Author Presentation
A film by John Dahl
w/ Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco
FEATURING INTRODUCTION + Q&A with AUTHOR HAMPTON SIDES
"A well-produced, rousing feature based on one of those forgotten
World War II episodes that make for great cinema."
- Lewis Beale, Film Journal International
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the “Great Raid,” the daring U.S. Army Ranger spec-ops mission that liberated Cabanatuan prison camp, the largest POW camp in the Philippines. Venturing 30 miles behind enemy lines, the Rangers rescued more than 500 of the last sickly American survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March, ending a tragic chapter of WWII history that has a deep connection to New Mexico.
To commemorate this landmark event, we offer an exclusive director’s cut screening of THE GREAT RAID, the 2005 Miramax film based on the international bestseller, Ghost Soldiers, by the acclaimed Santa Fe historian HAMPTON SIDES, who will introduce the film, take questions, and sign copies of his classic account.
In early 1945, as World War II is nearing its end, Gen. Douglas MacArthur selects Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) to command a bold rescue mission in the Philippines. There, in the city of Cabanauan, more than 500 American soldiers are being held captive in a brutal prisoner-of-war camp. With the assistance of Capt. Prince (James Franco), Mucci will lead the valiant soldiers of the 6th Ranger Battalion in one of the boldest POW rescues in American history.
"The raid on Cabanatuan is extraordinary. Exciting, tense, full of crackling suspense and filmed with old-fashioned daring, the movie comes alive with crackling electricity it does not know until this very point."
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
"For Dahl, war isn't poetry or surreal irony or metaphoric hell. It's a job that has to be done, and in cases like this one, it has the side product of being heroic."
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
Author Presentation
w/ Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco
FEATURING INTRODUCTION + Q&A with AUTHOR HAMPTON SIDES
"A well-produced, rousing feature based on one of those forgotten
World War II episodes that make for great cinema."
- Lewis Beale, Film Journal International
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the “Great Raid,” the daring U.S. Army Ranger spec-ops mission that liberated Cabanatuan prison camp, the largest POW camp in the Philippines. Venturing 30 miles behind enemy lines, the Rangers rescued more than 500 of the last sickly American survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March, ending a tragic chapter of WWII history that has a deep connection to New Mexico.
To commemorate this landmark event, we offer an exclusive director’s cut screening of THE GREAT RAID, the 2005 Miramax film based on the international bestseller, Ghost Soldiers, by the acclaimed Santa Fe historian HAMPTON SIDES, who will introduce the film, take questions, and sign copies of his classic account.
In early 1945, as World War II is nearing its end, Gen. Douglas MacArthur selects Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) to command a bold rescue mission in the Philippines. There, in the city of Cabanauan, more than 500 American soldiers are being held captive in a brutal prisoner-of-war camp. With the assistance of Capt. Prince (James Franco), Mucci will lead the valiant soldiers of the 6th Ranger Battalion in one of the boldest POW rescues in American history.
"The raid on Cabanatuan is extraordinary. Exciting, tense, full of crackling suspense and filmed with old-fashioned daring, the movie comes alive with crackling electricity it does not know until this very point."
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
"For Dahl, war isn't poetry or surreal irony or metaphoric hell. It's a job that has to be done, and in cases like this one, it has the side product of being heroic."
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
