Aardman made Chicken Run as The Great Escape with chickens, and says so: the prison-camp breakout plot, the tunnel, the cooler, and a Steve McQueen-style ball bounced against a wall.
Film· 1963· War
The Great Escape
by John Sturges
The Great Escape: 2 recorded works trace back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
What The Great Escape influenced
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Quentin Tarantino digitally places Rick Dalton into The Great Escape, in Steve McQueen's part, to show the role Dalton nearly got.
Real-world influences
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History
Real world
Real-world influenceHIGH
- World War II
The film is based on the real mass breakout of Allied prisoners from the Stalag Luft III camp in 1944.