The Great Escape is one of the top American classics which was made in 1963 and has completed 60 years of its release. The film was widely acclaimed for its thrilling action sequences, the swagger of the stars, dangerous stunts, and entertaining storyline. It was received well at the box office and became the highest-grossing film of that year. As the film completed six decades, the fans of the cult classic demanded a remake with Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
Steve McQueen and James Garner’s film has reached a major feat with its 60th anniversary, and the charm of the film has not faded a bit. It would be interesting to get a remake of the Hollywood classic.
Fans want a remake of Steve McQueen’s The Great Escape with Leonardo DiCaprio
The Great Escape was an American epic war suspense adventure film. It featured Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough in the lead roles. The supporting cast included James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, and Angus Lennie. The movie was directed by John Sturges and had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.
The film is still famous for the dialogue delivery and style of the actors. On its 60th anniversary, the fans of the film shared a clip from Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. In the clip Steve McQueen’s face is morphed by the Academy Award-winning actor’s face, Leonardo DiCaprio. The video is going viral on social media.
The fans of the classic film are demanding a remake of the film since the video went viral.
A fan wrote,
Looks like the younger Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 5
Another said,
What’s crazy is Leo could play that part and fit right in.
Check out tweets here-
THE GREAT ESCAPE is 60 years old today so a great time to share the film with QT’s recreation in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. pic.twitter.com/yPGxFvVdup
— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) July 4, 2023
Looks like younger harrison ford in Indiana jones 5
— Aziz (@azizthemaster) July 4, 2023
What’s crazy is Leo could play that part and fit right in.
— MC (@MattC342) July 4, 2023
I remember watching this recreation for the first time. It was actually mind-blowing
— 🗣️HUSH!🤫 (@ASuddenSilence) July 4, 2023
i legit was floored when i saw this part in the theaters
— 𝘙𝘰𝘣 𝘋 (@ThisIsRobD) July 4, 2023
Leonardo is a classic. McQueen stands on his own. Legend.
— Canes4ever (@Canes4ever2) July 5, 2023
This recreation totally blew my mind
— 𝓘𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓼 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓶 (@MUAHareem) July 4, 2023
Still mind boggling how accurate this is
— Jireh Bethely (@JirehBethely) July 5, 2023
this was incredible.
— 🦇🔮molly🥀🔪 (@mollyxmacabre) July 4, 2023
The film is based on the non-fiction book of the same name, written by Paul Brickhill in 1950. The story of the film revolved around a mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from the German POW camp Stalag Luft III in the Second World War.
Quentin Tarantino replicated the scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
In Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, director Quentin Tarantino placed actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) in several movies and shows. Some were made-up movies, but he was also placed in some famous TV shows and films of the 1960s era. For The Escape Plan DiCaprio was added to the pre-existing footage using VFX.
Cinematographer Robert Richardson and production designer Barbara Ling talked about the technique involved in an interview with Polygon,
Richardson shared about the scene where Dalton was cast instead of Steve McQueen,
“When we did The Great Escape, it’s actually The Great Escape material.”
Ling added,
“You’re shooting [DiCaprio] in costume, and you’re shooting him with a little bit of a [green] screen, and then you’re just wiping out Steve McQueen.”
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood featured Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in lead roles.
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