Every now and then we feel nostalgic and crave some of the old, great movies. Recently, we've re-watched "The Big Lebowski" - a modern classic if ever there was one. Jeff Bridges is awesome as "The Dude" - a character whose recreational activities include bowling, driving around and "the occasional acid flashback". Fab movie.
We also recently re-watched another Cohen Brothers movie - Fargo. That was such a great movie, too.
Tonight, though, we're planning to watch "The Great Escape", a truly old movie (1963) with Steve McQueen and James Garner among others. What's got me craving this flick is that I've been watching Season One of Prison Break and now, in episode 8, the prisoners who are digging their way out dispose of the dug-up concrete by dropping and burying it in the prison yard - same as from the movie.
Though I can just about recite the script from The Great Escape, Brian hasn't seen this movie yet - I'm looking forward to introducing him to it.
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The Great Escape is a marvelous movie and like many others is based on a true story - the POW camp Stalag Luft III in Poland. Both are interesting stories.The movie lacks the grit and "reality" of contemporary movies - the prisoners for instance are remarkably well fed - but it is a good movie nonetheless and should be compulsory viewing along with about a hundred other films.
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