This week on End Credits, we escape. Greatly! No we’re not talking about the classic 1963 John Sturges’ movie staring Steve McQueen, but it is about World War II and it is about an escape, and it was kinda great. Today, we’re going to review the new bio-pic conveniently called The Great Escaper, and we’re also going to talk about other movie escapes.
This Wednesday, June 12, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss:
Great Escapes. Movies are full of great escapes, and this week’s entry falls into that category (and not just because “great” and “escape” are in the title). Whether one is escaping literal confinement, or something a little more metaphorical, there are lots of movies about one person’s unyielding quest for liberation. Whether that’s confinement in a room, a city, a planet, or a weird moving maze, we will talk about great movie escapes.
REVIEW: The Great Escaper (2024). When the world marked the 70h anniversary of D-Day in 2014, a 90-year-old veteran named Bernie Jordan left his seaside nursing home in England, under his own steam, and made his way across the channel one last time to mark the occasion. Jordan’s story has been realized in The Great Escaper, a heartfelt tribute to love and duty as seen through the eyes of a married couple played by the late-Glenda Jackson and Sir Michael Caine it what looks like his last movie. So this is an easy thumbs up, right?
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