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The Great Escape with Dan Snow GFT

Gala Screening of the 75th Anniversary

24 March, 2019 5.45 p.m.

On the 75th anniversary of the real events on which the film is based, Dan Snow hosts a commemorative evening featuring The D-Day Darlings and special guests, culminating with a gala screening of the remastered 1963 blockbuster film, starring Steve McQueen.

The live show from London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith will feature Britain’s Got Talent finalists performing classics such as The White Cliffs of Dover, Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree and a specially created arrangement of the iconic theme tune. Dan Snow will hear from veterans of the Second World War’s most daring escape and will explore the history and science behind the operation with renowned historian Paul Beaver and Dr Hugh Hunt of the University of Cambridge. Audiences will discover how Squadron Leader Roger Bushell’s ingenious plan inspired one of the most famous war films of all time. The Triumph TR6 motorcycle, ridden by Steve McQueen in the dramatic fence-jump scene, will make a rare appearance on stage. The film, also starring James Garner and Richard Attenborough and directed by John Sturgess, will be screened in stunning 4K. It tells a fictionalised version of the real-life prisoner-of-war story. This anniversary event supports the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity, in its centenary year.

Glasgow Film Festival, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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