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The Cine-Files

334 the Great Escape Part 2

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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This week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve conclude their discussion of The Great Escape, a films Steve loves but one that doesn't 100% connect with John. The resulting conversation is the kind you only get on The Cine-Files, filled with friendly disagreement great insights and plenty of discoveries.

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0:55.7

Hello and welcome once again to the cinephiles. For this week, we return to the world of World War II

1:01.8

Germany to conclude our exploration of the great escape. I am Steve Morris. I am a filmmaker and

1:08.2

directing instructor in Los Angeles, California. Hello everyone. I am John Roca. I'm a writer,

1:14.0

producer and host in San Diego, California, and a little less of an optimist than Steve Morris.

1:19.5

Blame me that we're going to conclude. We shall see how long it takes us. I might break down

1:25.4

like Charles Bronson does in the movie and delay this out one more part because I don't want to go

1:29.3

through the tunnel. So we will see. It's so funny watching this movie because I've just

1:36.0

watched another thing like nope. I'll go help with scrounging. I'll do diversions. I'm not going

1:42.0

to do that tunnel. Yeah, the tunnel is madness. The tunnel is madness, man, especially as it goes

1:46.8

deeper and deeper and deeper. Oh, yeah, absolutely, man. So where we left off,

1:52.8

the Steve McQueen had just been presented with the plan of escaping and purposely letting himself get

1:58.7

caught in order to bring information back to the camp to which he said, I wouldn't do that for

2:04.0

my mother. And then we cut to a quiet game of chess between Colin and Henley, Donald Pleasant

2:13.2

and James Garner. And I love that Henley starts with him going check. Yeah. My guess is

2:20.4

that Henley's a really good chess player, that this is an even game. There's so much about

2:26.4

their relationship that is totally unspoken, you know, which I think is why I like the friendship so

2:32.4

much. It's ironic considering how Americans are known for talking too much and being too brash

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