The wild geese
A team of aging mercenaries [are] 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 army prison, escape via the military-controlled airport, and massacre anyone who gets in their way
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Victoria | Available |
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Subject |
Mercenary troops > Africa > Drama. Rescues > Africa > Drama. |
Genre |
Action and adventure films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. |
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher [Los Angeles, California] : Severin Films LLC, [2014]
- Copyright ©1978
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Based on the novel by Daniel Carney. Special features: The Wild Geese director: exclusive new interview with director Andrew V. McLaglen; The mercenary: exclusive interview with military advisor Mike Hoare; The last of the gentleman producers: documentary on producer Euan Lloyd, featuring Lloyd, Roger Moore, Joan Armatrading, Ingrid Pitt & more; audio commentary with producer Euan lloyd, star Roger Moore, second unit director John Glen, moderated by filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott; The Flight of the Wild Geese: vintage featurette; The Wild Geese Royal Charity premiere newsreel; theatrical trailer. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Screenplay by Reginald Rose. Based on the novel by Daniel Carney. Produced by Euan Lloyd. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger. |
System Details Note: | DVD: widescreen 1.85:1, 16 x 9 presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby digital 2.0 (mono); Region 0, NTSC. |