The Wild Geese (30th Anniversary Edition) | 
| Actor: Richard Burton; Sir Roger Moore; Richard Harris; Hardy Kruger
Studio: Tango Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 3158
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TNGDTE1016D
ISBN: 1598370243
UPC: 844628010160
EAN: 9781598370249
ASIN: B0009UVCQW
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1978
Release Date: September 27, 2005
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Studio: Tango Entertainment Inc Release Date: 09/27/2005
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Mixing action, humor, sentiment, and even a few righteous moral convictions, The Wild Geese is good, rousing fun. Released theatrically in 1978 (oddly, this 2005 DVD release is referred to as the "30th Anniversary Edition"), director Andrew V. McLaglen's film depicts the adventures of a group of British mercenaries hired by a shady multinational corporation to free the benevolent leader of an African nation held captive by a ruthless dictator. Led by the caustic, no-nonsense Col. Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), these soldiers of fortune are all stout fellows out to earn a big payday and restore a good man to his rightful place of power (the underlying message of universal racial brotherhood is effective, if somewhat simplistic), and they do their job swiftly and efficiently... at least until they're double-crossed by their venal, perfidious employers, at which point the film becomes a tale of survival and revenge. The cast, which also includes Richard Harris, Roger Moore, and a host of other fine veteran actors, is first-rate, the story-telling efficient, the dialogue entertaining (with occasional bursts of profanity), and the action reasonably exciting and not overly graphic. And even if the pace is somewhat leisurely by new millennium standards (we're nearly an hour into it before the actual mission starts), The Wild Geese is a very enjoyable ride. Bonus features include a profile of producer Euan Lloyd and commentary by Lloyd, Moore, and journalist Jonathan Sothcott. --Sam Graham
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 A vintage corker June 18, 2009
Matthew Watters (Vietnam)
The first thing I did when I got ahold of this 'special edition' DVD was watch the Movietone News footage of the original London premiere. Has-been British movie stars in 1970s fashions meeting the Duchess of Kent in a benefit for the "Stars Organisation for Spastics" or "SOS". Hilarious! But then I watched the film again ... and talk about improving with age! When I first saw this movie in the cinemas as a high school student back in 1978, it just seemed stodgy and unbelievable. Richard Burton looked stiff and out-of-it; Richard Harris was in this syrupy relationship with his tousled-haired son; and all that racial harmony stuff just seemed ridiculous. But thirty years later, Burton suddenly seems spot-on as an alcholic, nearly has-been mercenary; Harris' performance seems like the emotional heart of the picture; and the talk of harmony (between white and black Africans but also between blacks themselves) suddenly seems prescient in light of subsequent history. I guess that Wild Geese is an old movie for old men. As the accompanying documentary features make clear, it was a producer's film, not a director's film. There's no auteurism in evidence, no visual style. Just a solid story played out by a cast of old pros. Even the somewhat awkward action sequences now ring true, like just the sort of small-scale chaos a handful of grizzled mercenaries might be able to drum up in the bush. I didn't buy it then, but I do now.
 A still ongoing part of post colonial African history April 5, 2009
Peter H. Yarusewicz (Rockville, CT, United States)
The Wild Geese is a good movie in the style of Dogs of War, Tears of the Sun and many of Freddy Forsyth's novels. It paints a pretty fair picture of many of the growing pains of post colonial black africa wrapped up in the guise of a shoot 'em up war movie. The cast is superb and the story line while a little predictable and formulaic still makes a good pic to watch on a rainy afternoon.
The understory is still going on. Just look to Sierra Leone, Rwanda and a number of other countries in sub-sahara Africa and you'll see what I mean. For a movie as old as it is, it still tells a timely tale.
Burton at his best March 22, 2009
Duane L. Deckert (Clark Fork , Idaho)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Burton displays all of his greatness in this movie!The only thing it lacks,even as a cameo appearance would be Elizabeth.
The Wild Geese March 19, 2009
Lyle A. Alfonso (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A classic 70's Mercenary film with a great cast!. The cast includes Richard Burton, Roger Moore & Richard Harris.
 Adventure March 12, 2009
Raymond D. Grosser (Eubank KY)
This tale is woven from some real charactors who have worked as mercenaries in Africa. I am a former SF Paratrooper and I have known some people who were very much like these charactors in this DVD so it rings true, for me at least. Still it is fictional but entertaining. I enjoyed it.
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