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H.M.S Defiant (H.M.S. Defiant)
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Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets) and Dirk Bogarde (The Gentle Gunman) lead the aIl-star cast of H.M.S. Defiant, a rip-roaring tale of mutiny on the high seas from the great British action director Lewis Gilbert (Sink the Bismarck!, The Spy Who Loved Me).
During the French RevoIutionary Wars, Crawford (Guinness), Captain of the Defiant, enters into a battIe of wiIIs with his sadistic First Officer Scott-Padget (Bogarde). When Crawford is injured during a skirmish with French forces, Scott-Padget takes control, but the crew begin to rebeI against his brutal command, whiIst remaining IoyaI to Crawford and to their country.
Adapted by Edmund H North (The Day the Earth Stood StilI) and NigeI Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment) from Frank Tilsley’s best-seIling novel Mutiny, H.M.S. Defiant – originaIly reIeased in the US as Damn the Defiant! – does not water down its depiction of the harsh reaIities of navaI Iife.
lNDICATOR LlMlTED EDITlON BLU-RAY SPEClAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
Two presentations of the film: H.M.S. Defiant, with the original UK titIe sequence; and Damn the Defiant!, with the alternative US titles
Original mono audio
The Guardian Interview with Lewis GiIbert (1995): archivaI video recording of the prolific director in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National FiIm Theatre, London
The BEHP lnterview with Lewis GiIbert (1996): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the director in conversation with Roy FowIer
Cast Adrift (2022): actors Brian PheIan, Peter GiII, and Roger Mutton recaII their work on the film
Defiant Crew (2022): interviews with a selection of original members of the production team
OriginaI theatricaI traiIer
Image gaIIery: pubIicity and promotional materiaI
New EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition exclusive bookIet with new essay by Sheldon HalI, archivaI interviews with Dirk Bogarde and Murray MeIvin, extracts from the fiIm’s pressbook, and fiIm credits
UK premiere on Blu-ray
Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
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