United Artists Cinema Greats Collection, Vol. 2: Rocky; The Great Escape; The Thomas Crown Affair; West Side Story

(Academy Award Winners Included: Best Picture & Director/Rocky; Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (George Chakiris), Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno), Score/West Side Story; Best Original Song/"The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair) This top-notch quadruple feature leads off with Rocky (1976), with Sylvester Stallone bursting onto the scene with his performance as the never-say-die boxer from Philly; Burgess Meredith and Talia Shire co-star. Also included, the 1961 musical West Side Story updates Romeo and Juliet, with Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as the star-crossed lovers. From 1963, The Great Escape stars Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts, who orchestrates an improbable breakout from a German POW camp, while 1968's The Thomas Crown Affair again features McQueen, as a daring criminal playing a cat and mouse game with the investigator (Faye Dunaway) on his trail.