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[47] [48] [49] Philippine Daily Inquirer Arts and Books editor Lito B. Zulueta suggests that "By focusing on arguably the most rugged—and therefore the most dynamic—figure of the Philippine war against the American invaders, Jerrold Tarog’s 'Heneral Luna' revives the historical action movie and in effect, revitalizes two dormant genres ...
1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (Spanish: 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas) is a 2016 Spanish war drama film directed by Salvador Calvo. [2] The film depicts the Siege of Baler from 1898 to 1899, where 54 Spanish soldiers defended themselves in the San Luis Obispo de Tolosa church against Philippine revolutionaries. [3]
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (also titled USS Indianapolis: Disaster in the Philippine Sea) is a 2016 American war disaster film directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Cam Cannon and Richard Rionda Del Castro, based largely on the true story of the loss of the ship of the same name in the closing stages of World War II. The film stars ...
Film Year Ernie Zarate: President Ventura Iligpit Si Victor Saraza: 1997 Eddie Gil: Himself (depicted to have won the 2004 Philippine presidential election, from which he was disqualified from running after being declared a nuisance candidate in real life) Volta: 2004 Gloria Diaz: Hillary Dafalong (assassinated) [21] Ang Tanging Ina N'yong ...
The film flashes back to March, 1942, and the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. As U.S. Army troops under General MacArthur struggle to hold on at Bataan against the Japanese, Colonel Joseph Madden ( John Wayne ) orders one of his officers, Captain Andrés Bonifacio ( Anthony Quinn ), to shape up.
Films set during the Philippine–American War (1899 – July 2, 1902). Pages in category "Films set during the Philippine–American War" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [anˈtonjo ˈluna]; October 29, 1866 – June 5, 1899) was a Filipino army general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age of 32.
During the war, Luna also formed other units similar to the sharpshooters. One would be the unit commanded by Rosendo Simón de Pajarillo called Los Bandoleros. The unit emerged from a group of ten men wanting to volunteer in the regular Filipino army. Luna, still thinking of the defeat at the Battle of Caloocan, sent the men