Gold (1974) [Blu-ray]

When Roger Moore did something other than play 007 movies for laughs, he was actually a very good actor (check him out in The Sea Wolves, or Shout at the Devil). I remember this film from many years ago, and watching it again gave me a surprise as it's better than I remembered. The film has a good, if slightly predictable, storyline with a surprising amount of action. Certainly worth adding to the collection.

If you have not seen Gold then you are missing out. It's an absolute gem from 1974 with the late great Sir Roger Moore at his best. For when it was made, Gold is a full on action thriller with some fantastic set pieces and practical stunts. It's so well made and exciting all the way through. I love this film and you should too.Last week we had the bad news that Roger Moore passed on which was a blow even though he was 89 years old. I was luckily enough to have seen him in November 2015 when I went to An Audience With Roger Moore. I nearly got to speak to him but my dreams shattered when the steward with the mic got a bit muddled up with who's turn it was to speak. Oh well at least I got to see one of my hero's.So now I have paid a small tribute to Roger, I encourage you to grab a copy of Gold and sit down with a bottle of wine and have your own tribute night to the legend. RIP.

A group of high-flying businessmen plan to have 'South Africa's' largestgold mine flooded to inflate the gold prices world wide, making a financialkilling, to ensure success they have the mines chairman's son-in-law 'ManfredSteyner' in their pocket.When the mines general manager dies by accident whilst working in the mine,'Manfred' has lost his on-site puppet.'Manfred' manages to persuade father-in-law 'Hurry Hirschfeld' to appoint'Rod Slater' a young contender for the post,'Manfred' believes the cavalierattitude of the new appointment will be the ideal candidate to attributeblame to when the plan to 'blast' and flood the mine succeeds.The film builds up toward a tense and gripping conclusion.The picture quality on 'blu-ray' is superior to the DVD version, the soundhas been enhanced to a satisfactory level.The story is of corruption and greed with a total disregard for the livesthat would be lost if the plan succeeds.Enjoyable, well worth a spin.There is little in the way of additional features.....just a 'Roger Moore'documentary and trailers.

I really rather enjoyed this film. It's basically a kind of 70s-disaster-move-cum-thriller, with a dash of Bondian love scenes thrown in. No surprises there, as it stars Roger Moore, and was made by Peter Hunt and John Glen (who made about a dozen classic Bond films between them), and even has Maurice Binder doing the title sequence and a cod-ShirleyBasey theme tune! There's some splendid actors playing character parts in it too, from Sir John Gielgud, Bernard Horsefall, Tony Beckley, Simon Sabela... and a lot of lovely on-location cinematography in South Africa, and impressive practical special effects work (which I bet these days would all get done on computer and look nowhere near as real).The BluRay has pretty good picture quality (the odd bit of iffy-grading here and there, perhaps); the sound quality is adequate for the time it was made.

Returning this to Amazon. There are no subtitles anywhere on the disc. Furthermore, the quality of the blu ray transfer isn't up to standard. It's fair for a dvd, not for a bluray.

An overlooked classic in my opinion. I remember seeing this at the cinema in the 70s in a Roger Moore double bill with The Man With The Golden Gun. For many years the film has been available on various very sub-standard public domain DVDs. This Blu-ray is a revelation as the picture quality is very good for a film released over 40 years ago. The film is a well executed thriller set in South Africa and passes a very enjoyable couple of hours. Very pleased to have added this to my collection.

This is an excellent adaptation of Wilbur Smith's novel. While some interesting characters were lost, a main theme remained. I worked for a time at the mine where the movie was shot, and know the man who was the underground manager at the time. He confirmed that the portrayal of the relationship between Big King and Rodney Slater was realistically played and presented. Men at the mine remembered the tumbling of the Rolls down the slope.For its time, the special effects are really good. Portrayal of some of south Africa's country, particularly the Blyde River Canyon is but a glimpse of this magnificent land.

I finally get a fully restored version after how many years?? Got to see this movie at the drake cinema Plymouth in 1974, same year Moore starred in the man with the golden gun (bliss!). Dad managed to get hold of a nice brochure (type programme) of the movie? Those were the days! Anyway enough reminiscence. Nice transfer to blu ray, with an equally good roger Moore doc plus the film trailer. Go get a copy.