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The Great Escaper (12A)
Tavistock Place
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AT
Opening Times
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Prices
Standard Ticket: £9
OAPs (over 60): £7.75
Budget (Unwaged/ Low Income) No proof needed: £4
Students: £4
25 and Under: £4
Arts University Plymouth Staff: £4.
Friends: 10% discount and £6 tickets on Tuesdays
Matinees: £7
Bringing in Baby: £4
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About us
Dir. Oliver Parker, UK, 2023, 96 mins. Cast. Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Danielle Vitalis.
In the summer of 2014 – the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings – octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He'd staged a "great escape" from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world – Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, "can-do" spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing.
But of course, it wasn't the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie's adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) – the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.
