The great escape

[User6179]

But you have to admit that Sylvesta Stalone makes a very convincing goalie.

More convincing than he does as an actor

 

[Dayvo]

I always hope that Gordon Jackson doesn't cock it up when he's about to get on the bus. I'm still waiting.

I liked it when, on the run, James Coburn cycles into a bar and has a drink. Some German officers turn up and sit near him. The phone rings and the waiter says (in French) to James Coburn that it's for him: 'Pour moi!' he shouts incredulously before legging it just before the officers are shot.

 

[coffeejo]

It's well worth reading the book by Paul Brickhill for a more accurate depiction of the events (most PoWs who wrote about their experiences changed or left out some crucial details in case another war broke out and a new generation of Escape Committees were formed). I also highly recommend the Colditz books by Pat Reid and "the German viewpoint" of the notorious prison camp by Reinhold Eggers, one of the German officers in charge of security at the camp.

 

[Peteaud]

If you want to see a war film you must watch "Beneath hill 60"

And if you have never heard of it, please google it.

 

[coffeejo]

If you want to see a war film you must watch "Beneath hill 60"

And if you have never heard of it, please google it.

Added to my Lovefilm list

 

[Noodley]

The phone rings and the waiter says (in French) to James Coburn that it's for him: 'Pour moi!' he shouts incredulously before legging it just before the officers are shot.

He ducks behind the bar, he does not leg it.

 

[Dayvo]

He ducks behind the bar, he does not leg it.

He has to leg it from his table to get behind the bar, for your information!

 

[Noodley]

He has to leg it from his table to get behind the bar, for your information!

Nope he walks to the phone, listens to it briefly then ducks behind the bar - then stands up with the 2 bar staff who were also behind the bar once the germans have been shot - for your information, you nobber

 

[London Female]

If you want to see a war film you must watch "Beneath hill 60"

And if you have never heard of it, please google it.

Will get that for my son, he loves these type of films

 

[threebikesmcginty]

nobber fight!

 

[Dayvo]

Nope he walks to the phone, listens to it briefly then ducks behind the bar - then stands up with the 2 bar staff who were also behind the bar once the germans have been shot - for your information, you nobber

Exactly, he walks (aka legs it - struggling a bit here ) to the phone.

 

[Noodley]

Exactly, he walks (aka legs it - struggling a bit here ) to the phone.

He actually hops to the phone holding his right foot in his left hand whilst singing "I'm sexy and I know it"

 

[stephec]

......and then the barmen usher him down behind the bar as if it would give protection from a heavy machine gun.

 

[nappadang]

Shame this story got the "Hollywood" treatment. I don't think any Americans were part of the escape group. They were moved to another part of Stalag Luft 3 prior to the escape.
Still, Hollywood never let's the truth get in the way of a good story.

 

[Lance Jack]

The two most realistic war films, and realistic I mean the shock and feeling of WTF? Is Black Hawk Down and the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan (more so in surround sound)