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The Great Escape.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:56 pm
We've discussed this movie before on here, but I'm really hoping it's awesome inclusion in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood causes new people to be exposed to the film and want to watch it. It's tied with Patton for my favorite WWII film.
This was a 1960s ensemble cast film. Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Garner, David McCallum. These were heavy hitters of the 1960s. All that was missing was Connery.
Scene that Leo was edited into
This was a 1960s ensemble cast film. Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Garner, David McCallum. These were heavy hitters of the 1960s. All that was missing was Connery.
Scene that Leo was edited into
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Posted on 8/4/19 at 9:04 pm to Parmen
I wonder how many people walking out of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood think it's another fictional movie.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 9:27 pm to Parmen
Love the film.
During filming, Donald Pleasance kept coming over to the director and giving advice about the set of the film, which he got irritated about. He changed his tune completely when he found out that Pleasance had not only been a POW during the war but was actually held in Stalag Luft III, where the escape took place.
During filming, Donald Pleasance kept coming over to the director and giving advice about the set of the film, which he got irritated about. He changed his tune completely when he found out that Pleasance had not only been a POW during the war but was actually held in Stalag Luft III, where the escape took place.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 10:43 pm to teke184
Holy shite, this is news to me.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 11:00 pm to teke184
Robert Clary of Hogan’s Heroes was removed from France and survived the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 11:40 pm to Parmen
Great escape is great. Introduces so many characters to root for, my favorite was Bronson but I wish they would have gave Steve more time on the motorcycle chase
Posted on 8/5/19 at 12:20 am to kale
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Bronson
The older I get, the more I identify with Bronson’s claustrophobia.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 2:39 am to Parmen
I’ve always been partial to Bridge on the River Kwai myself. As far as classic wwii films go.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 6:54 am to TheGooner
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I’ve always been partial to Bridge on the River Kwai myself. As far as classic wwii films go.
Sounds like a couple of movies ripe for a remake...
I kid
Posted on 8/5/19 at 6:59 am to VinegarStrokes
A remake of the Bridge on the River Kwai wouldn't be terrible. It would obviously be a hell of a lot darker though.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 7:02 am to Parmen
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James Attenborough
Richard?
Posted on 8/5/19 at 7:05 am to Parmen
Not only one of my favorite WW2 movies, but one of my favorite movies period.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 7:09 am to GetCocky11
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A remake of the Bridge on the River Kwai wouldn't be terrible. It would obviously be a hell of a lot darker though.
I'd imagine along the lines of Rescue Dawn in terms of tone?
Posted on 8/5/19 at 7:36 am to VinegarStrokes
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A remake of the Bridge on the River Kwai wouldn't be terrible. It would obviously be a hell of a lot darker though.
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I'd imagine along the lines of Rescue Dawn in terms of tone?
Lets just put it this way, the ridiculous whistling scene wouldn't be in it.
It may be iconic, but I really hate it.Posted on 8/5/19 at 8:56 am to GetCocky11
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A remake of the Bridge on the River Kwai wouldn't be terrible. It would obviously be a hell of a lot darker though.
1965's King Rat is a very dark look at a Japanese prison camp in Singapore. George Segal's character is a sort of darker, less redeeming version of William Holden's Commander Sheers.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 8:57 am to GetCocky11
Yeah, my bad. John Hammond in Jurassic Park to me always.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 9:59 am to teke184
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Pleasance had not only been a POW during the war but was actually held in Stalag Luft III
I didn't know this about Pleasance however the father of my college girlfriend was in the camp and assisted in digging the tunnels.
I dated this girl in our freshman year at Ole Miss. On one weekend visit to her parents home in Memphis I noticed a copy of the book The Great Escape on a shelf in the library. I commented that this had always been one of my favorite movies and asked if I could look at this obvious first edition. To my surprise the book was signed by the author with a note to my gf's father. Through many conversations I learned his story.
While strafing a Italian convoy in his P38 Lightning, he was shot down, taken prisoner and turned over to the Germans. He was eventually sent to Stalag Luft III where he found out about the massive escape plan. Being a small man his assignment was to pump the air circulator in the tunnels...you can see this task in one of the scenes. As he worked in the tunnel he was also assigned a number and was scheduled to be one of ones in the escape group. To his regret and relief he was transferred to a different barrack two days prior to the escape day so he was unable to go with the others and ended up staying in Luft III until they were liberated.
While he appreciated the movie and the attention to their efforts he said it lacked the misery in which they lived. While walking around at night the guards would often lower their rifles and fire off a couple of rounds through the barracks just to keep the prisoners unnerved. The guards would also steal the food out of the Red Cross packages as well. When my friend's father was liberated he weighed about 98 lbs. There was no real torture other than the cooler but just general misery and cold. I met this man in 1977 and knew him for a couple of years....he would get a migraine headache every year around the anniversary of his being shot down. Other than that he was a well adjusted and successful family man...but he obviously carried pain and scars with him through his life.
Sorry for the thread hijack but I think that stories like this need to be told often, less we forget.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 10:53 am to TheGooner
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I’ve always been partial to Bridge on the River Kwai myself.
BTW, the screenwriters on BotRK were on the Hollywood blacklist and had to work in secret without credit. The author of the book (Pierre "Planet of the Apes" Boulle) was given credit and won the Oscar for best screenplay. He didn't speak English but won for a screenplay written in English.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 11:32 am to Parmen
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Yeah, my bad. John Hammond in Jurassic Park to me always.
Director of Gandhi, and A Bridge Too Far. One of my favorite directors.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 12:22 pm to teke184
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when he found out that Pleasance had not only been a POW during the war but was actually held in Stalag Luft III, where the escape took place.
This is one of those confusing bits of history. He was definitely in Stalag Luft I for part, or all, of his POW time. And he was definitely a prisoner from 31 August 1944 until liberation.
But there was movement between Luft I and III on a number of occasions, so it is possible.
And there were a number of famous folks at both camps. Zemke was senior prisoner at Luft I until liberation by Soviet forces in April 1945. Darr Alkire, David Jones (one of Doolittle's Raiders), Robert Polich and Delmar Spivey were all at Luft III.
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