GO SEE "THE GREAT RAID"! Film Reviews from a Christian Perspective (World War II Ghost Soldiers)

Saworship.com ^ | July 2005 Monthly | Phil Boatwright

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thegreatraid/ http://www.miramax.com/thegreatraid/

Once a tale shared across the United States, the long-lost story of THE GREAT RAID has been recreated with meticulous authenticity to pay testimony to the many different people, from U.S. commanders to Filipino soldiers to women aid workers to the POWs themselves, who played a part in turning this time of intense hardship and unrelenting danger into a moment of inspiration.

Trailer on site

The Great Raid - August 12th.

Review:
Cmdr. by Don Scott writes: "I had a chance to see this movie at the Bataan March at White Sands NM in March 2005. It was great I sat next to a vet. who was in the bataan death march. He told me the movie was as real as it gets. I was so moved by this movie all I could say to the Vet. was Thank YOU!"

Note: Phil Boatwright Columnist is the editor and film reviewer for The Movie Reporter, a monthly film guide from a Christian perspective.

The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor also a novel by historian, William B. Breuer 1994

[Echo Talon]

[Sentis]

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[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

The book was awesome. I read it in one day because it as so good. Mucci was a short man with a large nose if I remeber correctly so Bratt isn't really cast for his similiar appearance.

[tutstar]

ping for later

[nuconvert]

http://www.miramax.com/thegreatraid/

[Echo Talon]

I wasn't to happy with the movie poster for this film.
With the image of the American flag upside down and on the ground, I thought Hollywood was doing it again...

[Accygirl]

Looks good (at least by the trailer); however, I'll have to wait until the reviews/ user comments come out. There was that Nicholas Cage movie a few years back about the Navajo code talkers; that was a good premise that turned out to be a dud....

[Billthedrill]

HERE is the book. Incredible story. Prince was still alive a couple of years ago, in a town near Seattle.

This one I'll see.

[Echo Talon]

yea... hope they did the story justice.

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My step father (I hate to call him that, cause he married my mom when I was 30 something) was on that raid.

His name was Bill Hubbard, and he made 6 landings under fire in the South Pacific.

He died several years ago, but he told me one thing about this raid. He says they roared up a road 30 miles behind enemy lines in a big truck with a machine gun on the roof. The Filipinos had hidden champagne and other alcohol in anticipation of liberation. They'd buried the bottles, and when the convoy went up the road every Filipino passed them up a bottle. He said they roared up that road, raided the camp, and got drunk while doing it.

He also said that finding the POWs in such a horrible condition shocked them terribly.

Bill was quite an old guy.

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For a related story, see the Foxhole thread on the Los Banos raid:

The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Los Banos Raid - 1945 - Feb. 23rd, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/849795/posts

[tiki]

I can't wait. My stepfather-in-law and many men from our county were at Cabanatuan. I've read all the books and listened to the stories they told. I know I'll love it.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Did the movie touch upon the aftermath of the raid where the Japanese extracted a most terrible vengeance upon the Filipino villagers whom lived near the prison? If I remember right, they were executed by the hundreds, if not thousands.

[righttackle44]

I saw a documentary on the History Channel about
this rescue.

I think it's a great story--should make a good
movie.

[Oatka]

The book was awesome.

Agreed. Lots of white-knuckle "are they gonna make it?" scenarios. The one that had a comic overtone in an otherwise deadly scenario was the deaf-as-a-post Brit who visits the crapper just before the raid. Then the raid goes down - machine gun and rifle fire, grenades, the whole works. He sits through the whole thing, unaware. After its all over he comes out and wonders why everyone is running about.

The two guys sneaking up on the Jap sentries was another cliff-hanger. Am looking forward to the movie.

[Valin]

Thank you sounds like a must see.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

How about the mysterious disease that causes men to grow breasts? I wonder if they put that in the movie?

[CyberAnt]

I'm so glad to hear the good report about this movie. I've seen the ads and I was wondering what the scoop was.

I don't mind war movies if they're accurate .. which this one appears to be.

Also .. if this movie is as good as it seems .. it will tell the public a very important message - PANTIES ON SOMEBODY'S HEAD HAS NO RELATION TO TORTURE OR ABUSE.

I've been saying for months .. if only the media would show what real torture is like .. the public would be able to deside that our prisoner "abuses" are no where near torture.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmmm?? That might draw people in from the left .. people who would not otherwise attend such a film. And .. that might inform a lot of people about what torture really is .. that's interesting about the flag position .. because I would have had the same reaction.