Samuel LoveThe phrase “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to” is thrown around a lot, but with films like The Wild Geese, it couldn’t be more apt. Throwing hellraising thespians like Richard Burton and Richard Harris into an explosive, politically-charged war movie co-starring Roger Moore and Hardy Kruger? That’s the sort of wild magic that you don’t find in the multiplex anymore – the top-rated review on Letterboxd simply reads: “the smell of stale cigarettes and alcohol penetrates the screen like never before”. This long-awaited 4K UHD debut is an absolute masterclass in restoration and indeed physical media; this 3-disc limited edition set boasts the film on 4K and Blu-ray along with a CD soundtrack and a 300+ page hardbound book on the film’s storied production and legacy. What a wonderful, unmissable release for fans of 70s cinema. “There is a clause in all of my contracts, that my liver is to be buried separately, and, with honors.”
Synopsis
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.
3-DISC LIMITED EDITION (UHD / BD / CD):
- EXCLUSIVE: FIFTY MEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: A 316pp Full-Colour Hardbound Book on the Making of THE WILD GEESE by Tony Earnshaw
- EXCLUSIVE: CD Original Soundtrack of THE WILD GEESE by Roy Budd
- EXCLUSIVE: 6 x Original UK Lobby Card Reproductions
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
DISC 3 (CD):
- THE WILD GEESE Original Soundtrack
THE WILD GEESE is available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Severin Films
