The Great Escape (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[thedefector]

Classic war movie The Great Escape is getting the Steelbook treatment in June. Able to pre-order now.

Amazon UK Buy Link
Zavvi Buy Link

Release date: June 3, 2013
Purchase price: £14.99.
From Amazon UK:

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New inside art:

Old inside art:

Actual pics thanks to Naughtius Maximus:

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[lgans316]

Just add items with future release date into the same order and amazon MIGHT split into multiple shipments. Once part of the order is shipped you can cancel the rest of the order.

 

[Dubliner1]

Sounds like this has a crap video transfer from reviews- steelbook cancelled.

 

[K4RIMIN4L]

pre-ordered this through zavvi, am still hoping to get it from amazon though

 

[Seus]

Sounds like this has a crap video transfer from reviews- steelbook cancelled.

Still, it will not be bether in the near future . I hold mine preorder regards it's video transfer .

 

[lgans316]

Same here. Will mostly cancel. The screencaps looks horrible.

 

[MarkusThatch]

Bluray.com comparing it to the "Patton fiasco" - pretty sure their review of the first release of Patton gave it a high score for it's waxwork presentation. Not doubting that the transfer for The Great Escape is below par but just find their reviews difficult to take seriously when they contradict themselves so badly. Steelbook order not cancelled.

 

[lgans316]

Blu-ray.com got multiple reviewers. Not all are the same. No 2 persons are the same. The reviewer is pretty much spot on.

 

[Old Bones]

Poor transfer , stupid cover = no sale
I'll live with my old DVD , I only double dip when it worth it

 

[Steelknight47]

HORRIBLE transfer = no sale from me.

 

[Jango]

is it really that bad?

 

[steve dubbleyoo]

I've cancelled too.
Not a fan of the cover and the transfer was going to it's saving grace for my money. With the reviews being as bad as they are I can't find any reason to want it.
A wasted opportunity.

 

[paulboland]

don't cancel your orders go to dvdbeaver to see review of the blu ray yes its not same standard as lawrence of arabia blu ray but is way better than any previous dvd release so that's makes the blu ray release best version to have

 

[Shanester]

I don't own the dvd so I'm keeping my order. Still a wasted oppurtunity by MGM though

 

[paulboland]

is it really that bad?

No its not that bad go to dvdbeaver to see review its better than any previous dvd release yes its not amazing but if you had a choice to by dvd or blu ray the blu ray is better

 

[Deleted member 9789]

Yeah the DVDBeaver review seems pretty positive. http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare3/greatescape.htm

 

[blurayisnice]

You want the best? Well, you can't always get the best.
Besides, it doesn't look bad at all in reality! You're all cancelling your orders based on ONE review, while there are other positive reviews! This is the best movie ever made.

Buying all the blu-ray and dvd releases of this movie. Maybe also the VHS and laserdisc releases, this is the best movie ever made and the blu-ray transfer is the best transfer this movie has ever got!

Use your eyes and look at the damn differences on dvdbeaver! There's something wrong with your eyes if you can't see that the blu-ray transfer is definitely much better than the previous transfers!

 

[blurayisnice]

Most of you speaking like that about the transfer haven't even seen the damn movie on blu-ray! You just want to sound like experts and bash the transfer based on one negative review, while you ignore the positive one(s).
That's just childish in my opinion...

 

[MarkusThatch]

I don't get why people are criticising the cover? It's one of the promotional posters from the film - compare that to some of the dreadful ones fox churned out in their recent wave and at least it's authentic and bares a resemblance to the film seeing as it's taken from a scene in the film! It's the best cover I've seen for the film and I've owned the VHS, laserdisc and DVD.

Definitely not cancelling and not getting carried away by a bluray.com review either.

 

[Parkman]

I don't get why people are criticising the cover? It's one of the promotional posters from the film - compare that to some of the dreadful ones fox churned out in their recent wave and at least it's authentic and bares a resemblance to the film seeing as it's taken from a scene in the film! It's the best cover I've seen for the film and I've owned the VHS, laserdisc and DVD.

Definitely not cancelling and not getting carried away by a bluray.com review either.

Very well said, lovely Steelbook too. Brilliant film as well, just watch the film and stop complaining about flipping transfers. It's going to be better than the DVD what else matters, like oh man I won't buy this because it's a bad transfer WTH These guys are a couple of pixels short of a brain.

 

[snooloui]

I appreciate that this will look better than the DVD and for me that's a good enough reason to buy this other than it being a Steelbook. I can see where others are coming from though. Is it too much to ask for the studio to give us the best possible quality they can for a brand new catalogue release of a film usually regarded as a classic?