First Look At Glenda Jackson In The Great Escaper

To celebrate the 87th birthday of Academy Award-winning actress and former MP, Glenda Jackson, Pathé has today released a new image from her film, The Great Escaper.

The film sees two-time Oscar winner and four-time nominee, Glenda Jackson (Hedda, A Touch of Class, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Women in Love) reunited with two-time Oscar winner and six-time nominee, Michael Caine (The Quiet American, The Cider House Rules, Hannah and Her Sisters, Educating Rita, Sleuth and Alfie).

The film is directed by BAFTA nominated Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband) from a script by William Ivory (Made in Dagenham).

Check out the image…

In the summer of 2014 Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to 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 Rene (Glenda Jackson) – the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we might all learn from the Greatest Generation.

The Great Escaper doesn’t have an exact UK Release date just yet, Pathé will release the film in cinemas sometime in 2023.