# The Great Escape - a few questions and comments

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 5, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-escape-a-few-questions-and-comments/633802 "2012-09-05T22:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-escape-a-few-questions-and-comments/633802/41 "2012-09-08T16:05:05Z")

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I agree with CalMeacham to the extent that the Steve McQueen character was the focus of everything. To me, he became a huge PITA- his character was as grating and unrealistic as Donald Sutherland in Kellys Heroes.

However, I understand it was a movie and not a documentary.

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-escape-a-few-questions-and-comments/633802/42 "2012-09-08T16:14:02Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> The whole Fourth of July/moonshine scene my be fiction, but it’s a hoot. ‘Don’t smoke.’

In Brickhill’s book, IIRC, he describes such a celebration at which mass quantities of moonshine were consumed. I don’t remember which holiday they were celebrating, but it ended with people being thrown into the pool where the water for fighting fires was held.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-escape-a-few-questions-and-comments/633802/43 "2012-09-08T23:14:14Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> I dunno, I’m having trouble seeing how he would have fit into **Rocky Horror Picture Show.**

He could have had a cameo as one of the bikers going to the party.\* “Life’s pretty cheap for those types.”\*

And you all know, of course, that Steve didn’t really do **The Jump**. The studio didn’t want to risk him busting his ass.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-escape-a-few-questions-and-comments/633802/44 "2012-09-09T05:29:46Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> He could have had a cameo as one of the bikers going to the party.\* “Life’s pretty cheap for those types.”\*

Brilliant! He would have been awesome as an unconventional conventionist.

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