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The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Film · 160 min
Part of Navarone Collection
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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Keith Mallory is the protagonist in Alistair Maclean's book "The Guns of Navarone," the 1961 movie adaptation, and its book/movie sequel "Force 10 from Navarone." A mountaineer from New Zealand who becomes a commando in WWII, he specializes is infiltration and sabotage.
Yes, Mallory sounds about right.*
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And before anyone asks for receipts, Eve told me she heard Alice and Bob talking about Gregory Peck's performance.
How has this not already been made into a film?
Did someone think "nah, this is too far fetched, people will never believe it" and make The Guns of Navarone, or Kelly's Heroes instead?
Didn't know about it, thank you. Will check it out if I can. IIRC, Quinn is the same actor who plays the Greek, Andrea, in the movie The Guns of Navarone, based on the book of the same name by Alistair MacLean.
I just googled about Quinn, and it seems he has played a role in some other famous movies too, including Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia and Lust for Life:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Quinn
I understand why they did this, but I think this might be a bit too broad.
There are plenty of things that I might buy that have the word "Gun" that are not directly related to weapons; my favorite XBox game is named "Gun", there is a Gregory Peck movie I like called "The Guns of Navarone", and there's the aforementioned "Guns, Germs, and Steel".
Oh, man, that link proves my point. IMO.
Doubtlessly, numerous people on this planet woke up this morning and said: "wow, this day would be great if I could see a 53-year-old movie in 4K. Because watching The Guns of Navarone in Blu-Ray just doesn't do it justice". No, I don't think that happened this morning (or any other morning).
Or maybe they all said: "If only I could see Dr. Peter Venkman get slimed in 4K quality, my life would be complete. Watching Ghostbusters in Blu-Ray doesn't let me appreciate the nuances of that 29-year-old film". No, I don't think too many people said that either.
I understand that Sony has to start somewhere. But there's no "killer app", or in this case "killer movie" on that list. (Though, granted, there was plenty of killing in Breaking Bad). Ghostbusters is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I'm not going to buy a brand new TV set just to re-watch it in 4K. Still, if they add Forbidden Planet to that list, maybe they'd make a sale. :)
This is not a mass market product. In fact IMO there's not enough of a market for this to be a profitable product.
But as Dennis Miller used to end his rants: "of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong".