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)
Featured review
A difficult topic sensitively done
A fabulous cast with amazing performances demonstrating why Jackson and Caine are so highly regarded. Covers many difficult topics - longevity, friendship, guilt, trauma, illness, alcoholism, forgiveness and redemption. My husband and I both cried on a number of occasions, but there was also some great humour - we laughed, we cried, we enjoyed the cinematography. I'm not sure it was a true reflection of the average care home, it all seemed a bit too lovely. An effective juxtaposition with the couple as their younger selves, which was well cast. My only criticism was I felt the shoe horning into the plot of the traumatised much younger modern soldier didn't really work and for some reason those scenes jarred. It felt like an editor had requested the writers add them in later and it didn't quite work. A lovely film, but take some tissues.
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- Lambiecatlady
- Oct 6, 2023
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- Великий утікач
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- $9,865,950
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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