The Great Escape (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD)
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 12, 2020
- Originally Released: 1963
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steve McQueen & James Garner | |
Performer: | James Coburn, John Leyton, James Donald, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, Angus Lennie, Richard Attenborough, David McCallum & Jud Taylor | |
Directed by | John Sturges | |
Edited by | Ferris Webster | |
Screenwriting by | W.R. Burnett & James Clavell | |
Composition by | Elmer Bernstein | |
Produced by | John Sturges | |
Director of Photography: | Daniel L. Fapp |
Entertainment Reviews:
For all its missteps, when it comes to escapism, intrigue, and indulgence, you could do a whole lot worse than The Great Escape. Just watch it with an open eye.
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Chicago Reader
Way too flabby at 168 minutes, but once this 1963 feature gets going it's good, solid stuff.
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Chicago Reader
This is one of the all-time great war movies, a PoW adventure from director John Sturges that celebrates the indomitable spirit of the Allied forces even when their backs were to the wall.
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Radio Times
Worth seeing the last half hour, if nothing else, for one of the best stunt sequences in years: McQueen's motor-cycle bid for freedom.
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Time Out
This is a Boys' Own Tale, and, as boys, we wanted it, cleansed of horrors, for ourselves.
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New Yorker
Producer-director John Sturges has fashioned a motion picture that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs.
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Variety
...THE GREAT ESCAPE is the finest, all-out entertaining movie from that pot of World War Two, multi-star films... -- 4 out of 5 stars
Total Film
Product Description:
John Sturges's dramatization of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944 is arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made. A host of big-name stars meshes beautifully in this meticulous recreation of the legendary escape. Although this is a film about courage, Sturges wisely takes a low-key approach, leavened with humor, rather than allowing the cast to indulge in macho antics.
The German high command has filtered out all of the allies' most talented escape artists and placed them in a POW camp specifically designed to foil any unwanted departures. But as soon as they arrive, the prisoners, led by Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts, begin work on a series of tunnels under the direction of Roger "Big X" Bartlett (Richard Attenborough). He assigns the POWs to jobs according to their specialties. For more than a year, 600 prisoners, most of whom won't be leaving, work toward an escape that will temporarily disrupt the operations of the German army. THE GREAT ESCAPE, based on the book by Paul Brickhill, featuring many key scenes (McQueen's motorcycle chase, McQueen tossing the baseball against the cell wall, Bronson sliding on his chest in the tunnel) that are simply unforgettable.
The German high command has filtered out all of the allies' most talented escape artists and placed them in a POW camp specifically designed to foil any unwanted departures. But as soon as they arrive, the prisoners, led by Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts, begin work on a series of tunnels under the direction of Roger "Big X" Bartlett (Richard Attenborough). He assigns the POWs to jobs according to their specialties. For more than a year, 600 prisoners, most of whom won't be leaving, work toward an escape that will temporarily disrupt the operations of the German army. THE GREAT ESCAPE, based on the book by Paul Brickhill, featuring many key scenes (McQueen's motorcycle chase, McQueen tossing the baseball against the cell wall, Bronson sliding on his chest in the tunnel) that are simply unforgettable.
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