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Director John Dahl switches genres from film noir (THE LAST SEDUCTION, RED ROCK WEST) to military actioner with THE GREAT RAID. Following the 1942 Bataan Death March, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines. Brutalised, starved, and tortured, the prisoners languished in the camp for nearly three years. But in January 1945, an American battalion, with the help of Filipino guerrillas, planned a daring mission some called it suicide, to rescue the five hundred U.S. soldiers still alive there. The film is told in glorious detail. The story is based on two books, THE GREAT RAID: RESCUING THE DOOMED GHOSTS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR by William B. Breuer and GHOST SOLDIERS: THE EPIC ACCOUNT OF WORLD WAR II'S GREATEST RESCUE MISSION by Hampton Sides. In addition, several men involved in the raid served as consultants on the project. The result is a thrilling, agonising, and unforgettable war movie like they used to make in the 1940s and 1950s, a celebration of the human spirit. THE GREAT RAID stars Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Colonel Mucci, an offbeat military man who puts his faith in young Captain Prince (James Franco) to lead the dangerous mission. Among the men imprisoned in the camp are Joseph Fiennes as the ailing Major Gibson and Marton Csokas as Captain Redding, who is always trying to escape. Connie Nielsen adds romantic tension as a war widow smuggling much-needed medicine into the camp.Product Identifiers
ProducerHarvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Marty Katz, Jonathan Gordon, Lawrence Bender
EAN8717418087449
eBay Product ID (ePID)52985179
Product Key Features
ActorDale Dye, Marton Csokas, Joseph Fiennes, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Benjamin Bratt, Craig McLachlan, Max Martini, James Franco, Robert Mammone
Film/TV TitleThe Great Raid
DirectorJohn Dahl
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish\German\Italian\Spanish
Run Time124 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
Release Year2006
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Deleted Scenes, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerTrevor Rabin
ScreenwriterCarlo Bernard, Doug Miro
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\Spanish\Italian
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Great Raid
Consumer AdviceContains moderate battle violence