To end all wars

DVD 2004

Based on actual events that happened during World War II when 61,000 Allied POWs were forced by the Japanese to build the Thailand-Burma Railway - better known to the soldiers as the "Railway of Death". This is the story of a Scottish regiment forced to help construct the infamous railway and how they had to fight to survive and ultimately forgive their brutal captors.

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Scotland. Army Drama

World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons Drama

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Drama Feature films Film adaptations Video recordings for the hearing impaired War films

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Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital video surround
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 18A

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Based on the book by Ernest Gordon
Widescreen version on Side A of disc; full screen version on Side B
Special features: director's commentary ; behind-the-scenes documentary
Producers, Jack Hafer & David L. Cunningham ; screenplay, Brian Godawa ; director, David L. Cunningham ; director of photography, Greg Gardiner ; editor, Tim Silano ; music composer, John Cameron ; costume designer, Tammy More, Rina Ramon ; production designer, Paul Sylbert
Robert Carlyle, Keifer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin, Mark Strong, Sakae Kimura, Masayuki Yui, James Cosmo, John Gregg
DVD, 5.1 Dolby surround
In English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
Closed-captioned

Control Number:

3067959

UPC:

024543125808

Other Authors:

Carlyle, Robert, 1961-
Cosmo, James
Cunningham, David L., 1971-
Goldcrest Films International
Gordon, Ernest, 1916-2002
Kimura, Sakae, 1955-
McMenamin, Ciarán, 1975-
Strong, Mark, 1963-
Sutherland, Kiefer, 1966-
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Yui, Masayuki, 1947-

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