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Title:
The great escape [DVD video]
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Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
ISBN:
9781681437187
Abstract:
One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.
General Note:
Based on the book by Paul Brickhill.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio)
New, restored 4k digital transfer.
Special features: 4K digital restoration; commentary soundtrack with Bruce Eder, John Sturges, Elmer Bernstein, Robert E. Relyea and Bud Ekins (1991); commentary soundtrack with Steven Jay Rubin, Robert E. Relyea, James Coburn, James Garner, David McCallum, Donald Pleasance, Jud Taylor, Fernando Carrere, Bud Ekins, and Hillard Ekins (2003); The Great escape: heroes under ground (directed and written by Frankie Glass; a four-part 2001 documentary about the real-life escape from the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, including interviews with POWs held there); The real Virgil Hilts: a man called Jones (a 2001 program on the United States Army Air Forces pilot David Jones, the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in the film); Return to The great escape (a 1993 program featuring interviews with Coburn, Garner, and actors David McCallum and Jud Taylor); trailer; on insert, an essay by critic Sheila O'Malley.
Performers:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor, Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer, William Russell, Robert Freitag, Ulrich Beiger, George Mikell, Lawrence Montaigne, Robert Desmond, Til Kiwe, Heinz Weiss, Tom Adams, Karl-Otto Alberty.
Contents:
disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features].
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; monaural or 5.1 surround.
Accessibility Note:
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language:
English
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Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
