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The Great Escape Reaction! (Patreon)

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2021-05-24 17:04:40
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Dave Ford

All losely based on a true story - well, apart from the Steve McQueen character who was added to sell it to the US studios. Still a great movie, and an even better soundtrack.

Ryan
>>60483684

Even that character was loosely based on a real guy, who after the war became a producer of horribly cheap kiddie matinee movies. His best known film is Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.

Ryan

This film is best known for the fence jumping stunt which Steve McQueen did himself, but less well known is that he also did the stunt where his character gets the motorcycle by clotheslining a German soldier. The guy was pretty darn awesome.

Anonymous

So after Superman, another instalment of "Ian Chesterton's Adventures Through Time and Space"! I haven't watched this for donkey's years, but I quite fancy giving it another look with you! I look forward to it!

Ian Smith

My father knew one of the men who escaped and was then recaptured and shot. He went to my father's school,and was in the year above him.

Dave Ford

BTW, if any of that seems even remotely familiar, if may have something to do with this fairly early Simpsons episode (also featuring brilliant call back to The Birds ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wob10lOLWY

Thomas Corp

So this film comes at a very close third behind only Bullitt and The Getaway in terms of my favorite Steve McQueen movies. Everybody in the cast is so phenomenal, Elmer Bernstein's music is fantastic, and the characters are all so wonderful. My favorite plotline is the one with Donald Pleasence and James Garner, both of whom are always so good in anything that they're in. I had a small laugh when you recognized Donald Pleasence from Halloween and I thought, "so you see him, you think Dr. Loomis in Halloween. I see him, I think Ernst Stavro Blofeld from James Bond and/or the villain in my favorite episode of Columbo." I had a feeling you would strongly relate to Charles Bronson as Danny. When I rewatched this I caught William Russell's name in the credits and said, "oh right, Ian's in this." And when you said, "He's gotta get out and get to Barbara." I started laughing and said, “That’s what I said!” I really loved this reaction. I’ve been having a very rough and difficult time of things this month, and this and your other reactions have been a big help. Thank you.

Toasted Toad

In the UK for many years, this film was played every Xmas (don't know if it is anymore). Not sure why - it's not a very Christmassy film! Maybe it's partly the all star cast which made it a 'big event' movie. - I haven't watched your full reaction yet, so I don't know if you recognized them. I just watched your intro and you did not appear to react to them. 8 of the headliners were big, big names at the time. And it's odd that it's thought of as a 'happy' (perhaps that's not exactly the right word - maybe 'enjoyable'?) movie despite the fact that almost all of them die at the end! Perhaps because the 'Escape' itself is successful. It's just the second part - getting home - that proves problematic!

Thomas Corp
>>60533352

They have a similar thing in the states with The Sound of Music being played almost every Easter and Christmas despite the film not having anything to do with either holiday. With The Great Escape, maybe they latch on to the fact that the prisoners do sing Christmas carols throughout parts of the film.

Dave Ford
>>60533352

I always thought that TGE was more of a bank holiday/Easter movie, while Christmas was reserve for the traditional yule message of reminding us all that unto earth a saviour was born and his name was Bond, James Bond.

Toasted Toad
>>60533352

LOL. "For unto us a Bond is born". In the UK, TGE definitely Xmas. Ditto SoM. Maybe it's also because they're family friendly.

Anonymous
>>60533352

"The Great Escape every Christmas" is indeed an urban myth - it has only been shown in December on one of the main UK channels a handful of times, and not on Christmas Day itself until 2001.

Thomas Corp
>>60533352

Also in the states, although it's not been done the last year or so, they've often shown Gone With the Wind all day on or around Thanksgiving. Don't know why. They also tend to have an all day marathon of The Godfather trilogy. Not that I ever need an excuse to watch those movies. At least as far as I've noticed, The Great Escape usually only ever seems to be on tv around the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Veteran's Day.

Toasted Toad

“Urban Myth”? Are you googling or did you grow up in the UK? Because I did.

Anonymous

I really enjoyed this reaction - particularly the fact that you did the same thing I did when I first saw it many years ago, getting excited whenever William Russell appeared!

Anonymous
>>60563283

Yes, I did, although probably slightly later than you I suspect, hence our different recollections. Obviously ITV listings are more difficult to check, but taking up your suggestion and looking online, Genome shows BBC showings in December in 1971, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2003 and 2007 (plus a New Year's Day showing in 2007, too). And never on Christmas Day itself - as I mentioned, I believe ITV's showing in 2001 was the first Christmas Day showing on a mainstream channel in the UK.