His most famous role was probably Dr. Loomis in "Halloween" I would say. Maybe not a sympathetic role, but you were rooting for him as he was the good guy in the movie.
Donald Pleasance was not the gentle, harmless forger portrayed in the movie. He was the real deal - he served in an RAF bomber crew during WWII and after the bomber was shot down he spent time in a German POW camp. Garner served in the Korean War, so both were combat veterans.
+pix046 What's even more interesting is most of the stars of this movie were young men during WWII and served in various capacities for the U.S., Great Britain, Germany. Charles Bronson was a gunner in a U.S. Army Air Corp bomber in the Pacific and he was wounded in combat. Maybe the most interesting story is that of Robert Graf, who played the German guard manipulated by the James Garner character. Graf's character was always afraid of getting in trouble, and whiff, he would get sent to the Eastern front. Ironically, Robert Graf served with the German Army in the Eastern front and was wounded in combat. His wounds allowed him to be evacuated and probably saved his life.
Because people just can't enjoy a movie without blasting their political enemies. Hmmmmm Did see Maxine Waters, Diane Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Antonio Villaregoso, Barack Hussein Obama, Ellen Degeneres, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, or Nikita Khrushchev in this pic as extras !!!!
bighands69 Because George W. Bush she was in the air National Guard in Texas he never showed up at the time because he was drunk and he always got away with it because his dad was the head of the CIA that’s why they brought it up
1:18 The most beautiful shot. The beautiful German landscape contrasted with the trucks driving up, and the salient figure of Pleasence in the dark shadow, symbolising innocent ignorance (since he is blind), really makes this scene impact-full along with the soaring music.
Obviously a top actor but it shows in this that Pleasence plays a gentle, sweet character against an evil enemy and then 3/4 years later, plays Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In The Eagle Has Landed, he played Heinrich Himmler.
A great scene starring two great (and underrated) actors from a great movie, I'm not ashamed to say I always choke up when Pleasence says "thank you for getting me out."
+Lucas Davis "I'm sorry I fouled things up." "Fouled things up? I've been manhandled off a train. I've been bundled into a plane which has crashed because you didn't check the fuel gauge before take off. I've been shoved down the hill where the Germans were coming. I've trodden in a cowpat. Now I've got a bullet in my back! Fouled things up!"
It's really amazing to me- the gentility and fragility that Donald Pleasance brought to every role that- in some parts- can make him truly terrifying, but here makes him so heartbreaking and sympathetic. That's acting.
Remember trying not to cry when i first watched this scene at the cinema when it first came out ..then years later the same thing happening again , the friendship they created between them was uplifting , so different backgrounds but both great people
Back before CGI, they had to actually have someone crash a plane. The assistant producer for the movie, Robert Relyea wound up in the cockpit, and was grievously injured for this scene. "To match the post-crash scenes already shot by Sturges, I needed to crash land the plane between two trees. We set two flag sticks on a hillside about ten feet apart to approximate the distance between the actual trees so I could make a few practice runs. For this shot, I really didn't need to get the plane off the ground, just run her fast enough to make the crash look dynamic. On the first rehearsal I ran the Bucker straight down the middle, right between the two flag sticks. That made me feel pretty good about my chances of surviving this stunt.....on the second try I ran the plane directly into the flag stick representing the tree on the left." "After we got the Bucker crank started, the prop guys tied the plane down so it could get rolling with a head of steam once it was cut loose. I waited in the cockpit with the goofy James Garner wig on my head, and the noise from the engine seemed deafening. Off to the side I could see several firemen preparing the water, ice and chemicals they'd use to put out my flaming body should the cockpit catch fire. I felt sick in my stomach. The cameras were ready to roll. I looked down at the stick, which had been sawed to a nub to decrease the chances of it ending up in my kidney......I signalled for the prop guys to cut the plane loose and away I went." "I was racing toward the trees. A thought occurred to me: what if I involuntarily cut the power too early and I don't go into the trees fast enough? I've got only one shot at this and it needs to look real! So I increased my speed to the point where I felt the Bucker start to lift off the ground. Another thought occurred to me: increased speed means the plane will respond to smaller steering instructions. So I aimed for the tree on the right, and at the last possible moment I barely tapped the left rudder, cut the engines and instantly everything went black." "My illusionary bliss had taken place in the blink of an eye as I crashed through the trees, tearing the wings off, and continued hurtling forward with the nose up. The Bucker leapt over a small road and the nose finally dipped as the plane slammed hard into an embankment and stopped.....In the next instant, the crew was crawling all over the plane. They pulled me out of the cockpit and placed me in an ambulance."
why didn't they just pull an empty plane with a guide wire? the aftermath of the crash shot is off screen and if you got the plane rolling fast enough it would have taken off they really did not need him to be piloting to achieve that
What great comaraderie, notice how he pulls his buddy fron the plane as soon as the crash. What Great heroes fought in WWII, heroes that will never to be seen again!
Got to be the saddest scene when Blythe, unable to see those Germans, turns back and gets shot. Then those final words thanking Henley for getting him out.
One of the few opportunities James Garner had to display some acting skills, he was usually cast to play off of his good looks as a lovable scoundrel (Maverick) or the chiseled-jaw anti-hero. It was heartbreaking to see how close their characters came to escaping to freedom only to fall short. Garner's character showed anguished resignation and regret as he watched Pleasance's character fall and blamed himself, unfairly. He was rarely given many chances to show his range or commitment to a role, sadly.
While an iconic scene from the movie they did try to correct it in the PC game version in that the fuel gauge was just faulty. Of course historically speaking there was no airplane getaway in the actual escape; not in the cold weather they faced.
Every survivor lost someone close. Ives, Blythe, Haynes, etc. Honestly I cried when Bronson, Leyton and Coburn made it when I first watch this as a child.
@@forrestkellogg8317 I love the exchange when Garner and several others are brought back to the camp. James Donald, the Senior British Officer, tells them about the 50 who were executed,including Bartlett, the leader. In typical British fashion Donald tries to put the best face on it, saying "Roger's idea was to get back at the enemy, mess up the works. From what we've learned he did exactly that." To which Garner replies in typical American fashion with a very pointed question: "Do you think it was worth the price?" But Donald's response stays so typically British: "That depends on your point of view Hendley". Great scene.
@@TWS-pd5dc I remember when watching the Untold Story of the Great Escape and other documentaries on this various survivors gave their responses on whether or not the escape was worth it. Obviously most said yes.
A German plane has just crash-landed in Germany but somehow a convoy of military vehicles draws uo nearby and its occupants happen to know that the plane was being flown by two escaped P.O.W.s rather than Luftwaffe men, so they can confidently shoot one of them. When the plane crashes, the wings are seen to be torn off, but when the occupants leave the cockpit, the wings appear to be largely intact.
I know McQueen /Hilts gets the plaudits as the coolest American in the film....but Garner's Hendley is perhaps unfairly overshadowed ? A very cool guy who takes on a huge responsibility and does so with complete devotion. (Do Hendley and Hilts actually have any scenes together ?....can't remember ...)
Agree with others on here, as it can be said Donald Pleasence was truly 'Great' and in every film he was in, be it a goody or a baddy, he was very unique in his manner and style that contrasted so well with all other actors. Most likely having served in WW2 going up in those bombing runs, knowing he faced a very unpleasant death in a burning spiraling shot down bomber and then time in a POW camp, meant he had no need to prove him self and become such a obnoxious person as so many film stars become.
James Garner was definitely the best actor in The Great Escape along with Richard Attenborough. McQueen gets the plaudits but Hendley and Bartlett were better albeit composite characters.
A great movie. But it's kind of crazy that they tried to fly to Switzerland from Stalag Luft III, when it's far closer to fly due north to neutral Sweden.
This scene represents the story of my life. Flying high one day thinking that I've got it made and then crashing the next day with no hope for tomorrow. And I mean that literally when I say day by day.
Mi padre me llevó a ver esta película cuando yo tenía unos 5 o 6 años. Me marcó tanto que siempre recordaba la mirada de Donald Plascence muriendo. Desde allí desarrollé mi cinefilia y la continua necesidad de saber el nombre de los actores y actrices de las películas que me gustaban.
They destroyed a real WW2 vintage Bücker Bestmann for this scene... And, it's hilarious, that a plane crashes, the military arrive and shoot the first guy they see, without asking. For all they knew, it could have been a high ranking German...
I would assume they had already been alerted to look out for the plane, as the escape had long since been broadcast. Also, the theft of the plane itself from the airport was known at that point since Garner's character had to fight to steal it. And since Switzerland was nearby, the Germans probably suspected that would be where they were headed.
@@YDDES How would you know that? The Gestapo had planned to murder the escapees, as history as witnessed. What makes you believe these two would have escaped that fate? 50 men ultimately lost their lives, I see no guarantee either character would have been spared.
I have got this movie DVD of James Garner who was the scrounger and blackmailer as he has stolen an aeroplane from the german airfield with Donald Pleasance was the forger as he has became blind in the movie as their aeroplane is about to crash as they are losing power is their engine is stopping as the plane crashes into the trees as Donald Pleasance is shot by a German Officer from the movie DVD in The Great Escape I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxxxx
Absolutely unrealistic. They crashed somewhere near the border to Switzerland and immediately there are german soldiers. Germany had a lack of soldiers in 1943/44 and all of them were at the front. And no german soldier would have shoot an unarmed men without permission. They would arrest him.
It makes you think that if they could make uniforms out of itchy old blankets why couldn't they make Blythe a pair of specs using a couple of old milk bottles?
It's a Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann,It was inicially used as an traning aircraft by the Luftwaffe but latter on It got modified to a tank-buster; And yes i ansewerd a 2 year old coment.
@@evertonmignac-D7101 I know they caught the train part of the way but there is no way one would make it from Silesia to Swabia in an aircraft of that type.
@@evertonmignac-D7101 True but poetic licence aside The Great Escape is still a great movie. I just wish the English actor William Russell from Dr. Who got more involved with the screenplay. 1939 with the Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind was one thing but 1962 was truly the second stage in the evolution of modern cinema with James Bond 007 Dr. No and Lawrence of Arabia and the like.
The movie is so far removed from the REAL story as to be almost laughable. It's pure Hollywood. Take the time and read the real story of the Great escape.
The film is very much a dramatic creation, but I've read about the event and some specific things actually happened. They really did execute 50, for example. There are documentaries around, also...
Notice how at 1:00 the wings get sheared off and the plane skids forward quite a ways? Then at 1:13, you see the left wing next to the fuselage as if it just fell off after the plane came to a halt.
FTS International (Music from Europe & the World) Not only that, but you'll notice that when the plane comes a stop, the tail is on the ground, but when the passengers exit the plane, the plane is nose down with the tail in the air. Hey, I'm observant, what can I say?!?!
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Every time I watch this movie I'm SURE that this time they're going to make it!
Me too! Exactly. How I wish they did make it!!!!
one day, my friend... one day...
It's a shame but the movie was based on real events and, sadly, most of them were caught and executed.
And The Music say they gona make it.
One of the few times you see Donald Pleasance in a sympathetic role.
Great actor.
His most famous role was probably Dr. Loomis in "Halloween" I would say. Maybe not a sympathetic role, but you were rooting for him as he was the good guy in the movie.
Very talented actor x
He plays a sympathetic role in Phenomena
@@generalzod2497 why not sympathetic? I think he was pretty likable.
Aside from 007 movies, he mostly played the good guy.
Donald Pleasance was not the gentle, harmless forger portrayed in the movie. He was the real deal - he served in an RAF bomber crew during WWII and after the bomber was shot down he spent time in a German POW camp. Garner served in the Korean War, so both were combat veterans.
+protamine4 Interesting. George W Bush might feel a little ashamed to watch this movie, then. No, but actually he wouldn't care.
+pix046 What's even more interesting is most of the stars of this movie were young men during WWII and served in various capacities for the U.S., Great Britain, Germany. Charles Bronson was a gunner in a U.S. Army Air Corp bomber in the Pacific and he was wounded in combat. Maybe the most interesting story is that of Robert Graf, who played the German guard manipulated by the James Garner character. Graf's character was always afraid of getting in trouble, and whiff, he would get sent to the Eastern front. Ironically, Robert Graf served with the German Army in the Eastern front and was wounded in combat. His wounds allowed him to be evacuated and probably saved his life.
+pix046
Why did you feel the need to bring George Bush into the mix he was a veteran himself.
Because people just can't enjoy a movie without blasting their political enemies. Hmmmmm Did see Maxine Waters, Diane Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Antonio Villaregoso, Barack Hussein Obama, Ellen Degeneres, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, or Nikita Khrushchev in this pic as extras !!!!
bighands69 Because George W. Bush she was in the air National Guard in Texas he never showed up at the time because he was drunk and he always got away with it because his dad was the head of the CIA that’s why they brought it up
RIP all the great actors who played in The Great Escape !🙏💖
1:18 The most beautiful shot. The beautiful German landscape contrasted with the trucks driving up, and the salient figure of Pleasence in the dark shadow, symbolising innocent ignorance (since he is blind), really makes this scene impact-full along with the soaring music.
You are a complete ....
RIP mr garner you were one hell of a guy
i loved him in The Rockford Files
He brough humanity to every role that he played.
Obviously a top actor but it shows in this that Pleasence plays a gentle, sweet character against an evil enemy and then 3/4 years later, plays Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In The Eagle Has Landed, he played Heinrich Himmler.
One of my favorite movies love james garner
A great scene starring two great (and underrated) actors from a great movie, I'm not ashamed to say I always choke up when Pleasence says "thank you for getting me out."
+Lucas Davis "I'm sorry I fouled things up."
"Fouled things up? I've been manhandled off a train. I've been bundled into a plane which has crashed because you didn't check the fuel gauge before take off. I've been shoved down the hill where the Germans were coming. I've trodden in a cowpat. Now I've got a bullet in my back! Fouled things up!"
+pix046 Did I say something wrong?
+Lucas Davis Not at all. A friend and myself have re-written this scene as comedy. Black
Comedy, of course. No offence.
None taken. Sounds like a good skit. Cool.
i had to pause the movie it made me cry so much
It's really amazing to me- the gentility and fragility that Donald Pleasance brought to every role that- in some parts- can make him truly terrifying, but here makes him so heartbreaking and sympathetic. That's acting.
RIP James Garner And Donald Pleasence
Remember trying not to cry when i first watched this scene at the cinema when it first came out ..then years later the same thing happening again , the friendship they created between them was uplifting , so different backgrounds but both great people
Now, I don't feel so bad, Shaun. The truth us, I still get choked up every time I see Blythe get shot. . .
One of the greatest WW2 movies ever made.
Everytime i see this scene i get choked up when Blyth dies .Great Actors both of them .
"Colin's not a blind man so long as he's with me".
Fantastic movie My uncle introduced me to this one!!Has stayed with me for life!!Love this movie!!
Kudos to Pleasence and Garner for delivering this scene.
I never thought I would be saddened seeing Blofeld die.
would*
still my favourite film with James G..and the Rockford Files goes without saying..Classic!! ;)
Always breaks my heart this scene so near yet so far xx
Back before CGI, they had to actually have someone crash a plane. The assistant producer for the movie, Robert Relyea wound up in the cockpit, and was grievously injured for this scene.
"To match the post-crash scenes already shot by Sturges, I needed to crash land the plane between two trees. We set two flag sticks on a hillside about ten feet apart to approximate the distance between the actual trees so I could make a few practice runs. For this shot, I really didn't need to get the plane off the ground, just run her fast enough to make the crash look dynamic. On the first rehearsal I ran the Bucker straight down the middle, right between the two flag sticks. That made me feel pretty good about my chances of surviving this stunt.....on the second try I ran the plane directly into the flag stick representing the tree on the left."
"After we got the Bucker crank started, the prop guys tied the plane down so it could get rolling with a head of steam once it was cut loose. I waited in the cockpit with the goofy James Garner wig on my head, and the noise from the engine seemed deafening. Off to the side I could see several firemen preparing the water, ice and chemicals they'd use to put out my flaming body should the cockpit catch fire. I felt sick in my stomach. The cameras were ready to roll. I looked down at the stick, which had been sawed to a nub to decrease the chances of it ending up in my kidney......I signalled for the prop guys to cut the plane loose and away I went."
"I was racing toward the trees. A thought occurred to me: what if I involuntarily cut the power too early and I don't go into the trees fast enough? I've got only one shot at this and it needs to look real! So I increased my speed to the point where I felt the Bucker start to lift off the ground. Another thought occurred to me: increased speed means the plane will respond to smaller steering instructions. So I aimed for the tree on the right, and at the last possible moment I barely tapped the left rudder, cut the engines and instantly everything went black."
"My illusionary bliss had taken place in the blink of an eye as I crashed through the trees, tearing the wings off, and continued hurtling forward with the nose up. The Bucker leapt over a small road and the nose finally dipped as the plane slammed hard into an embankment and stopped.....In the next instant, the crew was crawling all over the plane. They pulled me out of the cockpit and placed me in an ambulance."
I was wondering about this.
Wow. Thanks for the info.
why didn't they just pull an empty plane with a guide wire? the aftermath of the crash shot is off screen and if you got the plane rolling fast enough it would have taken off
they really did not need him to be piloting to achieve that
What great comaraderie, notice how he pulls his buddy fron the plane as soon as the crash. What Great heroes fought in WWII, heroes that will never to be seen again!
They almost made it!!
Heartbreaking!!
The gestapo sure got there quickly
"thank you for getting me out.." poor Blythe, he didn't deserve this!😭
Got to be the saddest scene when Blythe, unable to see those Germans, turns back and gets shot. Then those final words thanking Henley for getting him out.
Cry every time I see this
One of the few opportunities James Garner had to display some acting skills, he was usually cast to play off of his good looks as a lovable scoundrel (Maverick) or the chiseled-jaw anti-hero. It was heartbreaking to see how close their characters came to escaping to freedom only to fall short. Garner's character showed anguished resignation and regret as he watched Pleasance's character fall and blamed himself, unfairly. He was rarely given many chances to show his range or commitment to a role, sadly.
1:15 beautiful cinematography. Every time I yell at him to get down as if he can hear me. Great movie, they don’t make them like this anymore
One thing I've learned never to say in my military years...
We've made it!!!
as a 10 year old boy and now i still well up when pleasance does not make it
My heart always goes out to poor Colin Blythe...The epitome of a gentleman.
While an iconic scene from the movie they did try to correct it in the PC game version in that the fuel gauge was just faulty.
Of course historically speaking there was no airplane getaway in the actual escape; not in the cold weather they faced.
This was on every Christmas when I was a kid in the UK
That and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 😀
Every survivor lost someone close. Ives, Blythe, Haynes, etc. Honestly I cried when Bronson, Leyton and Coburn made it when I first watch this as a child.
Also Bartlett and Macdonald
@@davidyoutube9305 Indeed.
@@forrestkellogg8317 I love the exchange when Garner and several others are brought back to the camp. James Donald, the Senior British Officer, tells them about the 50 who were executed,including Bartlett, the leader. In typical British fashion Donald tries to put the best face on it, saying "Roger's idea was to get back at the enemy, mess up the works. From what we've learned he did exactly that." To which Garner replies in typical American fashion with a very pointed question: "Do you think it was worth the price?" But Donald's response stays so typically British: "That depends on your point of view Hendley". Great scene.
@@TWS-pd5dc I remember when watching the Untold Story of the Great Escape and other documentaries on this various survivors gave their responses on whether or not the escape was worth it. Obviously most said yes.
@@forrestkellogg8317 Depends on your point of view Forrest.
Acres of Open Field Ended up Landing in Those Trees. 😀
A German plane has just crash-landed in Germany but somehow a convoy of military vehicles draws uo nearby and its occupants happen to know that the plane was being flown by two escaped P.O.W.s rather than Luftwaffe men, so they can confidently shoot one of them.
When the plane crashes, the wings are seen to be torn off, but when the occupants leave the cockpit, the wings appear to be largely intact.
Love this movie great story .so many good actors
An amazing actor.
Easily the saddest scene in the movie.
I know McQueen /Hilts gets the plaudits as the coolest American in the film....but Garner's Hendley is perhaps unfairly overshadowed ? A very cool guy who takes on a huge responsibility and does so with complete devotion. (Do Hendley and Hilts actually have any scenes together ?....can't remember ...)
Yep...In the moonshine scene... "Down the British!"...🤣
Agree with others on here, as it can be said Donald Pleasence was truly 'Great' and in every film he was in, be it a goody or a baddy, he was very unique in his manner and style that contrasted so well with all other actors. Most likely having served in WW2 going up in those bombing runs, knowing he faced a very unpleasant death in a burning spiraling shot down bomber and then time in a POW camp, meant he had no need to prove him self and become such a obnoxious person as so many film stars become.
James Garner was definitely the best actor in The Great Escape along with Richard Attenborough. McQueen gets the plaudits but Hendley and Bartlett were better albeit composite characters.
A great movie. But it's kind of crazy that they tried to fly to Switzerland from Stalag Luft III, when it's far closer to fly due north to neutral Sweden.
How dare they shoot Herr Himmler (The Eagle has Landed)
Splendid
Still frustrates me to watch this scene...if only they'd got just that bit further and over the Alps
This scene represents the story of my life. Flying high one day thinking that I've got it made and then crashing the next day with no hope for tomorrow. And I mean that literally when I say day by day.
Mi padre me llevó a ver esta película cuando yo tenía unos 5 o 6 años. Me marcó tanto que siempre recordaba la mirada de Donald Plascence muriendo. Desde allí desarrollé mi cinefilia y la continua necesidad de saber el nombre de los actores y actrices de las películas que me gustaban.
Man of honor
Toller Film. Bekommt man heute nicht mehr hin.
Every time I watch this, I always hope their make it somehow even though I know the outcome.
So sad they didn't make it to freedom in Switzerland!😢✈️🇨🇭
I think this may well be Garner's best look and handsomest of any role, number 2 may be Grand Prix.
They destroyed a real WW2 vintage Bücker Bestmann for this scene...
And, it's hilarious, that a plane crashes, the military arrive and shoot the first guy they see, without asking. For all they knew, it could have been a high ranking German...
I think they had been alerted by a stolen aircraft headed their way
I would assume they had already been alerted to look out for the plane, as the escape had long since been broadcast. Also, the theft of the plane itself from the airport was known at that point since Garner's character had to fight to steal it. And since Switzerland was nearby, the Germans probably suspected that would be where they were headed.
Davedio Well, at least the Germans would have taken the fliers as prisoners, instead of shooting the first Guy they saw.
@@YDDES How would you know that? The Gestapo had planned to murder the escapees, as history as witnessed. What makes you believe these two would have escaped that fate? 50 men ultimately lost their lives, I see no guarantee either character would have been spared.
@@Davedio then why they spared Hendleys life?
Love watching this movie you tube
Keep this movie on RUclips
So this is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps.
Seriously good movie 😍
This is a great scene
Also Donald pleasence character Colin he wasn't blind he was short sighted
Sad scene to a great movie.
Never count your chickens before they hatch.
I have got this movie DVD of
James Garner who was the
scrounger and blackmailer
as he has stolen an aeroplane
from the german airfield with
Donald Pleasance
was the forger as he has became
blind in the movie as their
aeroplane is about to crash as they are losing power is their engine is stopping as the plane crashes into the trees as Donald Pleasance is shot by a German Officer
from the movie DVD in
The Great Escape
I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxxxx
And in another film Donald played the part if himmler.
Flying over Neuschwanstein; this is a point were reality is blown in the movie
EXCELENTE film , curiosamente los 2 en la vida real fueron soldados.
Great cast in that movie
I wonder how the hell Germans were there literally seconds after they crashed...?
Instinct maybe.
They live there.
Absolutely unrealistic. They crashed somewhere near the border to Switzerland and immediately there are german soldiers. Germany had a lack of soldiers in 1943/44 and all of them were at the front. And no german soldier would have shoot an unarmed men without permission. They would arrest him.
Can't imagine a big fellow like
Garner fitting thru a escape tunnel
Actually no americans in camp
Unless disguised as canadians
Mon dieu quelle souffrance 🇲🇫
Another liberty most were captured because of snow they kept to roads
Only one dutch and two norwegians
Made it!
:( Doc Lumis died free.
Thanks for gettng me out...........
The movie was an all star cast masterpiece.
Does anyone know if that plane was a Brooker 181?
I think its a bucker 181
ドナルドプレゼンツもガーナーも良い俳優でしたね〜🎥🤔😲🤗
Where did he got the plane?It had to be difficult to stole a plane to the german air force.
Vai ver o filme, Maria!
The picture is fake ,that was not really them in the plane at that height.
I thought these guys got away in the rowboat. Who was that?
Charles Bronson and sadly do not have the name of the other actor to mind.
@@Hairyskinback John Leyton.
It makes you think that if they could make uniforms out of itchy old blankets why couldn't they make Blythe a pair of specs using a couple of old milk bottles?
😂
Maybe the nazis paid more attention to the glass in the camp as it could potentially be used to cut nazi flesh.
Whats the aircraft that he's flying?
It's a Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann,It was inicially used as an traning aircraft by the Luftwaffe but latter on It got modified to a tank-buster;
And yes i ansewerd a 2 year old coment.
@@evertonmignac-D7101 I know they caught the train part of the way but there is no way one would make it from Silesia to Swabia in an aircraft of that type.
@@RangaTurk that's some Hollywood fiel-tank right there my friend,kinda like the infinit magazine thing.
@@evertonmignac-D7101 True but poetic licence aside The Great Escape is still a great movie. I just wish the English actor William Russell from Dr. Who got more involved with the screenplay. 1939 with the Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind was one thing but 1962 was truly the second stage in the evolution of modern cinema with James Bond 007 Dr. No and Lawrence of Arabia and the like.
Pyoomaman!
Rest in pieces
The movie is so far removed from the REAL story as to be almost laughable. It's pure Hollywood. Take the time and read the real story of the Great escape.
The film is very much a dramatic creation, but I've read about the event and some specific things actually happened. They really did execute 50, for example. There are documentaries around, also...
Notice how at 1:00 the wings get sheared off and the plane skids forward quite a ways? Then at 1:13, you see the left wing next to the fuselage as if it just fell off after the plane came to a halt.
Wow!!! What an observation!!! How could you notice such detail???? That is quite remarkable!!!
FTS International (Music from Europe & the World) Not only that, but you'll notice that when the plane comes a stop, the tail is on the ground, but when the passengers exit the plane, the plane is nose down with the tail in the air. Hey, I'm observant, what can I say?!?!
I wanna know why they sniped poor donald.
+sbeckle1 I think you need to put 0:57 to 1 min 07.
🇺🇸John Robert Bruffett Junior USA USA USA USA USA!
1:41 I really hate the Germans then
I cried when he died
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸John Robert Bruffett Junior USA USA USA USA!
🇺🇸John Robert Bruffett Junior USA USA USA USA!
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Worst "war movie" ever made in the history of film.
You've never seen Pearl Harbour, have you?
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