| The Great Raid | |
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| Directed by | John Dahl |
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| Based on | The Great Raid on Cabanatuan by |
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| Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
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| Music by | Trevor Rabin |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Countries | United States Australia Philippines |
| Languages | English Japanese Filipino |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $10.8 million |
The Great Raid is a 2005 internationally co-produced war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan on the island of Luzon, Philippines during World War II. Directed by John Dahl, the film stars Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Marton Csokas, Joseph Fiennes with Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano. It showcases the efforts of American soldiers and the Filipino resistance guerrilla, rescuing Allied prisoners of war from a Japanese POW camp.
Filming took place from July to November 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003. It received mixed reviews from critics, and was a commercial failure.