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FilmNR1963
The Great Escape
Directed by John Sturges
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story. From TMDB
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The Great Escape is a 1963 adventure drama war film, directed by John Sturges, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough.
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60 of 257 · most liked firstRecliner time. I’m wrapping up the night with the 1963, movie, The Great Escape, with Steve McQueen and James Coburn.
positive · AI labelView post →My favourite Zoomer is watching The Great Escape and has just messaged me to say, "This film is just Chicken Run," and it's absolutely done me in.
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know: from Canadian History Ehx: The Great Escape movie pretty much removed all Canadian involvement (and British involvement) in what actually happened in World War II. #Canada It very much exaggerates how involved the Americans actually were. Must watch. youtube.com/shorts/CEVTx...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's ridiculous. There's still a part of me that sees a Bond film, or The Great Escape, or some such, on a normal Thursday afternoon on an ITV repeat channel, and my brain thinks "This is wrong. This is a special kind of film that should only be broadcast at Easter, Christmas, or on a bank holiday"
positive · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Great Escape (1963) By Steven Chorney
neutral · AI labelView post →For many, watching The Great Escape (1963) over the #Christmas period has become an annual tradition. But, with real wartime experiences to draw on, for some of those involved in the film, the production inspired more than memories of seasonal cinema... 🧵 1/12
neutral · AI labelView post →THE GREAT ESCAPE was released 62 years ago today. Featuring a huge all-star cast and one of the iconic themes in film, the making of story is as extraordinary as the real-life story on which it is based… 1/39
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 3 Nov 1921, actor Charles Bronson had a tough-guy on screen persona & is best known for many action & vigilante movies. The Magnificent 7, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen & Hard Times are some of his notable films. Death Wish was his most popular film & it led to 4 sequels. #CharlesBronson
neutral · AI labelView post →By the way, tomorrow is James Garner day on TCM. You should check out The Americanization of Emily (1964) at noon Eastern time. One of Garner's favorite roles and my second favorite film of his after The Great Escape. #TCMParty
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's viewing. Starting a 1988 miniseries about the hunt for the Nazis who murdered 50 recaptured Allied POWs (POWs who escaped in the real life event that was shown in The Great Escape film.)
neutral · AI labelView post →First Kingdom of Heaven 4K, and now a potential Master & Commander 4K? All of the most dad-coded movies coming down the 4K pipeline. (You can already get The Great Escape, Rudy, and The Untouchables on 4K, dad film fans.)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Twitter to Bluesky migration feels like the movie The Great Escape, with people working together in ingenious ways. Also in both cases we’re escaping nazis
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1919 was born the amazing Donald Pleasence. Donald was an English actor who began his career on stage in the West End before moving to film and television. He was in classics such as The Great Escape (1963), You Only Live Twice (1967), and Halloween (1978). #OnThisDay #botd
neutral · AI labelView post →There are two scenes in “The Great Escape” in which the POWs sing carols to distract the Nazi guards. Ergo, “The Great Escape” is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can confirm that this is indeed a fan film by Bruno Roux Dit, a project adapted from the world of Rayman 2: The Great Escape. #Rayman #Ubisoft
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s film. I’ve always been a huge James Garner fan, thanks to seeing The Rockford Files & The Great Escape at a young age, and this is a really entertaining, comedic Western starring Garner. Jack Elam is really fun in it as well.
positive · AI labelView post →The Great Escape by Ted Barris Published in 2013, the book covers the true story (not the film story) of The Great Escape, and the many Canadians who were involved in it. It won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →5 October 1919. Donald Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He played numerous roles in films including RAF pilot Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, villain Blofeldn in James Bond film You Only Live Twice and psychiatrist Dr Samuel Loomis in Halloween.
neutral · AI labelView post →When Hollywood Does Canada: The Great Escape A great movie from the 1960s, but one that eliminated the 150 Canadians who played a critical role in the escape. Instead, Americans were made the central characters and heroes. youtube.com/shorts/CEVTx...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1944, 76 Allied prisoners tunnel out of the Stalag Luft III POW camp in Sagan, Germany. All but three are recaptured; 50 will be executed by the SS. The story is later immortalized in the film 'The Great Escape.'
neutral · AI labelView post →The Great Escape by Ted Barris Published in 2013, the book covers the true story (not the film story) of The Great Escape, and the many Canadians who were involved in it. It won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 302/1000: THE GREAT ESCAPE Sturges' superb direction, spectacular stunts, an impressive all-star cast, a beautiful Bernstein music score and of course, McQueen's magnificent presence on the motorcycle all come together to make this the best prison break film of all time.
positive · AI labelView post →The Great Escape by Ted Barris Published in 2013, the book covers the true story (not the film story) of The Great Escape, and the many Canadians who were involved in it. It won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →Turned on the tele box midway thru’ The Great Escape film. Ives played by Angus Lennie had just been shot by the Nazis. From Glasgow, Lennie went to Eastbank Academy which counts amongst its alumni the fondly remembered Janey Godley. That education also gave us classic moments like this …
neutral · AI labelView post →The Great Escape by Ted Barris Published in 2013, the book covers the true story (not the film story) of The Great Escape, and the many Canadians who were involved in it. It won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have a feeling one of the leading cast members of The Great Escape was a POW at Stalug Luft but the film director didn’t want to listen to his advice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 3 Nov 1921, actor Charles Bronson had a tough-guy on screen persona & is best known for many action & vigilante movies. The Magnificent 7, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen & Hard Times are some of his notable films. Death Wish was his most popular film & it led to 4 sequels. #CharlesBronson
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering legend Steve McQueen 🇺🇸 as Captain Virgil Hilts ⚾️ 'The Cooler King'😎 one of three Americans in war prison camp, a particularly persistent escapee with an irreverent attitude in classic movie The Great Escape 🎬 a 196️⃣3️⃣ epic war adventure film🍿 #SteveMcQueen #TheGreatEscape #ElmerBernstein
neutral · AI labelView post →Personal favourite role: The Great Escape. That film had the absolute creme de la creme of acting talent of that era.
positive · AI labelView post →What’s the most idiosyncratic family tradition you’ve come across? A friend recently revealed that on most Sundays, her family would get together and watch a film after a Sunday roast. The Great Escape? The Italian Job? No no no…they’d watch The Hitcher (1986). Every other week. For decades
neutral · AI labelView post →The Great Escape by Ted Barris Published in 2013, the book covers the true story (not the film story) of The Great Escape, and the many Canadians who were involved in it. It won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife when she was in highschool started humming the theme to The Great Escape and her History teacher said 'oh hey you've seen that?' And she immediately replied 'I love that film! 'I don't want to be a pie! I don't like gravy.''
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve seen The Great Escape roughly one million times because when I lived with a host family for a year in Japan they had one (1) movie in English on VHS and it was Great Escape. So I used to come home drunk super late at night and throw in the Great Escape to hear some English 😆
positive · AI labelView post →Alice ( @lizzierfreeman.bsky.social ) Movie: Sherlock Holmes and The Great Escape Year: 2021 Lizzie Freeman voiced in Bang Zoom Entertainment's dub of the Hong Kong-animated Sherlock Holmes and The Great Escape; not the be confused with Sherlock Hound from 1984. #SherlockHolmesandTheGreatEscape
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge 27. Movie with your favorite actor Steve McQueen The Great Escape (1963)
neutral · AI labelView post →My latest foster kitten Ace is also known as the Cooler King as he managed to escape twice from our indoor socialization kennel during his first night in our home. The real Cooler King was an escape artist who inspired Steve McQueen's character in "The Great Escape" WWII movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →This theme gets me every time. This movie is my favorite WW2 movie. Also when I fell in love with McQueen. Hilts cooler! Watching tonight for Memorial Day. The Great Escape Theme youtu.be/MbsuAbTTsV8?... via @YouTube
positive · AI labelView post →What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you’ve seen it? (Sorry, I just had to make a very meta joke. I do not get emotional during this movie. The Great Escape, however . . . )
neutral · AI labelView post →When balancing MAGA and other Republicans, remember this quote from the movie, “The Great Escape.” — Bartlett: "Look, sir, you talk about the High Command and the Luftwaffe, and then you talk about the Gestapo and the SS. To me, they're the same! We're fighting the bloody lot!...”
neutral · AI labelView post →Attenborough is of course known for other films like THE GREAT ESCAPE and JURASSIC PARK. My favorite is his first role in Noël Coward’s wartime propaganda film IN WHICH WE SERVE #TCMParty #AMatterOfLifeAndDeath ^JW
neutral · AI labelView post →I realize it's kind of a "dad movie" but I genuinely, passionately adore THE GREAT ESCAPE. This film loves its characters so much that it makes my heart utterly swell. I particularly love Donald Pleasence's gentle, humane performance. He and James Garner were *perfect* together.
positive · AI labelView post →#AugustMovieChallenge Prison in a film Stalag Luft III in The Great Escape
neutral · AI labelView post →Horrible weather tonight. Choccy and a film "The Great Escape."
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness Day 7 : A Movie You Can Quote Every Line From. None, but I do know a few from most I've seen. Always liked this scene & the irony it holds for the character portrayed. The Great Escape (1963) - Director : John Sturges youtu.be/TNJ-1gz12JI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →My trail camera fell down so instead of getting film of an animal nibbling at the block of butter I'd put on top of the post, I got a snippet of The Great Escape. No Ives you'll never make it.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicHistory On this day, 1995, the Britpop/Indie-Rock band BLUR released "The Universal", the 2nd single from their 4th album, The Great Escape. The remastered 4K video was directed by English filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, & is a tribute to the film A Clockwork Orange. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brbx...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Great Escape is another great anti Nazi movie. Steve McQueen on the motorcycle is a legend.
positive · AI labelView post →Next: THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) Again, Elmer Bernstein flashes his brilliant action chops in one of the most iconic chase scenes in movie history. The orchestra pushes McQueen relentlessly forward in his desperate attempt to escape his pursuers - and always makes you believe he'll succeed. 7/13 #botd
neutral · AI labelView post →#FebruaryMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 12 : Prisoner of war in a movie The Great Escape (1963)
neutral · AI labelView post →Perhaps the CRISIS OF MASCULINITY started because we stopped showing impressionable young men "The Great Escape." It's impossible to be more of a man than James Garner in that film: stealing from and swindling your Nazi captors, taking your blind friend with you on a blitz-out. Peak masculinity.
positive · AI labelView post →Ferris Webster deserved his nomination for Best Editing for #TheManchurianCandidate. It was his second nomination of three. He was also nominated for The Great Escape and Blackboard Jungle. He did not win for any of these film. #TCMParty
neutral · AI labelView post →Fell down a rabbit hole about the movie "The Great Escape" (as one does), and - wow. Also I believe the actor may have been James Garner. screenrant.com/great-escape...
neutral · AI labelView post →~30 year old movies I loved when I was ~10 years old: Star Wars Superman Monty Python & The Holy Grail The Great Escape Wizard of Oz Adam West Batman Movie Then also least a dozen different Disney movies.
positive · AI labelView post →Mfer said “have you seen a movie?” Hahaha! The Great Escape is a movie! And they all fucking die—in movie and real life. Maybe if they killed all the guards, they’d live? Goddamn numbnut understanding of reality.
neutral · AI labelView post →Legendary composer Elmer Bernstein had worked on The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape and composed the score for Airplane! ZAZ had issues with him as was too good. They wanted a B-Movie score and said "We didn't actually want, like, a really good score." 17/31
neutral · AI labelView post →Katie @ericamendez.bsky.social Movie: Sherlock Holmes and The Great Escape Year: 2021 Erica Mendez was part of the Bang Zoom! dub cast for this Hong Kong-animated movie along with Robbie Daymond, David Errigo, @gregchunva.bsky.social, @lizzierfreeman.bsky.social, and many more. #SherlockHolmes
neutral · AI labelView post →#otd in 1916 conscription begins in Britain What’s your favorite War Movie? Mine is The Great Escape
positive · AI labelView post →Tim Walz showed his son “The Great Escape” when he was 10 because it was his dad’s favorite movie. Now they watch it on Father’s Day.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you ever heard a fairground organ playing and wondered who chooses the music? Ten years ago it was my son (left) and his cousin who were left in charge. They chose the theme from the film ‘The Great Escape’.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge Day 11 - a car or motorcycle jump in a movie The Great Escape #filmsky #moviesky
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