JUGGERNAUT (aka TERROR ON THE BRITANNIC) (Eureka Classics) Standard Edition Blu-ray

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), Juggernaut is an unrelentingly tense suspense thriller directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night).

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 Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a high-definition restoration.

STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• 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

PRESS

“tough, forthright, well-made action thriller which holds together tremendously well…Juggernaut now has an almost gritty social-realist look.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

“streets ahead of your average disaster movie, with dialogue from Alan Plater lending the script some depth” – The Times

“a penetrating and sardonic commentary on a fading and troubled Britain, neatly characterised by the lumberingly chaotic ocean liner, 'The Britannic'… The pace of the thriller aspect is unflagging… Without a doubt, one of the best movies of 1974.” – Time Out