| Edition |
Special edition, widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital. |
| Cast |
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. |
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"Based on the book by Paul Brickhill"--Insert. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A World War II melodrama about the escape of British and American flyers from a maximum-security German prison camp. |
| Note |
Special features include: (disc 1) audio commentary by director John Sturges; cast & crew bios; trivia track -- (disc 2) documentaries "The great escape: the untold story" and "The real Virgil Hilts: a man called Jones"; featurettes: "Return to the Great escape", "Preparations for freedom", "A standing ovation", "Bringing fact to fiction", and "The flight to freedom"; photo gallery; original theatrical trailer. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Language |
In English, French and Spanish; with English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English -- Drama.
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Escapes -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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War films.
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| Added Author |
McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980.
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Garner, James, 1928-2014.
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Attenborough, Richard.
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Donald, James, 1917-1993.
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Bronson, Charles, 1921-2003.
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Pleasence, Donald.
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Sturges, John, 1910-1992.
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Clavell, James.
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Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982.
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Brickhill, Paul.
Great escape.
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Mirisch Company.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792860446 |
| Standard No. |
027616905710 |
| Music No. |
1006370 MGM Home Entertainment |
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