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Great Escape gardener dies aged 97
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| Apr. 30, 2009
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Posted on 04/30/2009 6:13:28 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon
As I understand it, McQueen’s character was added to make the movie more appealing to American audiences. His exploits in the film are largely fictionalized, unlike those of the British prisoners.
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04/30/2009 7:34:41 AM PDT
by
IronJack
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To: decimon
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04/30/2009 9:32:06 AM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: decimon
"because he was not an officer he was not given the chance to escape himself."
That's an interesting tidbit!
To: Eric in the Ozarks; Tupelo; All
The famous motorcycle jump from the movie was recently re-enacted in Britain. The TimesOnline (UK) has the story and video at the link below. The video also shows the back story on the motorcycle used in the re-enactment.
Link to re-enactment story & video
A bit of trivia from the article: "...the barbed wire was actually little strips of rubber tied around normal wire, made by the cast and crew in their free time."
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04/30/2009 9:55:34 AM PDT
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Amanda King
(Flaming liberals are the best kind...)
To: jaydubya2
"because he was not an officer he was not given the chance to escape himself." That's an interesting tidbit!
RHIP.
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04/30/2009 10:00:41 AM PDT
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decimon
To: Amanda King
Great info: the bike was a 650 Triumph Tiger engine set in a Metisse frame.
To: decimon
"As a member of the R.A.F., Donald Pleasence flew sixty missions over Europe in World War II before being shot down and spending 1944-45 in a P.O.W. camp, where he was tortured by sadistic Nazi guards. Undoubtedly, this real life horror helped add to the authinticity of his performances as a P.O.W. in John Sturges' THE GREAT ESCAPE and a tortured kidnapped President of the United States in John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK."
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04/30/2009 8:47:46 PM PDT
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ansel12
(Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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05/01/2009 6:13:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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