TY - ADVS AU - Sturges,John AU - Clavell,James AU - Burnett,W.R. AU - McQueen,Steve AU - Garner,James AU - Attenborough,Richard AU - Donald,James AU - Bronson,Charles AU - Pleasence,Donald AU - Coburn,James AU - Messemer,Hannes AU - McCallum,David AU - Jackson,Gordon AU - Leyton,John AU - Lennie,Angus AU - Fapp,Daniel AU - Bernstein,Elmer AU - Webster,Ferris AU - Brickhill,Paul ED - Mirisch Company, ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ), ED - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., TI - The great escape PY - 2013///] CY - [Beverly Hills, California] PB - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios KW - Brickhill, Paul KW - Stalag Luft III KW - Drama KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Prisoners and prisons, German KW - Prisoner-of-war escapes KW - War films KW - lcgft KW - Action and adventure films KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Wide screen (2.35:1); Based on the book by Paul Brickhill; Originally released as a motion picture in 1963; DVD originally issued by MGM Home Entertainment in 1998; re-issued in 2013; Special features: documentary on the making of the film; original theatrical trailer; Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; editor, Ferris Webster; Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie; MPAA rating: not rated ; Canadian home video rating: G N2 - A fictionalized version of the unprecedented escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from a maximum-security German prison camp (Stalag Luft III) ER -