ESCAPE TO THE CINEMA WITH FRIENDS
28 Feb 2024
THE GREAT ESCAPER starring two-time Oscar winners Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson is an an entertaining, emotional and uplifting true story about veteran, Bernie Jordan (Caine) who staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating his fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary.
The film celebrates the ‘can do’ spirit of the Greatest Generation, honour, forgiveness, and Bernie and his wife Rene’s (Jackson) enduring love story spanning 70 years.
★★★★ “SIMPLY WONDERFUL” - Daily Mirror
★★★★ "Caine and Jackson LIGHT UP THE SCREEN”- Total Film
★★★★ "A HEARTFELT TRIBUTE to the POWER of ENDURING LOVE" - Saga
★★★★ "Glenda Jackson is UTTERLY TRANSFIXING.... NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO MISS THIS!" - DailyTelegraph
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Film Synopsis
In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary.
It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man’s need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war.
Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson). The Great Escaper celebrates their enduring love, but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.
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