Wild Geese | | Cast : | Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger | | Director : | Andrew V. McLaglen | | Studio : | Goldhil Home Media I | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | November 11, 1978 | | DVD Released Date : | September 27, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | all of the geese or part of the geese | Content
 | is this 30th anv dvd WIDESCREEN or pan and scan??? saw this in theater years ago and its really good. want to see all the geese in widescreen, not part of the geese in pan and scan. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 10, 2005 | | Summary | Longish, but great fun and action packed... | Content
| Just curious, though, how you release a 30th anniversary edition of a 1978 motion picture in 2005. Must have missed that math class... |
| Rating | | | Date | August 10, 2005 | | Summary | Sorry Wrong Format! | Content
| Great movie .... when's it comming out in PAL format for Australia ? .... ya can't play NTSC movies in Australia!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | One of the Quintessential Guy Movies | Content
| This 1978 film about a group of British mercenaries in Africa is still one of my favorites. It has a great (and admittedly aging)cast that includes Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, and Hardy Krueger. At times it stretches credibility to believe that these guys still have it, but this is such an enjoyable adventure movie that you don't care. This may well be one of the quintessential guy movies of all time. Somehow it brings out the big boy in all of us. Who doesn't, somewhere deep down in their soul, long to take off, leave everything behind, and take off on a dangerous adventure with a bunch of really cool people as your traveling companions? Perhaps that's something that's been lost in the modern world, but you can recapture it in this movie. The opening song by Joan Armatrading is great, and Andrew V. McLaglen (Victor's son) does a competent job of directing. I can't wait for this to come out on DVD! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 27, 2005 | | Summary | Tremendous (though not perfect) film on a neglected subject | Content
| I have to give this movie 5 stars, simply because serious mercenary movies are so rare. I know you can rent the straight-to-video dreck, but it's all just cheap, cheezy junk. There's also Dark of the Sun (just so-so) and The Dogs of War (better, but to me, rather lacking in action). The Wild Geese isn't without faults, but it's still just great.
I remember reading critiques of The Wild Geese in Soldier of Fortune magazine when the movie first came out, supposedly by those who had actually "been there". Their criticisms were in some cases valid, and are echoed in some reviews here: gasoline explosions, stuntmen blown sky-high by grenades, etc. But stil. . .still. . it's a great adventure movie! I particularly like how some shots give you a birdseye view of the battlefield in the bush; you can actually see how the fighting is taking shape. This sort of eye to detail is very rare in filmed fighting.
NOTE: There are DVDs available on eBay that are Region 1. I think they may be Region 1 copies of the Region 2 release, but that's only a guess. So far I've refrained, because one, I don't want to support pirating of any kind, and two, I'm afraid the quality will be cruddy.
But in truth, I'm weakening. Reading the reviews here have reminded me of how great an action movie this is. Has anyone else got one of the eBay discs?
UPDATE: I succumbed! I bought a DVD off eBay. Will submit a further update when I receive and watch it. |
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