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The Great Escaper
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The Great Escaper is a 2023 British-French dramedy film directed by Oliver Parker (2007's St. Trinian's).It tells the true story of how Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine), a 89 year old British veteran of World War II, escaped from the UK care home where he and his wife Irene (Glenda Jackson, in her final role) were living their last days to attend the 70th Anniversary commemorations of the D-Day Landings in Normandy, France, in June 2014, and honor his fallen comrades.Around the time of the film's release on October 6, 2023, Michael Caine announced his retirement from acting. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: | |
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Storming the Beaches | |
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Storming the Beaches: There are flashbacks to June 6, 1944 when Bernard was among the soldiers landing on Gold Beach. | |
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Big "WHAT?!" | |
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Big "WHAT?!": At one point, Bernard pretends a male stripper will be brought for Irene, to which she answers with a big "What?!" (he then admits he made it up). | |
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Flashback: There are several flashbacks to Bernard's service during World War II, most notably one from the day he stormed Gold Beach and some from when he and Irene started their relationship. | |
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Casting Gag: Wolf Kahler plays the German Shell-Shocked Veteran Heinrich. It's something of a logical conclusion given Kahler's longtime invokedtypecasting as Wehrmacht soldiers/officers or SS officers such as in The Eagle Has Landed (which also happened to star Michael Caine), Raiders of the Lost Ark, sequels to The Dirty Dozen, The Winds of War/War and Remembrance, Band of Brothers, Cockneys vs. Zombies etc. | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran: Bernard shares memories from the day he stormed Gold Beach with German veterans. One of them, Heinrich, still shivers when thinking about it, and puts his hand on Bernard's for comfort. | |
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Real Men Wear Pink | |
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Real Men Wear Pink: Young Bernard is rather bashful when he admits to Irene that his dream dog is a poodle, as he considers them to be just the right size while having excellent temperaments. | |
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Grave-Marking Scene | |
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Grave-Marking Scene: Bernard goes to a British cemetery in Normandy to honor his fallen comrades. | |
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Based on a True Story | |
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Based on a True Story: The film has a "Inspired by a true story" card. | |
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Time-Shifted Actor: Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson played Bernard and Irene in old age, while in the World War II flashbacks Will Fletcher and Laura Marcus played the characters' younger selves. | |
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Forgiveness | |
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Forgiveness: Bernard starts the movie with some mild prejudice against Germans, but seeing some of the Axis veterans in France who made the trip to commemorate their allies who fell in battle, and recognizing that they are similarly traumatized from the D-Day skirmishes causes him to bury the hatchet with his former foes. | |
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Happily Married | |
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Happily Married: Irene mentions that Bernard has spent 70 years loving her and that they never wasted one second of their time together. | |
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20 Minutes into the Past | |
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20 Minutes into the Past: The film, released in 2023, is set in 2014, the year Bernard Jordan made the trip to France for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. | |
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Shout-Out: The title is a reference to The Great Escape. Bernard's own adventure was actually called as such in the media in Real Life. | |
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The Patient Has Left the Building | |
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The Patient Has Left the Building: Bernard sneaks out of his care home to go to France to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of D-Day. | |
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Survivor Guilt: Bernard has a bit of this when he says he's a "90 year old coffin dodger". | |
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