HELLFIGHTERS - BD

(Andrew V McLaglen, 1968, 121 mins)
Release date: 23 June 2025
Standard Edition Blu-ray

In Hellfighters, the legendary embodiment of no-nonsense stoicism, John Wayne, plays heroic firefighter Chance Buckman who combats oil-field blazes across the world. Based on the exploits of Red Adair (who acted as technical adviser on the film), this explosive actioner is directed with solid efficiency by Andrew V McLaglen (The Wild Geese, North Sea Hijack).

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
  
• Original 6-track sound mix presented as 5.1 surround audio
  
• Optional stereo audio
  
• Audio commentary with film historians C Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke (2021)
  
• The BFI Interview with Andrew V McLaglen (1999, 61 mins): archival audio recording of the director in conversation with David Lewin at the National Film Theatre, London
  
• The Director and the Duke (2009, 4 mins): McLaglen discusses his partnership with John Wayne
  
• Audio interview with Edward Faulkner (2021, 21 mins): the stalwart character actor reminisces with C Courtney Joyner
  
• The Rare Breed (2021, 29 mins): career-spanning appraisal of McLaglen by film archivist Tom Vincent
  
• Super 8 version: original cut-down home-cinema presentation
  
• Desert Inferno (1962, 2 mins): newsreel capturing famed firefighter Red Adair extinguishing blazes in the Sahara
  
• News report from Ekofisk oil field (1977, 2 mins): Adair tackles a conflagration on a North Sea oil rig
  
• Original theatrical trailer
  
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924947