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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Fiction films War films Action and adventure films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama Personal narratives, English Drama |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve McQueen; James Garner; Richard Attenborough; James Donald; Charles Bronson; Donald Pleasence; John Sturges; James Clavell; W R Burnett; Paul Brickhill; Mirisch Company.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc. |
| ISBN: | 0792860446 9780792860440 |
| OCLC Number: | 55491926 |
| Language Note: | In English, French and Spanish; with English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. "Based on the book by Paul Brickhill"--Insert. 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. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp; music, Elmer Bernstein; editor, Ferris Webster. |
| Cast: | Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Description: | 2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Dolby Digital mono, 5.1; widescreen (2.35:1). |
| Contents: | Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Other Titles: | The great escape |
| Responsibility: | a Mirisch-Alpha picture ; produced and directed by John Sturges ; screenplay by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 186081 |
Abstract:
A World War II melodrama about the escape of British and American flyers from a maximum-security German prison camp.
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