The Great Escaper
- 2023
- 1h 36m
Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
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- TriviaBased on a true story that made national news about pensioner Bernard Jordan who in 2014, absconded from his care home in Hove, Sussex UK to attend an event in France marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. After the local Police were notified the care home got a call that evening to say Mr Jordan had been found safe and well in France. He returned a few days later having made his way to the event.
- GoofsWhen Bernie and the Germans salute each other in the bar, Bernie salutes in the Army/RAF fashion - palm outwards. As an ex-Navy man, he would've saluted in the RN style - palm downwards.
- ConnectionsFeatured in OWV Updates: Multimedia Update (26/10/2023) (2023)
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One of the year's best
So much to enjoy in this film. Caine and Jackson are superb. Glenda died soon after completing work on the film and Michael has more than hinted that this might be his final film. That being the case, what a tremendous film for them both to go out on. The film is beautifully photographed on the English south coast and in France and has a gorgeous score by Craig Armstrong that supports and enhances the narrative. A story of determination, love, life, death and hope. The story is simple but none the worse for that. Set in 2014, Bernie and Rene live in a carehome in Hove. Bernie decides to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy despite missing out on a place on the offical trips. So he gets a bus from Hove to Dover and travels by ferry to france. The film tells the story of the people he meets and places he goes. Poignent and sad but also life affirming this is a fabulous film. However, when we saw it we were the only people in the cinema and I read it has so far failed to find a distributor for the US market. I sense this could find it's audience when shown on TV and it wouldn't surprise if BBC are saving it to show next June as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations.
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- glasnost2001
- Oct 9, 2023
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- Великий утікач
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- $9,818,521
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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