Richard Lester’s Juggernaut Getting Eureka Classics Re-release

The edge-of-the-seat shipboard thriller Juggernaut starring Richard Harris is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary. Eureka Entertainment in November will release the film on Blu-ray for the first time in high definition as  part of the Eureka Classics range.

Featuring an all-star ensemble cast in Richard Harris (The Guns of Navarone), Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), Ian Holm (Chariots of Fire), David Hemmings (The Charge of the Light Brigade) and Shirley Knight (The Counterfeit Killer),  and directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night).

In Juggernaut, the cruise liner SS Britannic is travelling through the North Atlantic with over a thousand passengers on board. As the vessel drifts through the vast ocean, its owner – Nicholas Porter (Holm) – receives a call from a man who identifies himself only as “Juggernaut.” The ominous voice on the telephone informs Porter that there are explosives planted aboard the Britannic, and that he will sink the ship at dawn unless a hefty ransom is paid. A race against time then begins as Captain Alex Brunel (Sharif), Royal Navy officer Anthony Fallon (Harris) and police superintendent John McLeod (Hopkins) work together across land and sea in a desperate attempt to avert certain disaster and secure the safety of the ship’s passengers.

Inspired by a real-life bomb threat against the Queen Elizabeth 2 on 17 May 1972 and drawing on a popular taste in the 1970s for taut crime thrillers and disaster movies, Juggernaut is one of the most entertaining and suspenseful British films of the decade.

Eureka Entertainment have released a Trailer to promote this release, check it out…

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES*:
Limited edition of 2000 copies only | Limited edition O-card slipcase | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray | Optional English subtitles | Brand new audio commentary with British cinema expert Melanie Williams | All Hands on Deck – Brand new interview with film historian Neil Sinyard, author of The Films of Richard Lester | Down with the Ship – Brand new interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on Juggernaut and the disaster film | Trailer | PLUS: A Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Juggernaut by British film scholar Laura Mayne

UK |1974 |PG | 110 MINS | 1.85:1 OAR | CRIME/THRILLER | ENGLISH | COLOUR

Order your copy of the film in the UK & Ireland from Eureka Video Store. Juggernaut will be released on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment as part of their Eureka Classics range from 18th November.