He is, quite simply, one of the finest British actors ever to have lived... and a lot of people do know that.Indisputably Elephant and Castle’s greatest ever export, Sir Michael Caine has appeared in more than 160 films over a glittering career spanning eight decades. With two Oscars, a BAFTA fellowship, and, of course, a knighthood in his back pocket, there are few stars grown on our shores who have made an equivalent impact on cinema and become such icons of the industry.
Now he is opposite the late Glenda Jackson in Oliver Parker’s The Great Escaper – a flick based on the true tale of a World War II veteran who ‘broke out’ of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France. Platonic love stories between residents and carers, and veterans who have buried their anguish for almost 70 years, embellish Bernie’s 48-hour odyssey to France including a choice one-liner to deflect criticism of one inebriated British veteran from his American counterparts: “We started earlier than you. Like the Second World War.”
Camaraderie between Bernie and Arthur strengthens the men’s resolve while back in the UK, Judith raises the alarm about her missing resident and the media splashes the octogenarian’s face across front pages. Writer-director Matt Johnson and co-writer Matthew Miller pay tribute to unlikely trailblazers in a bittersweet comedy drama inspired by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s non-fiction book Losing The Signal: The Untold Story Behind The Extraordinary Rise And Spectacular Fall Of BlackBerry.
A brutal tug of war between polar opposites dominates the two-hour running time of a sleek satire that merrily mines nostalgia and deftly incorporates technical jargon without feeling like a dry history lesson.
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