Supper Club/Film Night – The Great Escaper

Supper Club/Film Night – The Great Escaper

In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made   global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join   fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen   comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary. It was a story that captured   the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit   of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the   whole story. It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man’s   need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war. Bernie’s adventure,   spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage   to Rene (Glenda Jackson) – THE GREAT ESCAPER celebrates their enduring love   but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest   Generation.

Doors open at 7.15pm with the film starting at 7.30 pm

£5 per person to cover the cost of the supper

To guarantee your place and help us to manage the event please   book via our website: www.the-fryern-community-association.org

or email: fryerncommunityassociation@gmail.com