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The Great escape [videorecording] / - Special ed., widescreen. - Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004. - 2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn.

A World War II melodrama about the escape of British and American flyers from a maximum-security German prison camp.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD; Dolby Digital.


In English, French and Spanish; with English, French and Spanish subtitles.

ISBN: 0792860446

Standard No.: 027616905710

Publisher. No.: 1006370 MGM Home Entertainment

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, English--Drama.
Escapes--Drama.
Guerra Mundial I, 1914-1918--Prisioneros y prisiones alemanes--Teatro.
Evasiones--Teatro.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
War films.

LC Class. No.: PN6120.S42 / G78635

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72