The great escape, Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges
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The great escape, Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges
Note
Based on the book by Paul BrickhillTitle from title frameOriginally released as a motion picture in 1963Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio)New, restored 4k digital transferSpecial features: 4K digital restoration; commentary soundtrack with Bruce Eder, John Sturges, Elmer Bernstein, Robert E. Relyea and Bud Ekins (1991); commentary soundtrack with Steven Jay Rubin, Robert E. Relyea, James Coburn, James Garner, David McCallum, Donald Pleasance, Jud Taylor, Fernando Carrere, Bud Ekins, and Hillard Ekins (2003); The Great escape: heroes under ground (directed and written by Frankie Glass; a four-part 2001 documentary about the real-life escape from the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, including interviews with POWs held there); The real Virgil Hilts: a man called Jones (a 2001 program on the United States Army Air Forces pilot David Jones, the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in the film); Return to The great escape (a 1993 program featuring interviews with Coburn, Garner, and actors David McCallum and Jud Taylor); trailer; on insert, an essay by critic Sheila O'Malley
Acquisition source address
Midwest Tape
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
resource.creditsNote
Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; art director, Fernando Carrere ; film editor, Ferris Webster
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681437187
Medium for sound
videodisc
Participant note
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor, Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer, William Russell, Robert Freitag, Ulrich Beiger, George Mikell, Lawrence Montaigne, Robert Desmond, Til Kiwe, Heinz Weiss, Tom Adams, Karl-Otto Alberty
Physical description
2 videodiscs (172 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 insert.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1144935976
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; monaural or 5.1 surround
Upc
715515245913
Video recording publisher number
CC3146DDVD -- The Criterion Collection
Videorecording format
DVD
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