The Great Escape (1963) Season 06 Episode 03

Great, Escape, Fucking, Classic, Sad Reality, Worst Escape, these are using to describe the movie this week. Welcome to episode three of season 6 of Flicks XRayed, this week we are digging tunnels because we are watching and reviewing The Great Escape. Host, Big X Tony is joined by co-host Cooler King Ryan and guests Tunnel King Joe, and Natürlich ist er kein Engländer Phil. This week we play a game of Release Year for World War Two Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted pretty princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about World War Two, Steve McQueen, Motorcycle Stunts and sooo much more.

Our Ratings

Tunnel King Joe 3.5

Natürlich ist er kein Engländer Phil 4

Cooler King Ryan 4.5

Big X Tony 4.5

16.5/20 82%

Synopsis and Starring

Synopsis: During the Second World War, a large group of imprisoned Allied soldiers, known for breaking out of prison, are confined in an escape-proof prison camp.

Directed by John Struges

Starring
Steve McQueen as Hilts ‘The Cooler King’
James Garner as Hendley ‘The Scrounger’
Richard Attenborough as Bartlett ‘Big X’
James Donald as Ramsey ‘The SBO’
Charles Bronson as Danny ‘Tunnel King’

Game 1

Release Year for World War 2 Movies

1963.……….The Great Escape

  1. 1993………. Schindler’s List
  1. 1998……….Saving Private Ryan
  1. 2009.……….Inglorious Bastards
  1. 2002……….The Pianist
  1. 1942……….Casablanca
  1. 2019……….Jojo Rabbit
  1. 2013.……….The Book Thief
  1. 1957.……….Bridge Over the River Kwai
  1. 1998……….The Thin Red Line
  2. 2001………. Pearl Harbor
  3. 2014……….Fury

Game 2

The Figures

Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)
Domestic:$11,744,471
Foreign:$228,327
Bonus 1: Open Weekend$NA
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings
Critic Ratings:
Audience Ratings:

94%
95%
IMDB Rating:82% (8.2)

Game 3

The Awesome Lodge Word Game

Movies with Steve McQueen – Joe

  1. Bullitt
  2. The Magnificent Seven
  3. The Blob
  4. Soldier in the Rain
  5. Hell is for Heroes
  6. The Towering Inferno
  7. The Getaway
  8. The War Lover
  9. Papillon
  10. The Cincinnati Kid

1960’s Top Movies – Phil

  1. Lolita
  2. Cleopatra
  3. The Birds
  4. Rosemary’s Baby
  5. Lawrence of Arabia
  6. Easy Rider
  7. Barbarella
  8. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
  9. Night of the Living Dead
  10. Planet of the Apes

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