the great escape (sturges, 1963)

it is not easy for a three-hour epic to hold the attention of someone from the ADD generation--nonetheless for the entire time...without an intermission, AND with it being my second consecutive movie of the day (!!!)--, but the great escape manages to pull it off without a moment of boredom. it is both fun and fantastically crafted; picture the most entertaining episode of recess made for adults, and with excellent cinematography to boot. it is the best part of the shawshank redemption stretched into three hours without loosing a thing--gaining if anything. my god that was fun.

stark list scale: 8.5/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/