The Wild Geese (Standard Edition) [UHD & Blu-Ray]

The Wild Geese (Standard Edition) [UHD & Blu-Ray]

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
WITH 9+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

Screen legends Richard Burton (WHERE EAGLES DARE), Roger Moore (LIVE AND LET DIE) and Richard Harris (A MAN CALLED HORSE) star as a team of aging mercenaries hired by a wealthy industrialist for one final mission: Recruit and train a squad of desperate commandos, parachute into an unstable African nation, snatch its deposed President from a maximum-security prison, escape via the military-controlled airport, and massacre anyone who gets in their way. Reaching the target will be murder, but getting out alive may be impossible. Hardy Kruger (A BRIDGE TOO FAR) and Stewart Granger (KING SOLOMON’S MINES) co-star in this explosive action classic produced by Euan Lloyd (THE FINAL OPTION) and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE) from a screenplay by 2x Oscar® nominee Reginald Rose (12 ANGRY MEN), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 9+ hours of new and archival Special Features.

DISC 1 (UHD):

• NEW! Audio Commentary with Action Film Experts, Mike Leeder and Arne Venema *
• NEW! Audio Commentary with Assembly Editor John Grover and Film Academic and Sth African Historian Calum Waddell *
• Archival Audio Commentary with Producer Euan Lloyd, Star Roger Moore, Second Unit Director John Glen, Moderated by Filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott *
• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2 (BD):

• NEW!Jesse, Take Point! – An Interview with Actor John Kani (Sgt. Jesse Blake)
• NEW!Wild Child – An Interview with Actor Paul Spurrier (Emile Janders)
• NEW!Wild Goose Chase – An Interview with 2nd Unit Director / Editor John Glen
• NEW! Flight of Fancy – An Interview with Sound Editor Colin Miller
• The Wild Geese Director – Interview with Director Andrew V. McLaglen
• The Mercenary – Interview with Military Advisor Mike Hoare
• The Last of the Gentleman Producers – Documentary on Producer Euan Lloyd Featuring Euan Lloyd, Roger Moore, Joan Armatrading, Ingrid Pitt & more
• The Flight Of The Wild Geese – Vintage Featurette
• THE WILD GEESE Royal Charity Premiere Newsreel

* Also Included On Blu-Ray

• • The Worldwide UHD Premiere
  • Scanned in 4K from the original camera negative
  • Over 5 Hours of Brand-new Special Features and over 9+ hours in total
  • An ever-green British action-fan classic!
  • An Expendables-style action film with a stellar A-List cast, including Richard Burton, Roger Moore, and Richard Harris
  • Based on the novel “The Thin White Line” by Rhodesian author Daniel Carney.
  • Produced by British legend, Euan Lloyd (The Sea Wolves, Paper Tiger)
  • Winner of 1979 Jupiter Award for Roger Moore for Best International Actor
  • A memorable musical score by Roy Budd
  • Made with the involvement of real-life mercenary, Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare as the film’s technical and military advisor.

“GRITTY, EXCITING AND SUPERB… In the best stiff-upper-lip tradition of great British war movies and one of the best British films of its era.” – Cinema Retro

“THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE… A classic slice of ‘70s action adventure with a cast of UK movie legends, memorable dialogue and impressive action scenes. Burton is superb.” The Spinning Image

“IT DELIVERS THE GOODS AND THEN SOME… A loads-of-fun mix of male-bonding, double-crosses, apocalyptic shoot-outs and several terrifically tense action set pieces.” DVD Talk