Rent The Great Escape (1963)
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2h 45min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Carner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison break-out ever attempted.
- Actors:
- Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, 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
- Directors:
- John Sturges
- Producers:
- John Sturges, James Clavell
- Writers:
- Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett
- Studio:
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/05/2025
- Run Time:
- 172 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by filmmaker/historian Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin, author of Combat Films: American Realism
- Audio commentary featuring director John Sturges and members of the cast and crew, moderated by Steven Jay Rubin
- Theatrical trailer
- The Real Great Escape - interview with author and historian Guy Walters that separates fact from fiction
- The Great Escapism – appreciation of the film by Jose Arroyo, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick
- The Great Composer - interview with composer/author Neil Brand, discussing Elmer Bernstein and his iconic score
- Freedom Forged - visual essay exploring the film's place within the war movie canon by critic and educator Rich Johnson
- Michael Sragow on The Great Escape - 2020 interview exploring the career of John Sturges and the making of the film
- Heroes Underground - 2001 four-part documentary exploring the making of the film and the events which inspired it, featuring interviews with former POWs
- The Real Virgil Hilts – 2001 featurette interviewing former POW David M. Jones, widely seen as the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character
- The Untold Story - 2001 documentary exploring the planning and execution of the real-life escape
- The Untold Story: Additional Interviews
- Return to The Great Escape - 1993 featurette exploring the making of the film
- Image gallery
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features (Blu-Ray)
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