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The Great Escape/The Thomas Crown Affair/The Magnificent Seven [DVD]
enlarge	Directors: John Sturges, Norman Jewison Actors: James Coburn, Faye Dunaway, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £6.99 as of 21/3/2010 05:54 GMT details You Save: £13.00 (65%) New (13) Used (4) from £3.97 Seller: uk-no1-store Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 55742 Format: Box set, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 3 Running Time: 287 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 EAN: 5039036029094 ASIN: B000I8OCD0 Release Date: October 16, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: A classic, bitter-sweet yarn. May 15, 2009 Dr. S. J. Leask (Nottingham, UK) Superbly entertaining thrillers, with a series of very likeable characters slugging it out against the establishment. Not psychologically complex (although Thomas Crown has a nice twist), nor exactly of documentary accuracy, but each of them a gem. 3 evenings of delight. The not so Great Escape January 7, 2009 dickface (uganda) 0 out of 3 found this review helpful yes and here we go again with yet another dvd version of this famous WW2 movie featuring a dozen movie stars. The picture and sound are first class, however the film itself is hugely over-rated. The music is annoyingly brilliant, but once the opening credits are over the plot flaws become apparent. br / br /This dumb flick is like a prequel to "Hogan's Heroes." The Allied POWs are plucky, cocky and handsome. The German soldiers who guard them are bumbling oafs. At the end of the movie the German guns come out and many of the POWs are slaughtered. Nothing seems to actually happen in the 2 hours 45 minutes. There is lots of moralising about values, and how good the Allies are and how rotten the Germans are. There is plenty of egotistical, over-the-top acting by the all-star cast. Although this is a film about courage, the director takes a childish approach (leavened with humour) to allow the plot to kick in (the escape). br / br /The Great Escape is a rather mundane three hour escape movie. It is cliched and it is dumb; for example how on earth are the Germans going to allow Steve McQueen to enter a prison camp with a cool leather jacket and a baseball glove (and ball). Do you think the Germans allowed the prisoners to walk around a prison camp drinking coffee and smoking cigarttes all day waitning for postal packages sent from the wife in sunny old USA. br / br /All the good guys are locked up in a Prison Camp in Germany and they instantly become best mates and come up with a plan to escape (funnily enough). There is a mish-mash of Nationalities in the Camp ranging from English, Russian, American, Australian and Scottish. Sterotypical heaven here as the English play the stiff upper lip; the Americans play it strong and silent, and the Scottish man dreams of drinking whiskey and dancing with his girlfriend in Kirkaldy or Fife or someplace.... br / br /Anyhoo, One part of the movie that reduced it's quality was the unnecessary comic relief throughout the movie. Almost from the start, many POW's act like they are on vacation and not a prison camp. I don't think real-life POWs would have acted like that. In the same vein, the German officers appeared fools and clowns, who not only tolerated much insolence but didn't seem to have a clue at all. br / br /Do yourself a favour, switch your brain on and watch a proper escape movie - Escape from Alcatraz.

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