Of the Epic Films Made

[Cleve van Leef]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

[JumpersforGoalposts]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

No

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

There are many great films

There is no greatest ever film

The Great Escape is a good film

[cardiff55]

No

[JumpersforGoalposts]

There are many great films

There is no greatest ever film

The Great Escape is a good film

Indeed, but probably just a "top ten" WWII based movie and certainly IMHO well behind the likes of Schindler's List, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Saving Private Ryan.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Indeed, but probably just a "top ten" WWII based movie and certainly IMHO well behind the likes of Schindler's List, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Saving Private Ryan.

A Bridge Too Far

Where Eagles Dare

[stan butler]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

It has to be up there

[stan butler]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

My uncle was in Stalag Luff 3. Knew nothing about the tunnels until the night before the break out, and was given a slip of paper with '203' written on it - sadly, but also fortuitously the tunnel was discovered well before it was his turn.

[BLUETIT]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=youtube+chariot+race+from+ben+hur&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&source=hp&ei=cttRYbyNEs6Ma9XSvbAL&oq=youtube+chariot+race+from&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyCAghEBYQHRA eOgIIKToKCCkQxwEQrwEQCjoGCCkQDRAKOg4IABDqAhCPARCMA xDlAjoUCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQkwI6EQguEIAEELEDEIM BEMcBENEDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToICAAQgAQQsQM6CwguEIAEE LEDEIMBOgUIABCABDoFCC4QgAQ6CwguELEDEMcBEK8BOggILhC ABBCxAzoECAAQCjoICC4QgAQQkwI6BggAEBYQHjoICAAQFhAKE B46BQghEKABSgUIPhIBMUoFCD8SATFKBQgTEgExUP08WPrfAWD a6QFoBHAAeACAAcABiAHcD5IBBDIzLjKYAQCgAQGwARI&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#imgrc=qwOt-kr3GJ9VkM

[BLUETIT]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjEcOkwV2MU

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Regarding some of the fiction woven into the film:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-24/the-great-escape-film-was-fiction-but-paul-brickhill-left-a-mark/10911138

[ToTaL ITK]

If you're a flag waving Brit, then yes its probably the best movie ever made

[tforturton]

Hardly an epic. 'Ben Hur' is an epic, or 'Spartacus'.
The Great Escape is okay for a quiet Sunday afternoon, but an epic it is not.

[Jordi Culé]

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:

Too Late The Hero

[The Bloop]

Regarding some of the fiction woven into the film:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-24/the-great-escape-film-was-fiction-but-paul-brickhill-left-a-mark/10911138

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

Absolutely, Steve McQueen's role being a perfect example.

[bobh]

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:

Too Late The Hero.

Great film. Michael Caine and a yank whose name escapes me


Just seen already answered. :facepalm:

[bobh]

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.

[Ivortheengine]

The Boat. Classic war film viewed from a German angle.
Failing that Wallace And Gromit- The Wrong Trousers.

[light up the darkness]

In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.


I remember my father jumping up and down about the ‘bloody yanks’ and their fairy stories in North Africa

[jon1959]

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

'U571' had the Americans capturing the enigma machine from a German U Boat and turning the tide of WW2.

Only they didn't.

It got high ratings from the reviewers in the USA but was panned here for re-writing history and stealing someone else's achievement.

[the other bob wilson]

I’d say the Great Escape would not even get in my top 1,000 epic films.

John Wayne won the Second World War didn’t he?

[Elwood Blues]

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

These are three of my favourite scenes scenes from three of the old style epic's also from the sixties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmbgZ2wZvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ILqbD6XXkA&t=23s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCmyiljKo0&t=11s

oh and of course an alternative cut of the last one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T481yh1KiY

[The Bloop]

I remember my father jumping up and down about the ‘bloody yanks’ and their fairy stories in North Africa

My dad would but he refuses to watch them.

[AfricanBluebird]

A Bridge Too Far

Where Eagles Dare


Where Eagles Dare is one of Burtons finest moments.

"A hole, is a hole, is a hole"

Love everything about that film and I am not typically a 'war film' kinda person

[light up the darkness]

My dad would but he refuses to watch them.



He said”I was in North African for 2 and a half years, saw lots Germans and Italians but the only time I saw a yank was when we were being shipped to Italy when most of the serious fighting was over”