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Scorned by reviewers when it came out, Where Eagles Dare has acquired a cult following over the years for its unashamed and highly concentrated dose of commando death-dealing to legions of Nazi machine-gun fodder. In 1968 Clint Eastwood was just getting used to the notion that he might be a world-class movie star; Richard Burton, whose image had been shaped equally by classical theatre and his headline-making romance with Elizabeth Taylor, was eager to try his hand at the action genre. Author Alistair MacLean's novel The Guns of Navarone had inspired the film that started the 1960s vogue for World War II military capers, so he was prevailed upon to write the screenplay (his first). The central location, an impregnable Alpine stronghold locked in ice and snow, is surpassing cool, but the plot and action are ultra-mechanical, and the switcheroo gamesmanship of just who is the undercover double (triple?) agent on the mission becomes aggressively silly. --Richard T Jameson
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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I cannot see that the June 2010 Blu Ray is any better than the dvd version. In cases it is very dark and doesn't seem as good as the DVD! I think the same print must have been used and no effort seems to have been made to remaster or clean up. What a shame. Where Eagles Dare is one of my favourite WW2 films. Why issue this?
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This Blu-Ray print has the poorest picture quality I have ever seen on Blu-Ray, washed out colours and low contrast. The recent (not necessarily the current) versions on DVD have far superior picture quality i.e. better colour rendition and contrast.
88 of 90 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
If the transfer of this film was a showcase for Blu Ray no one would buy any. Having seen this film in 70mm years ago I know what quality is possible and this disc falls well short of that. So if you already own the DVD - save your money - as this disc will not enhance your enjoyment, in fact I think it's worse. Maybe next time the studio will get it right and even put the intermission back in.
Basically this is a five star movie on a one star disc which for me dispels the idea that a Blu Ray disc, by implication, is better quality.
Basically this is a five star movie on a one star disc which for me dispels the idea that a Blu Ray disc, by implication, is better quality.
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One of my favourite films....
...even though it is slightly bonkers. The Commandos are way too old, the SS guy's uniform is wrong (Sorry I'm sad and know about these things)and the enemy are almost... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Barry Wom
Burton and Eastwood : the perfect match
Never mind that the plot has more twists than a corkscrew and more holes in it than a collinder, "Where Eagles Dare" is perfect Sunday afternoon entertainment. Read more
Published 25 days ago by christopher grant
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Commandos, posing as German soldiers, parachute into a small mountainside town to rescue a supposed allied general from a Nazi hideaway fortress that can only be... Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. F. husseiny
Classic WW2 film
I love this film well directed good story and great acting the film just stretches through time. If you ever get the chance go to Castle Hohenwerfern it is just as it is in the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ulsterman61
Where Eagles Dare
This is an old film, but is still exciting and compulsive viewing. Richard Burton and a very young Clint Eastwood head the all star cast in a bid to gain access to Schloss Adler, a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. A. Shorter
The closest Richard Burton got to being James Bond....
This must remain one the most reliably comforting bloke's movies, ever! You don't have to think, but you could if you wanted to. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tim Kidner
Eastwood - Bourne for WWII
Just dive in and watch the Guns of Navarone replayed in Austria.
The action is great - Burton and the brit character actors give Mr Eastwood a good run - and those SS boys? Read more
The action is great - Burton and the brit character actors give Mr Eastwood a good run - and those SS boys? Read more
Published 2 months ago by Man from poundstretcher
where eagles dare blu ray
i have always loved where eagles dare its my favorite war film and always wanted it to come out on blu ray. Read more
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