The Great Escape (film, 1963)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Great_Escape_(film,_1963)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:film
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial	gptkb:Paul_Brickhill
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Laurel_Award_for_Top_Action_Drama
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:The_Great_Escape_(book)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross	$11.7 million (US/Canada rentals)
gptkbp:cinematography	gptkb:Daniel_L._Fapp
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director	gptkb:John_Sturges
gptkbp:distributor	gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:editingBy	gptkb:Ferris_Webster
gptkbp:filmingLocation	gptkb:Munich,_Germany gptkb:Bavaria,_Germany gptkb:Füssen,_Germany
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:adventure_film drama war film
gptkbp:hasTheme	gptkb:war friendship heroism escape
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Great Escape (film, 1963)
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent war films
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:musicBy	gptkb:Elmer_Bernstein
gptkbp:nominatedFor	gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Editing
gptkbp:notableFor	iconic theme music by Elmer Bernstein
gptkbp:notableQuote	"It is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape."
gptkbp:notableScene	Steve McQueen motorcycle chase
gptkbp:plotSummary	Allied prisoners of war plan a mass escape from a German POW camp.
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:National_Film_Registry_(U.S.)
gptkbp:producer	gptkb:John_Sturges
gptkbp:productionCompany	gptkb:The_Mirisch_Company
gptkbp:releaseDate	1963-07-04
gptkbp:runtime	172 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter	gptkb:W._R._Burnett gptkb:James_Clavell
gptkbp:setIn	gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:setInPeriod	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:starring	gptkb:Richard_Attenborough gptkb:Steve_McQueen gptkb:David_McCallum gptkb:Charles_Bronson gptkb:James_Coburn gptkb:James_Garner gptkb:Donald_Pleasence
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Great_Escape_(March_1944) gptkb:The_Great_Escape_(WWII)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7