The4K UHD of The Great Escape is reviewed HERE. NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.. ADDITION: Criterion Blu-ray (April 2020): Criterion have transferred John Sturges' The Great Escape to Blu-ray.It is cited as a "New, restored 4K digital transfer".We included the 1991 Criterion Laserdisc in our comparison this was Ifanyone was the real Steve McQueen character Virgil Hilts in the 1963 film The Great Escape it was the indomitable figure of William Ash. That was the conclusion of author Tim Carroll in his KinoLorber have confirmed that they are preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of John Sturges' film The Great Escape (1963), starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, and TheGreat Escape has a star-studded Royal World Premiere at London's Leicester Square Odeon on June 20, 1963. By then, Steve McQueen was the undisputed big name, but he was actually paid $87,500 TheGreat Escape: Harrowing Truth vs Hollywood Fiction. In 2006, a poll in the United Kingdom was done to determine which old family film TV viewers would want to watch in Christmas. Taking the . TheGreat Escape (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Theyear 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The Great Escape: United Artists $5,546,000: Events. TheGreat Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 American made-for-television action-adventure drama film and a sequel to The Great Escape (1963). It stars Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Anthony Denison, Ian McShane, Charles Haid and Donald Pleasence in a supporting role (in the 1963 original Pleasence had played Flight-Lieutenant Colin Tom Dick and Harry will recount the breakout of 76 allied airmen from the camp at Sagan in Germany (now Żagań in Poland) which inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape, featuring an all-star JohnSturges’ The Great Escape is, without a doubt, one of the finest cinematic portraits of the Second World War ever put to screen. As the tale of some prisoners of war defying insurmountable odds to escape captivity, The Great Escape captures the spirit of the soldiers who fought for the Allies in World War II with more heart

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