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Release Date: 2005
Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Max Martini, Craig McLachlan, Royston Innes, Freddie Joe Farnsworth, Marton Csokas, Benjamin Bratt, Paolo Montalbán, Robert Mammone, Connie Nielsen, James Franco, Mark Consuelos ...MORE
Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Max Martini, Craig McLachlan, Royston Innes, Freddie Joe Farnsworth, Marton Csokas, Benjamin Bratt, Paolo Montalbán, Robert Mammone, Connie Nielsen, James Franco, Mark Consuelos, César Montano, Clayne Crawford, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Callaghan, Scott McLean, Sam Worthington, Laird Macintosh, Kenny Doughty, James Carpinello ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Action, War Film
The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan, adapted from William Breuer's book of the same name. It tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the Philippine island of Luzon during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano. The principal photography took place from July 4, to November 6, 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003.
The film opened in theaters across the United States on... MORE
The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan, adapted from William Breuer's book of the same name. It tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the Philippine island of Luzon during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano. The principal photography took place from July 4, to November 6, 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003.
The film opened in theaters across the United States on August 12, 2005, three days before the 60th anniversary of V-J Day.
The real-life efforts of Filipino guerrillas are also specifically highlighted, especially a stand at a bridge that delayed Japanese reinforcements. These units fought alongside Americans against Japanese occupiers during the war.
In the winter of 1944, World War II was coming to a close. The Japanese held some of the American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan and subjected them to harsh treatment; many prisoners were also stricken with malaria. At the time of the raid the camp LESS
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