Retirement home residents recreate classic movie moments for calendar - PHOTO

The cheeky OAPs all live in a retirement home in Essen, Germany, and dressed up as the leading men and women from famous movies.The images, for their annual calendar named 'Classics 2014', includes picture perfect recreations of famous moments from James Bond, Mary Poppins, Titanic, Dirty Dancing and The Blues Brothers.A total of 5,000 copies of the calendar were printed and given to retirement home staff members, residents and their families.But since the images made their way onto the web, demand has shot up, and fans from all across the country are trying to get their hands on a copy.The residents are aged from 75 to 98, the oldest being Walter Loeser, who pulled a suave pose on a motorcycle, as he re-enacted a scene from 1969 movie Easy Rider.'It was really exciting to sit on one of these rides, Walter's companion on the shoot, 90-year-old Kurt Neuhaus, representing Easy Rider's Wyatt told Der Spiegel.'Ideally, I would just set off''I am not quite strong enough to lift a lady over my head anymore,' said John Liedtke, 92, or Patrick Swayze, who is seen holding 'Baby' Marianne Pape, 79, high in the lake scene from Dirty Dancing.'Back when I was young, it would have been easy. Nowadays I need the computer tricks to do it,' he said.In other months, Erwin J. von der Heiden, 80, raises his arms in triumph as Rocky, James Bond is finally allowed to age in the shape of 89-year-old Wilhelm Buiting and Ingeborg Giolbass, 84, is stunning as a silver-haired Marilyn Monroe.And, with the help of professional hair and makeup artists, Marianne Brunsbach, 86, poses as Holly Golightly in the iconic scene for Breakfast at Tiffany's.Heinz-Jurgen Heiske, a member of the board at Contilia, said: ‘Everyone was surprised we succeeded in making such a well-made calendar - the residents and others were delighted with the outcome.’(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az