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Kenny Andrew

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 Outstanding clip thanks fritz;

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"THE GREAT ESCAPE - Filming Locations Then and Now In 1963, Hollywood director John Sturges released The Great Escape, one of the most popular and suspenseful wartime movies. Now, 60 years later, explore some of the film's filming locations with Wayfinder. From the fictional Stalag Luft III to the actual Great Escape escape site, find out how the movie was made and see what it looks like today! The Great Escape - Filming Locations Then and Now 60th Anniversary Special is my tribute to this classic WW2 movie. A firm favourite British Christmas movie, the legendary performances by Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and the one and only Steve McQueen never fail to bring a family together to enjoy this classic tale. Most of the exterior scenes were filmed in and around the small Bavarian town of Füssen in the Allgäu region. Covering 23 filming locations from The Great Escape, this will take you to all the famous locations used in the making of the film and show you what remains and what has changed in the 60 years since its release! The Great Escape was loosely based upon the real escape attempt from Stalgluft III in Poland on the night of the 24th March 1944. It is to those who undertook this audacious escape attempt and all those Prisoners of War who suffered during WW2.

Locations (all via Google Maps): "

See the botton of the  video clip for maps and photos of each location. 

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One of the best prints of the 1963 movie is produced by Criterion. The Great Escape (The criterion Collection Blu-Ray set).  

Special Features on the blu ray edition includes: 

Two audio commentaries 

Interviews with cast and crew, and McQueen’s son, Chad McQueen 

New interview with critic Michael Sragow 

A four-part 2001 documentary about the real-life escape from the Stalag Luft III POW camp 

A program on the U.S. Army Air Forces pilot David Jones, the inspiration for McQueen’s character 

And more

 

 

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