The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963)

A Glorious Saga Of The R.A.F.

My Rating		10.0
IMDb Rating		8.3 (24,426 votes) top 250: #78

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Actor

Steve McQueen	Capt. Virgil 'The Cooler King' Hilts
James Garner	Flight Lt. Bob Anthony 'The Scrounger' Hendley
Richard Attenborough	Squadron Leader Roger 'Big X' Bartlett
James Donald	Group Capt. Rupert 'The SBO' Ramsey
Charles Bronson	Flight Lt Danny 'The Tunnel King' Velinski
Donald Pleasence	Flight Lt. Colin 'The Forger' Blythe
James Coburn	Flying Officer Louis 'The Manufacturer' Sedgwick
Hannes Messemer	Col. von Luger
David McCallum	Lt. Cmdr. Eric 'Dispersal' Ashley-Pitt
Gordon Jackson	Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald
John Leyton	Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
Angus Lennie	Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"

Plot
Several hundred Allied POWs plan a mass escape from a German POW camp.

Movie Details

Director	John Sturges
Producer	John Sturges
Writer	James Clavell; W.R. Burnett
Photography	Daniel L. Fapp
Musician	Elmer Bernstein
Editing	Ferris Webster
Studio	MGM

Genre	War
Country	USA
Language	English
Movie Release Date	1963
Running Time	165 mins
Color	Color
Audience Rating	PG

Personal Details
Index	76
Collection Status	In Collection
Format	DVD
Viewing Date	2002
Purchase Date	2002
Purchase Price	69,00 zł
Condition	Excellent
Store	Allegro.pl
Seen Where	Home
Location	Birmingham
Owner	Madzia & Wojtek

Product Details
Release Date	2002
Edition	Special Edition
No. of Disks	2
Packaging	Keep Case
Region	Region 4
Screen Ratio	1.85 (16:9) Anamorphic
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
Chapters	32
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles	Croatian; Czech; Danish; English; English for the hearing impaired; Finnish; Greek; Hebrew; Hungarian; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese; Slovene; Swedish; Turkish
DVD Options	Interactive Menus Scene Selection

Extra Features

Disc #1
Audio Commentary with Cast and Crew
Trivia Track
Disc #2
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Great Escape: The Untold Story - Additional Interviews
The Great Escape: Heroes Underground
Original Documentary: A Man Called Jones...The Real Virgil Hilts
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery

Fun Stuff

Trivia: During the climatic motorcycle chase, John Sturges allowed Steve McQueen to ride (in disguise) as one of the pursuing German soldiers, so that in the final sequence, though the magic of editing, he's actually chasing himself. (more)

Goofs: Continuity: The steam engine of the passenger train with which the majority of the prisoners tries to escape is a German "Baureihe 78" (type 78) model. However, when arriving at its final destination where all passengers get off the train, the engine is a "Baureihe 64" (type 64) model (the engine of the freight train with which Sedgwick has escaped). (more)

Quotes:
POW: What the hell have you got in there, a piano?
Sedgewick: Oh, that's very funny, mate.
POW: Sedgewick, you won't get this thing through.
Sedgewick: [pulling his trunk into the tunnel] I'll cope!
(more)

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations (more)

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