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Escape to Victory is the greatest football film ever made. Directed by John Huston in 1981 it is set in a Prisoner of War camp during the second world war. Michael Caine stars as Captain John Colby, who leads Sylvester Stallone and an all star cast of footballers including Pele, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles,and Mike Summerbee, who agree to play a football match against some local german troops, but after the Nazi propaganda machine takes over they end up in occupied Paris playing the German National team. If you've never heard of this film before then welcome to the Escape to Victory Web Site. "Here's To Victory"
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Dec 2007 - Pictures folder still down, but I promise to have it online before the new year- Steven
Also the old Escape to Victory website can be found here
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| Signature Seeker |
 A fan of Escape to Victory is trying to get signatures of all people who starred in the film. Jason Bates currently has five signatures including Pele and Sir Michael Caine, and is appealing for help to complete his shirt.
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John Colby on December 04 2007 15:07:07
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| Bobby Moore chosen by fans as England’s greatest player of all time |
Bobby Moore has been voted England’s best ever footballer in a three month-long nationwide survey conducted this summer by leading five-a-side organiser Pitch Invasion. 1500 votes were received from football fans across the country, and the 1966 World Cup winning captain was joined in the top three by team mates Gordon Banks and Bobby Charlton, who were voted second and third respectively. Read More
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John Colby on September 20 2007 18:57:01
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| Site Maintainance |
Doing some work on the site, some features may be unavailable
sorry for the inconvenience.
Images still offline due to snafu at web host. Im working to rebuild, infact I'll probably just recreate a lot of them anyway, and add some new ones. Its about time afterall. |
John Colby on July 16 2007 23:48:21
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| Bobby Moore Cancer fund recieves boost from legend |
Alan Shearer, recently retired Newcastle United Striker, and all round nice chap, has donated the proceeds of his testimonial match (1.6million) to charity.
Among the charities and north east local groups to recieve money, including Wallsend Boys Club, and Cramlington Junoirs FC, Alan also decided to give £25,000 to the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund.
Nice one.
(I suppose that trumps the Escape to Victory Soundtrack CD the site donated to them a month ago), If ever there were to be a remake, Id like Alan to be in the squad, no doubts about that.
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John Colby on October 27 2006 10:10:15
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| The MTK Stadium Revisited |
 Twenty Five years after the filming of Escape to Victory, Nick Loughlin has visited the famous MTK Stadium in Budapest to see how the place is holding up.
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John Colby on September 06 2006 12:36:21
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| Get yourself to Kent this Bank Holiday Weekend! |
 The Kent Military Odyssey at the Kent County Showground (click here for info and directions) will be the setting for the recreation of the 'Escape to Victory' football match, organised tirelessly by Neil Robertson. Neil has put together this amazing spectacle in aid of the Poppy appeal, so if you don't have plans for the weekend why not head down. More details can be found Here |
John Colby on August 25 2006 10:03:22
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| Victory Podcast |
'Who's Your Father?', a new podcast show on football that takes a fresher spin on the beautiful game than most regular radio (and especially on the World Cup at the moment) have done a show about Escape to Victory, and is worth a mention, so do check them out.
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John Colby on June 27 2006 12:00:17
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| Interview with John Wark |
 Nick Loughlin spoke to John Wark, about his career as a footballer, and of course about Escape to Victory. Read it here |
John Colby on June 22 2006 12:09:38
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| In the Press: "Football and Film prove no match" |
| *Edit - Updated, Remind me next time to save it -yahoo one expired* I was interviewed the other day about the movie by the French Press Association for a story on football and film, you can read it here |
John Colby on June 13 2006 00:19:49
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| Escape to Victory Released today |
Just a quick reminder that another release of Escape to Victory is out today. Ive got to point out that it probably doesn't have any special features but comes with a st George cross. On the bright side its not exclusive to HMV, and so does make the film more available, which is always a good thing. Maybe that should be the next campaign, get them to release the flick with some decent features, or even commentary, Id love to see what all the football stars, and even some of the actors, would have to say on the film while watching it, especially the footie scenes.
Will Callaghan sent me a link to a review he has done of the World Cup Edition Here |
John Colby on June 05 2006 09:49:56
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