The Great Escaper

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I watched this a few nights ago and it was entertaining.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/the-great-escaper/

The Great Escaper tells the true story of Bernard Jordan, who made global headlines in the summer of 2014. 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.

Interestingly, there was a character who was also in Band of Brothers who played a similar role in both films even though the events portrayed were 70 years apart.
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After your post I did some digging because the movie name wasn't the same as the one I watched even though the plot sounded similar. Turns out I watched "The Last Rifleman" starring Pierce Brosnan, which is based on your films true story. Exact same plot though, elderly gentleman escapes nursing home to attend D-Day reunion. Odd both "The Great Escaper" and "The Last Rifleman" were released with a couple weeks of each other.
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