Great Escape, The [2-Disc Collector's Edition]

DVD/APPROX. 172 MINS./1963/US NR

Main feature:

Release May 25, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles English, French
Studio MGM/UA
Year 1963
Genre Action, Adventure

Special features:

  • Disc one:
  • Widescreen presentation
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
  • English, French, and Spanish (mono) spoken languages
  • English, French, and Spanish subtitles
  • Audio commentary with director John Sturges, cast, and crew
  • Trivia track
  • Scene selections
  • Disc two:
  • Documentary: "The Great Escape: The Untold Story"
  • Documentary: "The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones"
  • Featurette: "Return to The Great Escape"
  • Featurette: "Bringing Fact to Fiction"
  • Featurette: "Preparations for Freedom"
  • Featurette: "The Flight to Freedom"
  • Featurette: "A Standing Ovation"
  • Photo gallery
  • Original theatrical trailer

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.

Cast and Crew:

MGM/UA presents
Richard AttenboroughCharles BronsonJames CoburnJames DonaldJames GarnerSteve McQueenDonald Pleasance"Great Escape, The"
produced byJohn Sturges
directed byJohn Sturges
Production Year: 1963

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