Force 10 From Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone is a 1968 novel by Alistair MacLean and a 1978 war film loosely based on upon it. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (490x755, 104 KB) This image is of a movie poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (490x755, 104 KB) This image is of a movie poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Alistair Stuart MacLean (April 28, 1922 - February 2, 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote successful thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare. ... The war film is a film genre that has to do with warfare, usually focusing on naval, air, or land battles, but sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training, or other related subjects. ...

Novel

The novel is a sequel to MacLean's very popular 1957 The Guns of Navarone, but in terms of plot continuity chooses to follow the also popular 1961 film adaptation, such as including characters who were in the film but not in the book, although it dispenses with the film's major altered backstory. The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about World War II by British thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into a film in 1961. ... The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about World War II by British thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into a film in 1961. ...

The novel begins immediately after the events portrayed in The Guns of Navarone, with Captain Keith Mallory and Corporal Dusty Miller assigned on a new mission code-named "Force 10". Mallory and Miller return to Navarone to recruit their comrade Andrea Stavros (who stayed behind in the film, but not in the book). They are then joined by three young British Royal Marine Commandos, led by the brash Sergeant Reynolds, in an attempt to demolish a strategically important bridge. The British Commandos were first formed by the Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but unregimented raider force employing unconventional and irregular tactics to assault, disrupt and reconnoitre the enemy in mainland Europe and Scandinavia. ...

Film

The film is also a sequel to The Guns of Navarone, but this time the parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero, and Richard "Jaws" Kiel. Shaw's portrayal of Mallory differs from both MacLean's literary character and Gregory Peck's portrayal in Guns, being a slightly older, more thoughtful strategist rather than the almost superhuman man of action which commonly characterized MacLean's protagonists. The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about World War II by British thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into a film in 1961. ... Robert Shaw may mean: Robert Shaw (footballer) Robert Shaw (actor) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Edward Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. ... Guy Hamilton (born September 16, 1922, Paris, France) was a noted film director. ... Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Carl Weathers Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor, formerly a professional American football player. ... Barbara Bach on the cover of Playboy Barbara Bach (born August 27, 1947 in Queens, New York) is a model and actress, most known as the Bond girl from the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. ... Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Richard Kiel as Jaws from two James Bond movies, showing the characters eponymous metal teeth. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ...

In the film, Mallory and Miller are charged with identifying a spy known as "Nickolai", who appeared briefly in The Guns of Navarone. "Nickolai" is now thought to be disguised among the Yugolslavian partisans, under the guise of a Major Lescovar (Franco Nero). The hunt takes them to Yugoslavia, where they team up with "Force 10", a sabotage unit led by Lt. Colonel Barnsby (played by Harrison Ford). Stowing away is an African-American prisoner, played by Weathers. The sabotage goal is to destroy a key bridge because it is determined to be indestructable by explosives. The team instead chooses to blow up a dam which will then destory the bridge with tons of water. The film ends after the heros realize they ended up on the wrong side of the river and had no hopes of rejoining the partisans. The forest would soon be crawling with germans, and Miller didn't have any more matches (a minor comic story line). The movie fades to black as the heros begin their long journey home. Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all South Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for the three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ...

This film was not a success, neither critically nor at the box-office, and differed from the novel in almost every respect besides the name and the team's objective of blowing up a bridge.

In the years since its release, Force 10 From Navarone has consistently gained in cult popularity^{[citation needed]}, particularly due to the later superstardom of Harrison Ford. Ford later stated that making the film was a mixed experience, and he was unhappy that promised script revisions were never delivered, but he expressed great appreciation of the experience of working with Robert Shaw.

External link

• Force 10 from Navarone at the Internet Movie Database
• Movie review at Alistairmaclean.de (German)