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The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set) (1963)

Steve McQueen , James Garner , John Sturges  |  Unrated |  DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (334 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence
  • Directors: John Sturges
  • Writers: James Clavell, Paul Brickhill, W.R. Burnett
  • Producers: John Sturges, James Clavell, Walter Mirisch
  • Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004
  • Run Time: 172 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (334 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001GF2EM
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,407 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • New high-definition transfer
  • New English 5.1 audio
  • "The Great Escape: The Untold Story" featurette
  • "The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones" documentary
  • Five featurettes: Return to The Great Escape, Preparations for Freedom, A Standing Ovation, Bringing Fact to Fiction, The Flight to Freedom
  • Trivia track
  • Photo gallery

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Great Escape image of Steve McQueen (as "The Cooler King") astride his motorcycle has entered silver-screen iconography, alongside Brando on his bike from The Wild One. Based on a true story about a group of POWs who mount a daring breakout from a supposedly inescapable Nazi prison camp, this rousing and suspenseful WWII epic features an all-star cast, including James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and David McCallum. --Jim Emerson

Product Description

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 "entertains,captivates, thrills and stirs" (Variety).

Customer Reviews

In fact it is one of the best war film and best films ever made. William R. Sample  |  61 reviewers made a similar statement
Just a great action movie. Dragonize97  |  46 reviewers made a similar statement
Awesome spectacular thriller based on a true escape from a German prisoner war of camp. Kerry O. Burns  |  36 reviewers made a similar statement
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148 of 157 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Where Was This Film On The AFI List? April 28, 2000
Format:DVD
The Great Escape certainly didn't get its due when it was released -- it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, Director or any of the Acting awards. In fact, it was only nominated for Film Editing! It seems, however, that the film doesn't even get its proper due today as it was not on the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Film list despite its large following.

The Great Escape is certainly one of the most memorable films I've ever seen. The cast includes the late great Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough (Director of Gandhi), Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Donald (Bridge on the River Kwai), Donald Pleasance and David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.). McQueen's performance is riveting and makes the viewer miss him all the more. Garner, who actually was a "Scrounger" during the Korean War, is terrific. It's also particularly nice to see a performance as a good guy from Pleasance and as a human being by Bronson (sorry, but Bronson truly wasted his talent in the Death Wish movies). And in an era when studios tried to substitute backlot sets for on location filming, the POW camp, which was built on location in Germany, looks completely authentic and makes the audience sympathize with the prisoners' plight even more. The DVD heightens the experience by presenting the film letterboxed in clear, vibrant colors. In addition, the DVD edition includes a documentary on both the real story and the making of the film. This film is a classic and the DVD edition does it great justice and makes you realize what a mistake the AFI made by excluding it from its list.

Here's to "the fifty."

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56 of 59 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Rip Roaring Entertainment That Holds The Test Of Time January 11, 1999
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I saw The Great Escape in the fall of 1963 when I was 8 years old. In my hometown during those days moviegoing was a family affair-- wear nice slacks and shirt etc. Seeing this grand movie with the macho stars on a big screen with booming sound made quite an impression on me. Steve McQueen was simply the "King Of Cool" and he became my favorite film star.

This movie has transcended generations -- my 18 year old son recently viewed it and he was totally engrossed in this fantastic true story of men seeking freedom under the most desperate circumstances. He agreed with me that "they don't make em like they used to" and that most of the films today can't hold a candle to The Great Escape.

The DVD is superb -- the color and picture quality is first rate -- looks just like when I saw it in the fall of 1963 at the old Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY. The featurette on the making of The Great Escape is a nice feature that I never saw before.

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good performances, very interesting and entertaining September 18, 2001
Format:DVD
This is one of the all-time classic war movies. The story of how the Nazis put "all the bad eggs in one basket": they built a special camp in which they incarcerated the Allied pilots shot down over occupied Europe who had made escape attempts from other camps. Filmed on location in Germany (although the real-life camp was in Poland), the film has an authentic feel, with quaint German cottages and the foothills of the Alps rising in the background. Add in the plethora of nationalities (there are American, English, Scottish, Polish, Aussie, and Canadian prisoners among the inmates, all with authentic accents), the well-researched uniforms and camp layout, and some great cinematography, and you have a classic WWII film that stands the test of time.

The performances are outstanding. Notable examples are James Gardner as a scounger and Charles Bronson (virtually unrecognisable) as the tunnelling expert. The big name (at the time) is, of course, Steve McQueen, here his usual brash self, fleeing a German squad on a merry motorcycle chase in one of the movie's most famous scenes. More interesting for me, however, is the care the actors, directors, and screenwriters took to set up the escape - we are brought through the division of labour in the camp, the problems that must be overcome (such as incompatible dirt colours), and the clautrophobia of digging. (This seems to be proof that 10 screenwriters can occasionally produce a good movie, in spite of Roger Ebert's "law" that quality of a screenplay is inversely proportional to the number of people working on it.) Finally, the musical score is rousing, sombre, or lighthearted when called for. It might be a little overbearing, but no more so than in The Empire Strikes Back, for instance.

The DVD quality is low, hence the 4-star rating I'm giving to the movie in this format. The picture quality is okay - clear and crisp, but the sound is not particularly good. Why is it that video is always cleaned up so much better than sound? There are few extras on the DVD, but the "Making of" featurette contains a lot of information in its 24 minutes. For example, James Garner reveals how he was a scrounger in real life for his unit in Korea, the cinematographer talks about scouting locations, building sets, etc. One of the most useful featurettes I've seen.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still GREAT!
I was worried it would seem dated. It felt timeless and alive. So many great actors giving wonderful performances. It inspired me to go buy "Bullit". Read more
Published 3 days ago by Noah Vail
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie
A movie that was made very true to actual facts. All star cast! I'm very glad to be able to add this to my limited, exclusive collection of DVDs.
Published 8 days ago by Jdhoyt
5.0 out of 5 stars A requirement for any war movie collection
Quality and sound is good. Obviously this movie is a classic and can be watched over and over and you're still on the edge of your seat.
Published 18 days ago by BikerBehr
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Classic WWII Adventure
Incredible, based on true story, but changed places and people. Frightening what POW Camps are, but exciting in that the men never gave up and always were able to continue... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Kay Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic War Film
This is a great movie. I liked it in the 60's and I like it now. It's more of a guy flick and my hubby tends to watch it more often than I do. Read more
Published 1 month ago by KCWANGSVICK
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime - Get the Collector's Set!
If you've never seen the Great Escape before, this is the classic true story of Allied P.O.W.s in Germany who think of nothing but escaping. Read more
Published 1 month ago by EarlB
5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Escape is Simply Great!
I can't say enough about the 1963 war flick The Great Escape, other than it's great and certainly worth watching. Read more
Published 1 month ago by David C. McMunn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great War Classic
Steve McQueen and a cast of brilliant people in a great Hollywood mega-production. I watched this movie the first time as a little boy with my folks, and it's just gotten better... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ed Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
I'm sorry about the title of this review-I could't resist it. And it is true. Everything about this movie is perfect. The all star cast is magnificent. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tony Marquise Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite movie after all these years
The story is great and so are the characters--the most amazing part is it is true!!! You got to love America and the Allied forces after this movie.
Published 1 month ago by bookman
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