The Great Escaper
Monday, November 18 – 2.00 pm and 7.30 pm
at Hudson Village Theatre
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 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. It also gains added resonance thanks to a pair of stellar performances from Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson and by the time that the finale arrives you would have to have a heart as hard as the Lake of Two Mountains winter ice to not shed a tear or two.
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