What do you think of a re-make?

You're an IDIOT. You don't remake classics, you remake bad and mediocre films that you can make better

Well, filmmakers could always retell the story & stick closer to the facts. I'm not talking about the construction of the tunnels themselves, which was fairly accurate; I'm referring to the time of year the escape took place - late March, when winter was still being felt. By doing this, they could draw attention to one of the biggest obstacles the POWs faced: Snow and frigid temperatures. Veterans of the escape always said their chances of success were severely limited by the weather.

In fact, the successful escape of Dutch POW Bram van der Stok might make an interesting film on its own; his remarkable progress (over the course of three months) took him through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and finally to British territory at Gibraltar. That could give filmmakers a wide variety of settings and characters to work with.

But of course, it wouldn't be THE GREAT ESCAPE anymore - not as we know it, anyway. And whatever flaws and dramatic inventions the original contained, it also had a genuine sense of adventure and inventiveness that struck a chord with audiences. Also, changing the time of year from the summer to winter would inevitably alter the mood of the film.

A remake could certainly be done, but remakes are a tricky proposition - as the makers of the new MAGNIFICENT SEVEN recently discovered. Sometimes audiences prefer the version they're familiar with, no matter how imperfect or problematic it may be.

Well I was born in the mid 1970's and this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I would hate to see a remake of this film just for the sake of remaking it. However since it is based on actual events, it wouldn't be an absolutely terrible idea to re-tell the story. There is the disclaimer at the beginning of the film that the characters are composites and the time frames have been condensed, so a more faithful version could stand alone as it's own work. This would naturally stretch the film out beyond original films almost 3 hour run time which is way beyond what is acceptable for today's studios. The only way this could work would be as a mini-series, similar to how they did the new Spartacus series. The Spartacus TV show was based on the same story as the classic Kirk Douglas film but was wildly different in tone and how it approached the material. Nobody could look at the two versions and claim that one was a soulless cash grab remake of the other. Both are the same story but each stands on it's own as a unique work. I think this would be the best way to approach a remake of The Great Escape.

Tarantino remake with Leo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Clooney, Damon and an all-star cast.

Only way the original could be improved on is Coburn's atrocious accent.

A remake is bound to be inferior but if they wanted to do one they should do something different with it, like give it a grittier tone. The original is a rather romanticised look at the lives of the men in a German prison camp and was of its time, yet it had charm. No point for a remake to go down that same route.

I think there is a lot that could be done with a remake on the order or educating the audience and telling the truth about the story ... but if they did a remake I'm about 99% positive that it would be terrible.

I'm all in favor! Let's make a remake. But a woke one of course. So all the prisoners are black lesbian women, most of them identifying as a transgender. And the Germans should be privileged white men.

It will be a box office monster hit!

I'd say no. There are lots of other escape stories in lots from other wars (not just World War II) that people are less familiar with which could potentially make for good movies. This story was perfectly well told. Why remake it? Why not make something with a similar theme that we haven't' seen before?