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Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Theatrical
Sep 2, 2001
Budget
$14.0M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 15, 2004
Director
David L. Cunningham
Writer
Brian Godawa
Producers
Jack Hafer, Penelope L. Foster, Page Ostrow
Music
Maire Brennan
Studio
Argyll Film Partners, Gummshoe Productions, Integrity Partners, Pray For Rain Pictures
Quotes
See all →Sacrifice and Freedom in War's Grasp
Taglines
In a jungle war of survival, they learned sacrifice. In a prison of brutal confinement, they found true freedom.
Survival is paramount in war.
Taglines
In war, you have to survive.
To End All Wars - Primrose
Primrose
Officers, try to keep your shirt *on*. It'll distinguish you from the grunts, which is about the *only* thing that's keeping us from degenerating into a bloody anarchy.
[to new arrivals]
A Warning About Health and Its Fragility
Dr. Coates
Relish your health now, gentlemen: it's the last you'll see of it.
[examining newly arrived POWs]
Cast
Full credits →C
Ciarán McMenamin
Capt. Ernest Gordon
R
Robert Carlyle
Major Ian Campbell
K
Kiefer Sutherland
Lt. Jim 'Yanker' Reardon
M
Mark Strong
Dusty Miller
Y
Yugo Saso
Takashi Nagase
S
Sakae Kimura
Sgt. Ito
J
James Cosmo
Col. Stuart McLean
M
Masayuki Yui
Captain Noguchi
J
John Gregg
Camp Doctor Coates
S
Shû Nakajima
Nagatomo
P
Pip Torrens
Lt. Foxworth
J
James McCarthy
Norman
B
Brendan Cowell
Pte. Wallace Hamilton
A
Adam Sinclair
Jocko
W
Winton Nicholson
Duncan
G
Greg Ellis
Sgt. Roger Primrose
J
Jonathan Chapman
Server
S
Sergio Jones
Irishman
J
Jonathan Chapman
Captain Paratrooper
B
Ben Huddleston
Young Scot
