I loved this movie and this story. It was an amazing accomplishment, and it didn't hurt the my hometown fav James Garner played a key role in the film.
When I was in MBA school at the University of Oklahoma, we had a very progressive management professor who used movies for teaching and tests in his "Group Dynamics" course. Our mid-term was to analyze the results of management styles in the Great Escape. (Our final was doing the same for 12 O'clock High.) During the prep for our mid-term the professor brought in a local vet from Oklahoma City, who was a prisoner at the Stalag and part of the team that built the tunnels. It was fantastic to hear the stories. Regards DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 9:18 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] The real The Great Escape! One of my absolute favorite movies, The Great Escape, was based on a true story (a few American characters were added, but otherwise the story was very accurate, telling of the three escape tunnels in a WWII POW camp). Now it turns out that there was also a FOURTH tunnel that the Germans never found, and it has been located and it was filled with artifacts, and a TV show Digging The Great Escape will be aired! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063652/The-classic-Steve-McQueen-mo vie-immortalised-tunnels-Stalag-Luft-III-PoW-camp--astonished-archaeologists -discovered-fourth.html?ITO=1490 -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegr oupphotosignature.jpg> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.