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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A beautiful eulogy for Bernard
The world will probably never forget the Normandy landings for a variety of reasons.
1 of those is because it was a time of huge sacrifice, pain and suffering, leading to joyous success.
But then despite lives lived in the intervening years by the survivors, the story of sacrifice, pain and suffering continues for all concerned.
"There's no escape for anyone", but at least those who survived "Made a life worth living".
The roles of Bernard and Irene were played with such nuance and intelligence by Caine and Jackson that it brought me to tears. 90 and 87 years old respectively and they still act with such grace and authenticity. They reminded me of what made this country and what helped make the world a relatively peaceful place afterwards.
But people like Bernard live an unseen life, with all of their memories usually forgotten when they die. Which is sad because war is about people, experiences, and memories, and when the people die the memories die with them.
This film should stand as a tribute to the very few who are left, and remind us to make a life, so that the ones who lost their lives didn't do so in vain.
1 of those is because it was a time of huge sacrifice, pain and suffering, leading to joyous success.
But then despite lives lived in the intervening years by the survivors, the story of sacrifice, pain and suffering continues for all concerned.
"There's no escape for anyone", but at least those who survived "Made a life worth living".
The roles of Bernard and Irene were played with such nuance and intelligence by Caine and Jackson that it brought me to tears. 90 and 87 years old respectively and they still act with such grace and authenticity. They reminded me of what made this country and what helped make the world a relatively peaceful place afterwards.
But people like Bernard live an unseen life, with all of their memories usually forgotten when they die. Which is sad because war is about people, experiences, and memories, and when the people die the memories die with them.
This film should stand as a tribute to the very few who are left, and remind us to make a life, so that the ones who lost their lives didn't do so in vain.
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- Boristhemoggy
- Nov 10, 2023
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- Великий утікач
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- $9,859,281
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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