The Great Escape

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Michael S So great to see it again. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/22 Full Review Audience Member I am 28 years old, this is one of my all time favorite movies. Can’t believe how perfect this movie actually is. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/28/24 Full Review Dean S I have lost count of the times I have seen this movie but has to be one of the greatest WW2 films of all time. Such an amazing cast of actors that come together to tell this incredible story. Steve McQueen and his motorcycle is just so iconic but it's backed up by some career best performances by some of the great actors of the 20th Century. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Clare O Seen it about 5 times, still love it and find things to enjoy and think about. Honestly, a near perfect film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/23 Full Review dlma1 M Wow, what a great cast including Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, and Hannes Messemer. Based on a true story of a mass escape of prisoners from a German Stalag in 1944, it is still fascinating watching the prisoners plot to escape. And, of course, there is that fantastic motorcycle chase with Steve McQueen (that didn't really happen - McQueen insisted that he had to be able to showcase his motorcycle skills or he wouldn't do the film!). Other characters were composites, but the main part of the story is close to the real events, and they used a real survivor of the camp as a technical consultant. And Donald Pleasance was eminently qualified to be POW since he was one in real life! He did say in an interview that prisoners were not as rude to heavily armed guards as in the movie - I think I would be polite to a guy with a Schmeiser submachine gun too! A great film that is definitely worth re-watching (or for the first time, if by some chance you never saw it!) Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/23 Full Review DanTheMan 2 From delightfully hilarious to unjustly cruel, The Great Escape is an all-time classic of cinema for a reason. Spectacularly entertaining it serves as a rousing ode to the determination, camaraderie and courage of everyday heroes. The truth behind the tale only adds to that sheer level of excitement while marvelling at the ingenuity and seemingly unbreakable spirit of imprisoned soldiers. For all its moments of terror and tragedy, is to delight in captivity in times of war as a wonderful game for boys, an endless Houdini challenge to slip through the enemy's fingers. Topped by its amazing all-star cast of loveable greats, the expert direction of John Sturges, eminently hummable Elmer Bernstein score, and rip-roaring stunts, The Great Escape is simply great escapism. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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