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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   4,368 votes
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Writers:
Brian Godawa (screenplay)
Ernest Gordon (book)
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Genre:
Drama | War | Action more
Tagline:
In a jungle war of survival, they learned sacrifice. In a prison of brutal confinement, they found true freedom.
Plot:
A true story about four Allied POW's who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
haunting and powerful story more (159 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ciarán McMenamin ... Capt. Ernest 'Ernie' Gordon

Robert Carlyle ... Maj. Ian Campbell

Kiefer Sutherland ... Lt. Jim 'Yankee' Reardon

Mark Strong ... Dusty Miller

Yugo Saso ... Takashi Nagase

Sakae Kimura ... Sgt. Ito

James Cosmo ... Lt. Col. Stuart McLean
Masayuki Yui ... Capt. Noguchi
John Gregg ... Camp Doctor Coates
Shu Nakajima ... Nagatomo (as Shu Nakajima)

Greg Ellis ... Sgt. Roger Primrose
Pip Torrens ... Lt. Foxworth
James McCarthy ... Norman

Brendan Cowell ... Wallace Hamilton
Winton Nicholson ... Duncan
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for war violence and brutality, and for some language.
Runtime:
125 min | USA:117 min | Germany:110 min (TV version) | UK:110 min (TV version)
Country:
USA | Thailand | UK
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Black and White (archive footage) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA more

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Goofs:
Factual errors: The American 'paratroopers' who liberate the POW camp all have large protective goggles on their helmets. However, such goggles were usually worn only by special troops such as bazooka teams and tank crews. more
Quotes:
Dr. Coates: [examining newly arrived POWs] Relish your health now, gentlemen: it's the last you'll see of it. more
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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
haunting and powerful story, 20 January 2005
9/10
Author: luvvbuzz54 from london uk

i saw this film as i tend to like films of this type about humanitarian stories, the fact that this one is true actual events made it even more powerful for me. it truly does bring home the facts of what the men from ww11 endured to make our world today as free as it is, and it is films like this one that should be shown as part of history curriculum in high schools. the film was brilliant, brutal, honest, extremely well acted, filmed and managed to touch me to the point of tears. Robert Carlyle was fantastic, as were the rest of the leads, i would give this film 9 out of 10 simply because 10 out of 10 would be perfection and perfection does not exist.

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