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The great escape [videorecording] / a Mirisch-Alpha picture ; United Artists.

Attenborough, Richard. (Added Author). Bernstein, Elmer. (Added Author). Bronson, Charles, 1921-2003 (Added Author). Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982 (Added Author). Clavell, James. (Added Author). Coburn, James. (Added Author). Donald, James, 1917-1993 (Added Author). Garner, James, 1928-2014 (Added Author). McQueen, Steve, 1930-1980 (Added Author). Pleasence, Donald. (Added Author). Sturges, John, 1910-1992 (Added Author). Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989 (Added Author). Brickhill, Paul. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Great escape. (Added Author). MGM Home Entertainment Inc. (Added Author). Mirisch Company. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author).

Summary:

A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792838408
  • ISBN: 0792860446
  • ISBN: 9780792838401
  • ISBN: 9780792860440
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. : [2006]
  • Distributor: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Special features: Documentary on the making of The great escape (24 mins.); original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Producer/director, John Sturges; music, Elmer Bernstein; screenwriters, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp; editor, Ferris Webster.
Participant or Performer Note:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD-video; NTSC region 1 ; Dolby digital; widescreen.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English and French; with English, French and Spanish subtitles.

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Stalag Luft III.
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World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German > Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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  • 28 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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