Coming Soon to
The Towne Theatre
Coming Soon to
The Towne Theatre
Presented by Monday at the Arts
Come early and enjoy a drink and our new Neapolitan style pizza while listening to the live music in the lobby starting at 5:45.
Introduction before the film, and a bar serving wine/beer/cider that can be taken to your seat! Due to liquor regulations these screenings are limited to 19+
In the summer of 2014 -- the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings -- octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He'd staged a "great escape" from his care home to join 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 Irene (Glenda Jackson) -- the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.