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The Great Escape

Advantages: Thrilling adventure from the past
Disadvantages: none

for everyone, even the younger children, as there is no rudeness, bad language or bloodshed, (apart from one or two scenes where escaping prisoners are gunned down, but then this isn't really bloodshed), and it may even be a little educational for the younger viewer? With it being a sort of historical fact based movie it does tend to be a little long, this one being around three hours, so some people may get a little bored, although once you start watching the time simply flies by? Would I recommend this?? Yes I certainly would. It is a great film showing roughly how POWs lived during there stay at the Hotel Stalag? depicting there day to day routine, showing how there chain of command never diminishes even though they are under guard from the Germans? It is an all round entertaining and some what educational movie with some rather ...

blissman70 07.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Great Escape (Definitive Edition) (DVD)

THE GREAT ESCAPE

Advantages: Sinply Brilliant
Disadvantages: None

THE GREAT ESCAPE. *************************** ~Introduction~ **************** T his movie is based on a book by Paul Brickhill, who was actually in the camp in March 1944 Shown every Christmas and some would argue it wouldn't be Christmas without it being on telly. It is the story of British and American POWs escaping from their prison camp. The Movie. ************* Set during the Second World War, the Germans decide to build Stalag Luft III. To quote a line from the movie 'to put all their rotten eggs in one basket'. Sick of chasing the best escape artistes, the German high command decide to put them all together where they can ALL be watched. The camp is said to be escape proof. We follow the ups and downs of the prisoners as they plot to escape the 'Perfect' prison. You see the ingenuity of making tools ...

Maximus-Qualitus 24.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Great Escape (DVD)

The Great Escape

Advantages: GREAT FILM
Disadvantages: NOTHING

THE GREAT ESCAPE. The movie starts with prisoners being all brought to a new camp where the Germans hope to contain all of the best or from the Germans point of view, the worst escape artists that they have had to waste time and people chasing around the country. This camp has been especially built to contain them all. Regular number counts, difficult ground to tunnel in and all the inmates have their own identifying files kept and updated by the commandant. But they reckon without he intelligence and dogged spirit that the Americans and the British have in abundance. The plan is simple but daring to get out as many prisoners through a tunnel as humanly possible. 300 would be nice but anywhere close to that would be acceptable. The cast is stellar and the acting off the scale, truly a classic film that I ...

MaldivesHoliday 07.02.2009 · Read full review
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