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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: GREAT ESCAPE
EAN: 9780792860440
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792860446
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 18, 2004
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 4908
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 04, 1963
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The true story of 76 allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: GREAT ESCAPE
Title: GREAT ESCAPE
Street Release Date: 05/18/2004
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Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
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A stirring example of courage and the indomitable human spirit, for many John Sturges's The Great Escape is both the definitive World War II drama and the nonpareil prison escape movie. Featuring an unequalled ensemble cast in a rivetingly authentic true-life scenario set to Elmer Bernstein's admirable music, this picture is both a template for subsequent action-adventure movies and one of the last glories of Golden Age Hollywood. Reunited with the director who made him a star in The Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen gives a career-defining performance as the laconic Hilts, the baseball-loving, motorbike-riding "Cooler King." The rest of the all-male Anglo-American cast--Dickie Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, James Garner, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, James Coburn, and Gordon Jackson--make the most of their meaty roles (though you have to forgive Coburn his Australian accent). Closely based on Paul Brickhill's book, the various escape attempts, scrounging, forging, and ferreting activities are authentically realized thanks also to technical advisor Wally Flood, one of the original tunnel-digging POWs. Sturges orchestrates the climax with total conviction, giving us both high action and very poignant human drama. Without trivializing the grim reality, The Great Escape thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight. --Mark Walker
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I've read the Brickhill book which formed the basis of this film. It was an excellent book but the film itself really captured the amazing spirit of the Allies in this world conflict. John Sturges does an amazing job in terms of the character development, pacing, action and more. This is an essential World War II film for any moviegoer and especially for a WW2 junkie. This movie defined the Prison escape film.
The ensemble cast with the engimatic McQueen, the stalwart James ... Read More
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I shant talk too much about plot and story in this review as detailed explanations and discussions on both are readily available. I shall instead be concentrating on the feel of the film and this particular release.
John Sturges set out to make as realistic and true a portrayal of the largest escape attempt during WWII with "The Great Escape" as possible, so he drafted one of the actual tunneling POW's from Stalag Luft III as a technical advisor, shot entirely on location in Germany, ... Read More
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A FAVORITE MOVIE OF MINE FOR YEARS AND I GOT THIS DVD FOR MY HUSBAND FOR FATHER'S DAY. IT IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES ALSO.
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"The Great Escape" is more than just a symbolic film about those needing to break the boundaries that surround them, but instead a pure example of how big-name stars can work together, share screen time, and build individual characters without getting in each others way. Before "Ocean's 11" (either Sinatra or Clooney), there was "The Great Escape", a film that felt as if we had been searching through our drawer of albums looking for a melody from a few favorites. "The Great Escape" felt like a reuniting ... Read More
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This movie is full of stars who use nothing but great acting to show what went into the greatest escape attempt by any group in WWII. It is a bit long, but it is worth it.
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