[wbill]

I just had a thought.....no one has mentioned "The Great Escape".

Good movie. Mostly True, sort of. At least you could say that "It's based on Actual Events", which is more than most war movies can claim.

[calex59]

I just had a thought.....no one has mentioned "The Great Escape".

Good movie. Mostly True, sort of. At least you could say that "It's based on Actual Events", which is more than most war movies can claim.

Yes, and a movie that pi**ed the Brits off, since no Americans were really involved in the "Great Escape". However, our version of the movie with Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn and other great actors at least give a sense to the accomplishment of those prisoners of war that actually did make the escape. I really like that movie.

[SJSAMPLE]

Only to Americans is it “based on actual events”.
Our Brit cousins, who were 99.99% of the actual events, resent the focus on American participation, which was almost nonexistent.

Great movie, nonetheless.