THE GREAT ESCAPER
- Fri 19th Jul
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1:00 PM - 2:30 PM 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Boonah Cultural Centre3 High St, Boonah QLD 4310
- 0755405050
- Contact via Email
Adults $10; Students and Concession $7.50. Tickets to be purchased at the door. Movie starts promptly.
THE GREAT ESCAPER (M)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War (96 min).
The biographical drama follows the remarkable true story of a war veteran who makes a dash across the channel for the D-Day celebrations. The summer of 2014 marked the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings – octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine – who retired last year at the age of 90) made global headlines as he staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades.
Bernie’s Big Adventure only spanned a mere 48 hours, but it also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (played by Glenda Jackson, who passed shortly after production concluded) – the story celebrates their love with a touching sincerity. A bitter-sweet script deployed with emotional gravitas by the impactable performances from Caine and Jackson, this classical narrative explores the horrors of war and reality of aging with wit and a very big heart.
