This year, The Great Escape celebrates its golden anniversary. To honor the 50th anniversary of that film’s release, we’ve compiled 50 interesting facts about the film, actors, the true story, the novel and more, and we’re giving two lucky North American readers the chance to win the anniversary blu-ray of the film.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are proud to announce that The Great Escape will arrive on Blu-ray for the first time on May 7, 2013. Based on a true story, The Great Escape is “a motion picture that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs” (Variety). In 1943, the Germans opened a maximum-security prison-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. By doing so, they unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history – brilliantly portrayed by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn – who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are proud to announce that The Great Escape will arrive on Blu-ray for the first time on May 7, 2013. Based on a true story, The Great Escape is “a motion picture that entertains, captivates, thrills and stirs” (Variety). In 1943, the Germans opened a maximum-security prison-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. By doing so, they unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history – brilliantly portrayed by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn – who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted.
- 4/24/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Many genres that Hollywood used to rely on for lots of hits have long since fallen by the wayside. Zoe finds out what happened to them…
Hollywood, the world's entertainment factory, has, for the past one hundred years, been producing films that have been enjoyed by audiences around the world. And in that time, a lot has changed, society, technology, fashions, tastes, and lifestyles, all of which Hollywood has continued to accommodate.
It's come a long way from its humble beginnings in the days of melodramatic, black and white, silent films with somewhat crude production methods. Hollywood has evolved into something more sophisticated and streamlined. But with so much change in such a fast paced industry, have some genres fallen behind? Or is it the case that these too have simply evolved into something more sophisticated and subtle?
Musical
The musical is arguably the most uplifting and escapist genre to...
Hollywood, the world's entertainment factory, has, for the past one hundred years, been producing films that have been enjoyed by audiences around the world. And in that time, a lot has changed, society, technology, fashions, tastes, and lifestyles, all of which Hollywood has continued to accommodate.
It's come a long way from its humble beginnings in the days of melodramatic, black and white, silent films with somewhat crude production methods. Hollywood has evolved into something more sophisticated and streamlined. But with so much change in such a fast paced industry, have some genres fallen behind? Or is it the case that these too have simply evolved into something more sophisticated and subtle?
Musical
The musical is arguably the most uplifting and escapist genre to...
- 8/4/2011
- Den of Geek
The Taliban's mass breakout in Afghanistan is just the latest instance of prisoners taking the subterranean route to freedom
The Taliban's escape from Kandahar prison is audacious, with 475 insurgents getting away through a 320 metre (1,050ft) tunnel. But it is far from the first time prisoners have dug their way out of jail ...
The Great Escape
During the second world war, hundreds of allied prisoners were held in the Stalag Luft III camp, which the Germans had built to be escape-proof, even planting seismographs in the ground to detect the sounds of tunnelling.
However, a group of prisoners managed to escape through three elaborate tunnels, which they named Tom, Dick and Harry. The plan was the idea of Roger Bushell, a Royal Air Force squadron Leader.
Considering what the men had at their disposal, the three 9 metre-deep tunnels were technological marvels, featuring electric lighting, a railway and an air ventilation system.
The Taliban's escape from Kandahar prison is audacious, with 475 insurgents getting away through a 320 metre (1,050ft) tunnel. But it is far from the first time prisoners have dug their way out of jail ...
The Great Escape
During the second world war, hundreds of allied prisoners were held in the Stalag Luft III camp, which the Germans had built to be escape-proof, even planting seismographs in the ground to detect the sounds of tunnelling.
However, a group of prisoners managed to escape through three elaborate tunnels, which they named Tom, Dick and Harry. The plan was the idea of Roger Bushell, a Royal Air Force squadron Leader.
Considering what the men had at their disposal, the three 9 metre-deep tunnels were technological marvels, featuring electric lighting, a railway and an air ventilation system.
- 4/25/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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