The Guns of Navarone - Ultimate Edition [2 DVDs] [UK Import]

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!; 1957, 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)., 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!; 1957, 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).Special Features: A Message from Carl Foreman . Dimitri Tiomkin's Score Featurette. Great Guns Featurette. Honeymoon On Rhodes Featurette. Ironic Epic of Heroism Documentary. Memories of Navarone Retrospective Documentary. No Visitors Featurette. Restoration of The Guns of Navarone Featurette. Two Girls On The Town Featurette....and more!Commentary with Director J. Lee Thompson.Commentary with Film Historian Stephen J. Rubin.Forging the Guns of Navarone: Notes From the Set.Production Notes.Talent Files.