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Force 10 from Navarone AKA Alistair MacLean's Force 10 from Navarone (Blu-ray) (1978)
The Odds Against Them Were 10,000 to 1...But What the Hell!Director: Guy Hamilton
Year of Copyright: 1978
Year of Production: 1977-78
OVERALL: Blu-ray B-
OVERALL: Blu-ray B
The UK Powerhouse release for everything.
The US Kino and UK Powerhouse Films releases are seemingly the only home video releases to present the original Dolby Stereo 2.0 soundtrack, albeit with a 5.1 boost. Most theatrical releases prints used a mono down-mix however, also on the UK set.
All prior video releases (VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and indeed the MGM and non-US BDs) only offered the mono down-mix.
Two versions of this film exist:
(1.) The original director's cut prepared by Guy Hamilton and scored by Ron Goodwin. This exists in two variants; one with the theatrical photograph credits and one with the blue-gray shadows credits (126 minutes).
(2.) The edited US theatrical cut prepared by AIP (119 minutes).
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Includes the director's cut and based on the DVD Beaver screen caps has the photograph credits (126:11)
- Blu-ray A America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - Includes the Restored Version with photograph credits (125:51)
- Blu-ray ALL Germany- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes - Theatrical Version (118:35)
- Blu-ray ALL Edizione Speciale Italy- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - Original director's cut with blue-gray shadow credits (126:00)
- Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - Original director's cut with blue-gray shadow credits (126:00)
- Blu-ray ALL Spain- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Yes - Theatrical Version (118:35)
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition United Kingdom- Powerhouse Films - No cuts - Includes the director's cut with blue-gray shadow credits (125:59) and the original AIP version (118:35)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 19/04/14
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 19/06/21UPDATE LOG:
19/04/14: Initial entry.
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11/05/19: Added Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and Spain. Added Caps-a-Holic link.
12/05/19: Updated winner notes regarding audio and added a note on versions.
11/03/20: Added Kino Lorber.
05/06/20: Added the UK Powerhouse Films release.
12/06/20: Typo.
18/06/21: Dates.
19/06/21: Added DVDBeaver link and updated overall, Kino release, and title to specify its a Blu-ray page.
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