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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 4am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies The Great Escape from 1963 and I Walked with a Zombie from 1943.
The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic adventure suspense war film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, John Leyton, David McCallum and Hannes Messemer.
It was filmed in Panavision.
The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name, a first-hand account of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany.
The film portrays a heavily fictionalised version of the escape, with numerous compromises for its commercial appeal, such as focusing more on American involvement in the escape.
The Great Escape was made by The Mirisch Company, released by United Artists, and produced and directed by John Sturges.
The film had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 20 June 1963.
The Great Escape is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. It emerged as one of the highest-grossing films of the year, winning McQueen the award for Best Actor at the Moscow International Film Festival, and is now considered a classic.
The Great Escape is also noted for its motorcycle chase and jump scene, which is considered one of the best stunts ever performed.
Directed by: John Sturges.
Produced by: John Sturges.
Screenplay by: James Clavell and W. R. Burnett.
Based on: The Great Escape: by Paul Brickhill.
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough.
Music by: Elmer Bernstein.
Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp.
Edited by: Ferris Webster.
Production company: The Mirisch Company.
Distributed by: United Artists.
Release date: 20 June , 1963 (premiere, London) and 4 July , 1963 (US).
File length: 165 minutes.
Country: United States.
Languages: English, German and French.
Budget: $3.8 million.
Box office: $11.7 million.
I Walked with a Zombie is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and starring James Ellison, Frances Dee and Tom Conway.
Its plot follows a nurse who travels to care for the ailing wife of a sugar Plantation owner in the Caribbean, where she encounters supernatural phenomena such as voodoo and the walking dead.
The screenplay is based on an article of the same name by Inez Wallace, and also partly reinterprets the narrative of the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
It was the second horror film from producer Val Lewton for RKO Pictures.
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur.
Produced by: Val Lewton.
Written by: Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray.
Based on: I Walked with a Zombie: by : Inez Wallace.
Starring: James Ellison, Frances Dee and Tom Conway.
Narrated by: Frances Dee.
Music by: Roy Webb.
Cinematography: J. Roy Hunt.
Edited by: Mark Robson.
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures.
Release date: 21 April , 1943 (New York City) and 30 April , 1943 (U.S.)
Running time: 69 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
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