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Breaker Morant
Why this pick
A spare, absorbing wartime legal drama in which soldiers face a tribunal shaped as much by military necessity and politics as by the truth.
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MOVIE2002 2h 5m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant Thomas Hart (Farrell) is captured by German forces. While interrogating Hart, the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by taking away his boots, causing his feet to become frostbitten and badly injured, and leaving him, naked, in a very cold cell. He is then transferred by train to Stalag VI-A prisoner of war camp at Hemer. While en route, a P-51 Mustang attacks (the letters POW were painted on the top of the train, but got covered by thick snow). To save themselves, the POWs leave the train and spell P-O-W with their bodies and prevent further strafing.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bruce Willis
Col. William A. McNamara
Rory Cochrane
Sgt. Carl S. Webb
Adrian Grenier
Pvt. Daniel E. Abrams
Rick Ravanello
Maj. Joe Clary
Brad Hunt
Pvt. G.H. 'Cookie' Bell
Sam Worthington
as Cpl. B.J. 'Depot' Guidry
Linus Roache
Capt. Peter A. Ross
Maury Sterling
Pfc. Dennis A. Gerber