Sony Pictures is planning a Blu-ray release of The Guns of Navarone. Based on Alistair MacLean's novel, the film stars Gregory Peck (The Omen), Anthony Quinn (Last Action Hero), and David Niven (Casino Royale) as a team of Allied soldiers on a top-secret mission to destroy a German gun encampment on the Greek island of Navarone.
Based on a recent interview with Grover Crisp, Senior Vice President for Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering for Sony Pictures Entertainment, it is possible that the Blu-ray of the film will receive a 4K digital restoration similar to the work done on Sony's recent The Bridge on the River Kwai and Taxi Driver discs. In addition, a number of supplemental features will accompany The Guns of Navarone, including:
The Greek Resistance featurette
The Old School Wizardry of The Guns of Navarone featurette
World War II and the Greek Islands featurette
The Real World of Guns of Navarone featurette
The Navarone Effect featurette
Military Fact or Fiction featurette
Commentary with Film Historian Stephen J. Rubin
Commentary with Director J. Lee Thompson
Forging the Guns of Navarone: Notes from the Set featurette
Ironic Epic of Heroism featurette
Epic Restoration featurette
A Heroic Score featurette
Narration-free Prologue
Roadshow Intermission
Memories of Navarone retrospective documentary
Message from Carl Foreman
Great Guns featurette
No Visitors featurette
Honeymoon on Rhodes featurette
Two Girls On The Town featurette
Retail announcements indicate a street date of October 18th.