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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301917582 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6301917588 Label: Vidmark Entertainment Manufacturer: Vidmark Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 1991-02 Publisher: Vidmark Entertainment Release Date: June 25, 1996 Running Time: 93 minutes Sales Rank: 13837 Studio: Vidmark Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1988
Rating: - Great Escape II: The Untold Story, The
The VHS recorded tape of this made-for-tv movie was a travesty. The original film was shown in 2 nights. The running time of the original was 178 mins. Vidmark's VHS version is 93 mins. You do the math. What is left is a film that makes absolutely no sense to a first time viewer. Some of the scenes are spliced together with no thought to continuity, jumping from one scene to another. Viewers are bound to wonder "what did I miss". I would highly recommend giving this VHS version a definite "miss". If I could rate it lower than 1 star I most would do so.
Rating: - Horrendous slashing of the original
The original miniseries was a really good show . . . all four hours of it. But this release has been so severely slashed [to just 93 minutes, less than half of the story] that the story makes no sense. Actions seem to be taken for no reason at all [when the basis for the action was dropped to the cutting room floor]. The people who made this travesty ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Rating: - A Poor 2nd To The Mini-Series
Apparently D. Brown never saw the original release on TV. (And Wings Day did NOT escape to Italy; he was re-captured, and sent to Sachsenhausen concentation camp -- from which he also tunnelled out.)
I wish I had read the review of "A Viewer" before ordering. The commercial version omits several scenes, including "Mike Corey"'s arrival at Sagan and a large chunk of him being re-united with the French Resistance agent, "Marie".
If this is re-released on DVD, I hope Vidmark will use the original version; then I will definitely upgrade my review.
Rating: - A Good Movie
I enjoed this movie a lot. It's hard to beat the 1963 Great Escape but this one is good. I thought this movie was very accurate. I recommend it for Great Escape fans!
Rating: - Great Escape 2 VHS - only show in town, but not that good
The phrase "only show in town, but not that good" refers to the Vidmark Home Entertainment prerecorded VHS tape made from the original television miniseries. I mean that it is the only commercially available version, but Vidmark's version of it is almost painful to watch if you have seen the original.
The original television miniseries "The Great Escape II: The Untold Story" ran in 1988 according to information I have seen on the Web (I do recall it being shown in the 1980s). It was shown in two parts, each at least 2 hours long including commercials. Vidmark's version is only 93 minutes, ... Read More
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