The Wild Geese DVD
Screen legendsĀ Richard BurtonĀ (WHERE EAGLES DARE),Ā Roger MooreĀ (LIVE AND LET DIE) andĀ Richard HarrisĀ (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.Ā Hardy KrugerĀ (A BRIDGE TOO FAR) andĀ Stewart GrangerĀ (KING SOLOMON'S MINES) co-star in this āterrific escapist entertainmentā (The Sunday Express) produced byĀ Euan LloydĀ (THE FINAL OPTION) and directed byĀ Andrew V. McLaglenĀ (THE DEVILāS BRIGADE) from a screenplay by 2x OscarĀ® nomineeĀ Reginald RoseĀ (12 ANGRY MEN) for whatĀ Mondo DigitalĀ hails as āa rip-roaring combination of war film, mercenary action and exotic thriller."
- 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 āMad Mikeā Hoare as the filmās technical and military advisor.
āGRITTY, EXCITING AND SUPERBā¦ In the best stiff-upper-lip tradition of great British war movies and one of the best British films of its era.ā - Cinema Retro
āTHEY DONāT MAKE āEM LIKE THIS ANYMOREā¦ A classic slice of ā70s action adventure with a cast of UK movie legends, memorable dialogue and impressive action scenes. Burton is superb.ā The Spinning Image
āIT DELIVERS THE GOODS AND THEN SOMEā¦ A loads-of-fun mix of male-bonding, double-crosses, apocalyptic shoot-outs and several terrifically tense action set pieces.ā DVD Talk
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Screen legendsĀ Richard BurtonĀ (WHERE EAGLES DARE),Ā Roger MooreĀ (LIVE AND LET DIE) andĀ Richard HarrisĀ (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.Ā Hardy KrugerĀ (A BRIDGE TOO FAR) andĀ Stewart GrangerĀ (KING SOLOMON'S MINES) co-star in this āterrific escapist entertainmentā (The Sunday Express) produced byĀ Euan LloydĀ (THE FINAL OPTION) and directed byĀ Andrew V. McLaglenĀ (THE DEVILāS BRIGADE) from a screenplay by 2x OscarĀ® nomineeĀ Reginald RoseĀ (12 ANGRY MEN) for whatĀ Mondo DigitalĀ hails as āa rip-roaring combination of war film, mercenary action and exotic thriller."
- 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 āMad Mikeā Hoare as the filmās technical and military advisor.
āGRITTY, EXCITING AND SUPERBā¦ In the best stiff-upper-lip tradition of great British war movies and one of the best British films of its era.ā - Cinema Retro
āTHEY DONāT MAKE āEM LIKE THIS ANYMOREā¦ A classic slice of ā70s action adventure with a cast of UK movie legends, memorable dialogue and impressive action scenes. Burton is superb.ā The Spinning Image
āIT DELIVERS THE GOODS AND THEN SOMEā¦ A loads-of-fun mix of male-bonding, double-crosses, apocalyptic shoot-outs and several terrifically tense action set pieces.ā DVD Talk
