The Epic of Everest - BLU-RAY

From Sergio Leone, the acclaimed director of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West comes his final western a relentlessly entertaining film that teams an Irish explosives specialist with a Mexican peasant-turned-revolutionary leader with thunderously explosive results. Starring acting giants Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night) as Juan Miranda, a cigar-chomping, salt-of-the-earth peasant with a Robin Hood heart and James Coburn (Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round) as John Mallory, a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary who has fled to Mexico to practice his skills. Together, they're a devilishly volatile mix of anti-establishment philosophies and violent tendencies as they attempt to liberate political prisoners, defend their compatriots against a well-equipped militia, and risk their lives on a train filled with explosives. Featuring a haunting and rousing score by iconic composer Ennio Morricone (Death Rides a Horse, Navajo Joe).

Three-disc set includes The Unknown Terror (1957)When an explorer went missing deep in Mexico, his worried family mounted an expedition to find him. Their journey brought them to a location that the skittish townsfolk deemed the InchCave of DeathInch-and they'd discover it was aptly named, as a mad researcher (Gerald Milton) used it to house a foamy fungus that turned all it touched into moldy man-beasts. Long-sought fantasy-frightener co-stars Mala Powers, John Howard, Paul Richard, May Wynn. 77 min. BW/Rtg NR The Colossus Of New York (1958)After a brilliant researcher is killed in an accident, the man's surgeon father and robotics expert brother transplant his brain into the body of a giant robot. Suddenly returned to life as the Colossus Robot, the dead man finds himself missing his wife and child and resenting his family's nature-defying actions. Quicker than you can say InchFrankenstein's monsterInch he begins a rampage of terror. Thrilling sci-fi tale stars John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger, Ross Martin. 70 min. BW/Rtg NR Destination Inner Space (1966)In the ocean it's a little more difficult for someone to hear you scream, as the staff of an underwater research lab learns after discovering the wreckage of an alien craft on the sea floor. The ship contains a pod which grows into a savage aquatic creature that must be stopped before it's too late. Deep-six sci-fi shocker stars Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North. 83 min. C/Rtg NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

The Longest Day is a re creation of the D-Day invasion. Whenever possible, the original locations were utilized, and an all star international cast impersonates the people involved, from high ranking officials to ordinary GIs. Each actor speaks in his or her native language with subtitles translating for the benefit of the audience (alternate 'takes' were made of each scene with the foreign actors speaking English, but these were seen only during the first network telecast of the film in 1972). The stars are listed alphabetically, with the exception of John Wayne, who as Lt. Colonel Vandervoort gets separate billing. Others in the huge cast include Eddie Albert, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger and Robert Wagner. Paul Anka, who wrote the film's title song, shows up as an Army private. Scenes include the Allies parachuting into Ste. Mere Englise, where the paratroopers were mowed down by German bullets; a real life sequence wherein the German and Allied troops unwittingly march side by side in the dark of night; and a spectacular three minute overhead shot of the troops fighting and dying in the streets of Quistreham. The last major black and white road show attraction.