Disc 1. The Film:
"The real glory of war," Samuel Fuller said, "is surviving." A decorated combatant with the famed U.S. First Infantry in WWII, Fuller survived. His 1980 film version of his war experiences did not until now. Working with 70,000 feet of vault materials and Fuller´s shooting script, critic/filmmaker Richard Schickel heads a reconstruction that adds over 40 minutes and transforms a truncated but admired war film into an epic masterwork. Lee Marvin, in a richly layered performance now revealed as one of his finest, stars as the sergeant of peach-fuzzed riflemen fighting from North Africa to Normandy and across Europe. The film is the squad´s combat diary, war as it´s fought and sweated and bled, and, maybe, survived..
Disc 2. Extras:
- Documentaries:
- The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big One
- Profile: The Men Who Make the Movies: Samuel Fuller
- Anatomy of a Scene: Watch the director at work and examine the before/after restoration comparisons
- Deleted scenes
- War department film: The Fighting First
- 1980 promo reel
Photo galleries- Trailer
Includes 47 minutes of added footage