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The Resource The Great Escape, the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges

The Great Escape, the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges

Label
The Great Escape
Title
The Great Escape
Statement of responsibility
the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film distributor
Production company
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A fictionalized version of the unprecedented escape from Stalag Luft III. 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
Cataloging source
MDK
Characteristic
videorecording
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Great escape (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Ferris Webster
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
PG
Language note
In English and French ; with English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
LC call number
  • PN1995.9.W3
  • PN1997.G6837
LC item number
  • G68 1998
  • 1998
PerformerNote
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1910-1992
  • 1899-1982
  • 1930-1980
  • 1928-2014
  • 1917-1993
  • 1921-2003
  • 1933-
  • 1923-1990
  • 1912-1989
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  • Sturges, John
  • Clavell, James
  • Burnett, W. R.
  • McQueen, Steve
  • Garner, James
  • Attenborough, Richard
  • Donald, James
  • Bronson, Charles
  • Pleasence, Donald
  • Coburn, James
  • McCallum, David
  • Jackson, Gordon
  • Leyton, John
  • Brickhill, Paul
  • Bernstein, Elmer
  • Webster, Ferris
  • Fapp, Daniel
  • Mirisch Company
  • United Artists Corporation
  • MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Runtime
172
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  • Brickhill, Paul
  • Burnett, W. R.
  • Stalag Luft III
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Escapes
  • Escapes
  • Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945
  • Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945
  • Evasiones
  • Feature films
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The Great Escape, the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
  • Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Bonus tracks. Documentary on the making of the film -- Production notes -- Original theatrical trailer
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (172 min.)
Isbn
9780792838401
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 027616668028
  • 883904298540
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • M129853
  • 906680
  • M129854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 1538254
  • (OCoLC)ocm39457373
  • (OCoLC)39457373
  • 27043
  • 1538254
System details
  • DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital
  • DVD ; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The Great Escape, the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
  • Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Bonus tracks. Documentary on the making of the film -- Production notes -- Original theatrical trailer
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (172 min.)
Isbn
9780792838401
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 027616668028
  • 883904298540
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • M129853
  • 906680
  • M129854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 1538254
  • (OCoLC)ocm39457373
  • (OCoLC)39457373
  • 27043
  • 1538254
System details
  • DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital
  • DVD ; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD

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