Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that the acclaimed classic The Guns Of Navarone from director J. Lee Thompson will be available to own for the first time on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 2, 2021 in celebration of the film’s 60th anniversary. The film has an impressive ensemble including Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn and was nominated for seven Oscars®, including Best Picture, and won for Best Special Effects (1961). The new 4K disc has been remastered in 4K resolution from the original camera negative, with HDR10 and includes all-new Dolby Atmos audio as well as 5.1 audio and original theatrical 4-track stereo. Get additional details below!
Synopsis: Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck (1962, Best Actor, To Kill A Mockingbird), David Niven (1958, Best Actor, Separate Tables), and Anthony Quinn (1952, Best Supporting Actor, Viva Zapata!; 1956, Lust For Life) star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives. Adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman from Alistair MacLean’s best-selling novel, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE was nominated for seven Oscars®, including Best Picture, and won for Best Special Effects (1961).
4K ULTRA HD DISC
- Presented in 4K resolution from the original camera negative, with HDR10
- Playback available with and without Original Roadshow Intermission Card
- All-new Dolby Atmos audio + 5.1 audio + original theatrical 4-track stereo
- Special Features:
- NEW: Main Title Progression Reel
- Theatrical Trailer
BLU-RAY DISC™
- Feature presented in HD, sourced from the 4K master
- Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Director J. Lee Thompson
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Stephen J. Rubin
- The Resistance Dossier of Navarone: Interactive Feature
- Forging The Guns of Navarone: Notes from the Set
- An Ironic Epic of Heroism
- Memories of Navarone
- Epic Restoration
- A Heroic Score
- Great Guns
- No Visitors
- Honeymoon on Rhodes
- Two Girls on the Town
- Narration-Free Prologue
- Message from Carl Foreman
This release will initially include a limited edition o-ring, featuring the film’s original poster art.
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