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"For actor Jamie Campbell Bower, who most recently starred in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the appeal of any movie is dependent largely on its man crush factor.  Speaking to Digital Spy at the launch of the new Curzon Home Cinema Channel on BT TV, Bower explained how the combination of childhood nostalgia and Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s potent lead turn combined to make 1963&amp;#039;s The Great Escape his favourite film of all time.  &amp;quot;It was the first film that I ever sat down with my dad and watched, when I must have been about 8. I had watched movies before that, but that was the first time I remember bonding with my dad over one.  &amp;quot;He loves old war movies -\u00C2\u00A0Bridge on the River Kwai, all that kind of stuff -\u00C2\u00A0so The Great Escape was a big deal for me. &amp;quot;I also had this massive man crush on Steve McQueen, when I watched it as an older man. In a really straight way, obviously. I&amp;#039;m very masculine, me.&amp;quot; Bower&amp;#039;s second favourite film is a more contemporary choice in Jeff Nichols&amp;#039;s Take Shelter, a psychological drama about a family man (Michael Shannon) plagued with apocalyptic visions.   &amp;quot;I watch Take Shelter pretty much once a month at the moment,&amp;quot; Bower admitted. &amp;quot;I went to go and see that in the cinema by myself, and I was completely blown away by it. It was done beautifully, because given some elements of the story they could have gone very heavy with the CGI. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s done in such a classy way. For an independent feature like that, even a scene like the one where the crows fly at Michael Shannon and his daughter in the middle of the road, that&amp;#039;s an incredibly bold scene. It was a fantastic piece of work. &amp;quot;And I&amp;#039;ve got a huge man crush on Michael Shannon. I have to stop with the man crushes! I have an infatuation with his performance technique.&amp;quot; Jamie Campbell Bower is promoting BT TV&amp;#039;s partnership with Curzon Home Cinema. Watch a trailer for The Great Escape below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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