Severin Films are known for the super deluxe 4k and Blu-ray releases. And recently Severin Films announced the Worldwide UHD Premiere of Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1978 British action classic The Wild Geese.
This new release features a transfer from a brand-new 4K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative is set to premiere – in its first ever theatrical re-issue – in UK cinemas on 14 November 2025, with the stunning Ultimate Collector’s Edition UHD/BD/CD Box Set release to follow on 8 December 2025, alongside other formats, listed below.
Synopsis: A British banker hires a former British Army colonel turned mercenary to parachute into Africa with his team and rescue a deposed president of a southern African nation from the hands of a corrupt dictator.
The film stars screen legends Richard Burton (Where Eagles Dare), Roger Moore (Live and Let Die) and Richard Harris (A Man Called Horse), and are joined by Hardy Krüger (A Bridge Too Far) and Stewart Granger (King Solomon's Mines).
THE WILD GEESE Limited Edition UHD / BD / CD Special Features:
3-DISC LIMITED EDITION (UHD / BD / CD):
• EXCLUSIVE: FIFTY MEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: A 316pp Full-Colour Hardbound Book on the Making of THE WILD GEESE by Tony Earnshaw
• EXCLUSIVE: CD Original Soundtrack of THE WILD GEESE by Roy Budd
• EXCLUSIVE: 6 x Original UK Lobby Card Reproductions
DISC 1 (UHD):
• NEW! Audio Commentary with action film experts, Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• NEW! Audio Commentary with assembly editor John Grover and Film Academic and South African Historian Calum Waddell
• Archival Audio Commentary with producer Euan Lloyd, star Roger Moore, second unit director John Glen, Moderated by filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott
• Theatrical Trailer *
DISC 2 (Blu-ray):
• NEW! Jesse, Take Point! – Interview with actor John Kani (Sgt. Jesse Blake)
• NEW! Wild Child – Interview with actor Paul Spurrier (Emile Janders)
• NEW! Wild Goose Chase – Interview with 2nd unit director / editor John Glen
• NEW! Flight of Fancy – Interview with sound editor Colin Miller
• The Wild Geese Director – Interview with director Andrew V. McLaglen
• The Mercenary – Interview with military advisor Mike Hoare
• The Last of the Gentleman Producers – Documentary on producer Euan Lloyd featuring Euan Lloyd, Roger Moore, Joan Armatrading, Ingrid Pitt & more
• The Flight of the Wild Geese – Vintage Featurette
• THE WILD GEESE Royal Charity Premiere Newsreel
DISC 3 (CD):
• THE WILD GEESE Original Soundtrack
* Also Included on Blu-ray Feature Specs for THE WILD GEESE Limited Edition UHD / BD / CD:
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital / English Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH
• Runtime: 129 mins
• Region: Region Free
If you would like to pre-order your copy of the 1970s action classic head over to Severin Films and order your copy today!
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