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In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft North a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed tohold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military historybrilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen James Garner Charles Bronson and James Coburnwho worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar) and com
In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft North a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed tohold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military historybrilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen James Garner Charles Bronson and James Coburnwho worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar) and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story The Great Escape is epic entertainment that "entertainscaptivates thrills and stirs" (Variety).System Requirements:Running Time: 168 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 027616918970 Manufacturer No: M101344
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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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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 24 April 2007
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0027616918970 UPC: 027616918970
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