WW II 60th Anniversary Commemorative Box Set 2 (Full Frame)

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"WWII 60th Anniversary Commemorative Box Set 2" contains "The Guns Of Navarone, "From Here To Eternity," "The Bridge On The River Kwai" and "The Fighting Leathernecks Of WWII." "The Guns Of Navarone" - Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs 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. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman ("High Noon," "The Bridge On The River Kwai") was determined to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most of the 50's working in anonymity. To accomplish this, he decided to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, "The Guns Of Navarone," to the screen. Supported by an all-star cast and produced on a grand scale, the film was an enormous success, receiving seven 1961 Academy Award(R) nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. Although Foreman achieved his goal, it was MacLean who would wind up the true beneficiary; his novels became the source for many high adventure screen epics, including "Ice Station Zebra" and "Where Eagles Dare." However, it is "The Guns Of Navarone" that remains not only the best of the MacLean adaptations, but one of the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced. "From Here To Eternity" - In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair. Each of their lives will be changed when their stories culminate in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.