headed by Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and David Niven, this Oscar-winner (in special effects) is stirringly directed by the vastly underestimated J. Lee Thompson

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Emanuel Levy
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Rousingly old-fashioned WWII adventure

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11/11/05
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The Guns of Navarone has long been a big-time favorite of the war-movie aficionados, and the film still holds up resoundingly well today.

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11/09/05
Scott Weinberg
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Eric Lurio
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Michelle Alexandria
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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
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Superior WWII spectacle

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10/23/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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05/24/04
Matt Brunson
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It was forgettable but highly entertaining.

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02/22/04
Dennis Schwartz
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07/08/03
Michael Szymanski
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Another classic WW2 epic. Suspense, espionage, and some big BIG guns.

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03/21/03
Brian Mckay
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A good old-fashioned Nazi ass-whomping, aided by some great effects and a charming pair of heroes.

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02/06/03
Rob Vaux
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12/02/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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10/16/02
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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Great old-fashioned war thriller

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08/07/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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