It plays like each of its four main stars was told theirs was the leading role. A group of allied prisoners of war plan to escape while excavating an archaeological site on a germanoccupied greek island. The fad has inspired film makers and across 2 years weve had at least 4 movies with them at the core and 3 of them were simply called escape room. With roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers. Escape to athena 1979 escape to athena is an action packed wwii film that pits a small band of greek freedom fighters against a german battalion. American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller. I have been living here on rhodes for 5 years and was fortunate to be invited to the offical opening of the renovated kallithea springs in june 2007. Both zobel and lindelof have said that the film serves. I too received a copy of the film for christmas and can confirm that whilst the film was all shot on location on rhodes the monastery that you mention is not here in rhodes.
See the full list of escape to athena cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Escape to athena 1979 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Escape to athena thats right, they arent exactly escaping from the pow camp isnt as bad as it seems. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. David niven plays it like a sequel to the guns of navarone, elliott gould thinks hes doing mash goes to rhodes. We found subtitles for the program escape to athena. Escape from athens is another point and click escape game created by selfdefiant for meltingmindz and yizzim. Assault on dark athena to kontynuacja i remake zarazem poprzedniej gry z serii przygod riddicka postaci wykreowanej w dwoch filmach sf.
A world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. Escape to athena 1979 pg 2h 5min action, adventure, comedy 6 june 1979 usa a world war ii adventure, involving a group of allied p. Brie larsons abductionescape drama walls itself in. A group of greek resistance fighters battle to save condemned prisoners and priceless works of art from the nazis on a treasureladen greek island. Escape to athena is a 1979 british adventure war film directed by george p. The original british version of escape to athena ran 125 minutes. Along with shout at the devil 1976, the wild geese 1978, and the sea wolves 1980, escape to athena is moreorless required viewing for anyone calling themselves a fan of roger moore or james bondtype allstar action films. The nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of allied prisoners, relocates them to a highsecurity escapeproof camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
Flawed narrative diminishes the films potency, despite powerhouse performances from larson and young jacob tremblay. American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences. Escape to athena is the kind of film destined to appeal mostly to war movie enthusiasts and cult movie fans for its cast. Starring roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers. The hunt is a 2020 american film, variously described as horror or thriller, directed by craig zobel and written by nick cuse and damon lindelof.
Bluray, i was concerned about escape to athena working properly with my system. Escape to athena was filmed in panavision with original lab work by rank. The nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of allied prisoners, relocates them to a highsecurity escape proof camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Where was escape to athena filmed discover the escape to. They dont want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the islands mountain. Escape to athena 1969 roger moore, telly savalas, stefanie powers feature action, adventure, comedy.
There were of course many from the film escape to athena. Official theatrical movie poster for escape to athena 1979. Zeno the islands resistance leader, and his woman, eleana scheme to defeat the occupiers. The film is set during the second world war on a germanoccupied greek island. Escape to athena 1979 pg 2h 5min action, adventure, comedy 6 june 1979 usa a world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. May 12, 2012 a group of greek resistance fighters battle to save condemned prisoners and priceless works of art from the nazis on a treasureladen greek island.
Getting rich during the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. The film stars betty gilpin, ike barinholtz, amy madigan, emma roberts, ethan suplee, and hilary swank. May 25, 2017 escape to athena 1969 roger moore, telly savalas, stefanie powers feature action, adventure, comedy. Escape to athena 1979 is a world war ii action, adventure movie starring roger moore and telly savalas. Its all very much on autopilot, with nobody you recognise likely to get hurt, but even so escape to athena does pass the time painlessly enough, nothing taxing, nothing shocking, all on the level of a tv special with more people falling from great heights that usual. The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in.
Escape to athena not only has the unabashed look of a cynical package but also plays like one as well. It stars roger moore, telly savalas, david niven, stefanie powers, claudia cardinale, richard roundtree, sonny bono and elliott gould. The prisoners, played by such diverse types as elliott gould, david niven, and sonny bono, plan. But the motley crew cannot resist the idea of taking. Music by lalo schifrin, along with the disco stylings of heatwave really. Roger moore stars as major otto hecht, an antinazi german who presides over a world war ii pow camp.
During the world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp in a greek island are trying to escape. It begins in a prison camp where allied pows are forced to spend their days unearthing priceless greek art treasures for the nazis. Feb 05, 2016 a world war two adventure involving a group of allied pows, nazis, black market priceless art treasures, greek resistance, a greek monastery and a secret german rocket base. Escape to athena soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on.
Prisoners of war labour under the eye of the camps austrian commandant, major otto hecht as they dig up priceless greek art. With the help of local resistance fighters, the inmates plot to escape and steal valuable artifacts from a heavily guarded monastery thats used as a storehouse. Whilst there i saw all the stills of the various films that had been shot here in rhodes. Extremely bizarre yet oddly endearing, escape to athena 1979 is a highly derivative allstar war movie with a strong undercurrent of incongruous broad comedy. Once you find it, the portal will activate allowing you to escape. The 1080p and regionfree bluray disc looks wonderful and suits the format especially well, at least visually. Battle of action and wits in a world war two prison camp, where the fhrers scheme for looting a treasure laden island off greece is under way. It seems worse than it is because with the actors involved, the physical setting and the plot idea, most of us watched it expecting more than it delivered. Roger moore as a nazi, gould as a stand up comic, roundtree as a grunt, and one of the strangest dps who also did star wars, repulsion, and a hard days night. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of world war ii. Clearly a vacationcontract fulfillment flick but not without its charm, escape to athena has a whirlwind of talent. Directed by 1 writing credits 4 cast 28 produced by 5 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 casting by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 5 production management 2 second unit director or assistant director 3.
Earring72 great ensemble cast in a very silly wwii adventure movie, but entertaining on a fathers day 3 years 9 months ago. Jason blum serves as a producer under his blumhouse productions banner, along with lindelof. The script is not terribly original in plotting or characterizations, and the lighthearted tone will throw off those who expect their war movies to be serious affairs. Escape to athena 1979 george pan cosmatos synopsis. They dont want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure. They dont want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the islands. For some reason escape rooms seem to be a thing, and i dont just mean out in the real world. Poczatkowo producent, szwedzkie studio starbreez ab, planowal stworzenie remakeu gry the chronicles of riddick. During world war ii, the prisoners of a german camp on a greek island are trying to escape. Its a jokeup wartime action retread, feeble as to both humor and suspense, in which a. A world war ii adventure, involving a group of allied p.
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