The Great Escape (DVD 2000)

The Great Escape, one of the most famous war-films of all time. One of the regular films which is shown year-in-year-out on the TV at Christmas time.
Directed and Produced by John Sturgess in 1963, based on a true story by Paul Brickhill. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and James Coburn.
The film is an account of the mass escape of 76 prisoners from a POW camp, and of what happens to the major characters of the film thereafter. 50 of the escapees were killed and 12 were recaptured.
Steve McQueen is excellent in the starring role of a captured US airman, but it is Donald Pleasence who provides the sentiment as an ageing POW who is the camp forger but who is quickly losing his eyesight.
The final scenes are tense and tragic (not often the good guy loses!) and the attempt to escape over the border by Steve Mcqueen on board a motorcycle must go down in cineamatic history.
If there is a negative to the film, maybe it is a little too long at nearly 3 hours running time, but at least with a video or dvd you can pause and go and make a cup of tea.
My verdict is to get this classic film and it is a must have to keep it in your collection.

This is for me the best POW film ever. Set in Germany in WW2, Allied prisoners are expected to escape and the germans are supposed to keep them locked up.

Steve McQueen and his motorbike sequences are well worthy of a place in this film which also highlights the Gestapo massacre of 50 recaptured prisoners.

This film has so many stars it is simple one of the best made and a reflection on the quality that over 25 years on it still is remembered as The best Prisoner of War film ever

The Great Escape is a popular family film from 1963. Its is a war film about 250 Allied P.O.W's escaping from a German POW camp during World War Two.

The flm has an allstar cast starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson and David McCallum.

The theme tune is also unmistakable.

A great family film, with good extras on the dvd, inluding trailer and documentray

I've seen this film dozens of times and know it off by heart. It's based on true events and people but all the names have been changed. As with war films of that era, the Germans are shown as being either bastards or just stupid, or both. They don't make films like this any more, and it's a pity as far as I'm concerned. It might seem a bit corny by toaday's standards but that's the way I like it.

I never get tired of watching this film, I classify it as a 'Classic' not only because of the story line but for the amount of great actors present in the film trying to outdo each others acting ability. To try to put a film like this together nowadays the cost would be astronomical and the subtlety of desperation, anger, hopelessness, responsibility and friendship would be lost. I find each time I watch the film I feel my eyes filling up and yet still see the determination of escape there in a smile. I would recommend this film to anyone.

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Best war fim. Ever. Fact. A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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this is a clasic. the film is soooo good. if anyone havnt watched it u have to. its a old film but people still watch it now

i bought it because it is a classic film and i love the film steve mcqueen is brillant in it and i love all the action in it it is a must have film i recomend it to anyone

really great film best bit is when steve mcqueen runs away from the enemy on the motorbike its set in 1943 the germans opened stalag luft north a maximam security prisnor of war camp desighned to hold even the craftiest escape artists in doing so however the nazis unwittingly assemebled the finest escape team in military history brilliantly portrayed here by steve mcqueen james gardner charles bronson and james coburn. great film well recomended aaaaaa***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

One of the top 5 films ever made. A true classic, they certainly do'nt make films like this any more. A brillant cast of actors, imagine the cost now of trying to get this many top actors in one film. Steve McQueen best film.

The Great Escape is the type of film that you can watch, put away and watch again, without losing any of its interest. It's full of fantastic actors: Steve McQueen, Gordon Jackson, Donald Pleasance, Richard Attenborough, David McCallum etc. Always a favourite at Christmas or any other time for that matter.