The Great Escape (4K UHD Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: December 2, 2024
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £30.00 (Arrow Films) - £29.99 (Zavvi - HMV)
Notes: Blu-ray disc is extras

 

[paulboland]

3-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Barry Forshaw, Neil Mitchell, Wickham Clayton and Mark Cunliffe
• Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley

DISC 1 (4K UHD) – THE GREAT ESCAPE

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray™ presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly restored original lossless mono soundtrack
• Optional lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by filmmaker/historian Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin, author of Combat Films: American Realism
• Audio commentary featuring director John Sturges and members of the cast and crew, moderated by Steven Jay Rubin
• Theatrical trailer

DISC 2 (Blu-ray) – BONUS FEATURES

• The Real Great Escape – author and historian Guy Walters separates fact from fiction in this brand new interview
• The Great Escapism – brand new appreciation of the film by Jose Arroyo, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick
• The Great Composer – brand new interview with composer/author Neil Brand, discussing Elmer Bernstein and his iconic score
• Freedom Forged – critic and educator Rich Johnson explores the film’s place within the war movie canon in this brand new visual essay
• Michael Sragow on The Great Escape – 2020 interview exploring the career of John Sturges and the making of the film
• Heroes Underground – 2001 four-part documentary exploring the making of the film and the events which inspired it, featuring interviews with former POWs
• The Real Virgil Hilts – 2001 featurette interviewing former POW David M. Jones, widely seen as the inspiration for Steve McQueen’s character
• The Untold Story – 2001 documentary exploring the planning and execution of the real-life escape
• The Untold Story: Additional Interviews
• Return to The Great Escape – 1993 featurette exploring the making of the film
• Image gallery

DISC 3 (4K UHD) – THE GREAT ESCAPE II: THE UNTOLD STORY [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray™ presentation in SDR
• Original lossless 2.0 stereo soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Original Trailer

 

[TheWildEye]

Nice.
Looking forward to this one

 

[Sono2020]

I already own the KL 4K.. wonder how different the transfer on this will be..

 

[Lollard2002]

I already own the KL 4K.. wonder how different the transfer on this will be..

Better encoding perhaps?

 

[Lollard2002]

I see they got the licence to import over stuff from the Criterion laserdisc. Nice.

 

[paulboland]

I already own the KL 4K.. wonder how different the transfer on this will be..

A different encoding Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and arrow release also has new extras

 

[zoltan_g]

Also, the Arrow disc will have HDR, while the KL disc was SDR only.

 

[paulboland]

I see they got the licence to import over stuff from the Criterion laserdisc. Nice.

Arrow only licenced the Michael Sragow on The Great Escape – 2020 interview that was on the Criterion Blu-ray release

Excluding the 4 new extras The Real Great Escape/The Great Escapism/The Great Composer/ Freedom Forged that arrow have done for the 1963 Film and also excluding The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Arrow have also done a new restored original lossless mono soundtrack that's not the same mono track that was used on the Criterion release.

Arrow release 1963 film has Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) - Kino Lorber 4K release was SDR
Arrow New Extras on the Bonus Blu-ray Disc

• The Real Great Escape – author and historian Guy Walters separates fact from fiction in this brand new interview
• The Great Escapism – brand new appreciation of the film by Jose Arroyo, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick
• The Great Composer – brand new interview with composer/author Neil Brand, discussing Elmer Bernstein and his iconic score
• Freedom Forged – critic and educator Rich Johnson explores the film’s place within the war movie canon in this brand new visual essay

And also a limited edition exclusive first time been released on 4K UHD
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story



The other extras listed below for the 1963 film also included on the bonus blu-ray extras disc have been on all previous MGM Blu-ray releases

• Heroes Underground – 2001 four-part documentary exploring the making of the film and the events which inspired it, featuring interviews with former POWs
• The Real Virgil Hilts – 2001 featurette interviewing former POW David M. Jones, widely seen as the inspiration for Steve McQueen’s character
• The Untold Story – 2001 documentary exploring the planning and execution of the real-life escape
• The Untold Story: Additional Interviews
• Return to The Great Escape – 1993 featurette exploring the making of the film

 

[paulboland]

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[Rockafella]

Mine came through today, very nice.

 

[TheWildEye]

Another solid set from Arrow.
Using that picture O-Ring over the hard slipbox again. Keeps everything from falling out.
Rougher cardboard, not soft touch.
Wish they'd go back and use the soft touch ones once in a while.
Its been an age since Arrow made a collectors edition with a steelbook, wonder what's up with that. The booklet is nice and chunky, full of decent nuggets of info. One of the better ones I've seen.
Usual reverse amaray cover art and useless folded poster. Nice to see the original and new art though. Decent quality paper.
I'm going to check out the 4k transfer tonight.

 

[paulboland]

Unboxing

Not my video

 

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