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Based on the novel by John Katzenbach, this is the story of Lt. Tommy Hart who is taken prisoner by the German during World War II. Whilst a POW, Hart is required to defend a fellow prisoner accused of murder...

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ProducerWolfgang Glattes, David Ladd, David Foster

EAN5039036033312

eBay Product ID (ePID)59541876

Product Key Features

ActorColin Farrell, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Michael Weston, Cole Hauser, Terrence Howard, Rory Cochrane, Linus Roache, Bruce Willis, Sam Worthington, Marcel Iures, Scott Michael Campbell, Michael Landes, Jonathan Brandis

Film/TV TitleHart's War

DirectorGregory Hoblit

LanguageEnglish

Run Time125 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2007

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesWidescreen, Hart's War Trailer

GenreWar

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

ComposerRachel Portman

Executive ProducerArnold Rifkin

Additional InformationDirector Gregory Hoblit's debut feature was the tricky courtroom drama PRIMAL FEAR. With his fourth feature, HART'S WAR, Hoblit is back with another. This time the court is inside a WWII prisoner-of-war camp. The defendant is Lieutenant Lincoln Scott (Terrence Howard), a black officer accused of killing a racist sergeant (Cole Hauser). Scott lawyer is Lieutenant Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell), a second-year law student at Yale. A U.S. senator's son, Hart was having a relatively easy war until he was captured, interrogated, and sent to Stalag VI. The camp commandant is the urbane, charming, and ruthless SS Major Visser (compellingly played by Rumanian actor Marcel Iures). The ranking American officer at the camp is Colonel William McNamara (Bruce Willis), and Hart is soon in conflict with him. When Scott is accused of murder, McNamara insists that the prisoners should hold a court martial, and he appoints Hart counsel for the defense. At the court martial, Hart finds his client is being railroaded, although he gets help from unexpected quarters. Intricately plotted by scriptwriters Billy Ray and Terry George, and filmed by Hoblit with his accustomed attention to detail, HART'S WAR is a devious and absorbing courtroom/POW drama.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - ...[A] stolid and earnest military courtroom drama..., Total Film - ...Farrell wins sympathy through his somber, thoughtful deliberations, a generously underplaying Willis brings gravitas, and Marcel Lures' commandant, Colonel Visser is a surprisingly rounded creation...

ScreenwriterTerry George, Billy Ray

AuthorJohn Katzenbach

Sound sourceDTS 5.1

EditorDavid Rosenbloom

Movie/TV TitleHart's War

Director of PhotographyAlar Kivilo