Dreams of flight : The great escape in American film and culture /
"The first full-length study of the iconic 1960s film The Great Escape and its place in Hollywood and American history. Caught on film, the iconic jump of escaped POW Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen) over an imposing barbed wire fence on a stolen motorcycle has become an unforgettable symbol of a d...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Engineering The great escape : from book to film (and in-between)
- 2. Tunneling in : The great escape : style, theme, and structure
- 3. After-lives
- Appendix : "It really happened".