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Behind Enemy Lines is a 1986 American action film directed by Gideon Amir and starring David Carradine.It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue where Colonel Cooper, an Airborne commando, is sent to Vietnam to free American soldiers caught in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
Produced by Universal Television, Duel originally aired as a part of the ABC Movie of the Week series on November 13, 1971. It later received an international theatrical release by Universal Pictures in an extended version featuring scenes shot after the film's original TV broadcast. The film received generally positive reviews from critics ...
The plot of the film loosely reflects real-life events at POW camp in Ontario, Canada; in particular, the interception of German attempts to communicate in code with the captured U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer, and the "trial" of Captain Hans-Joachim Rahmlow and his second-in-command, Bernhard Berndt from U-570, which was surrendered in September 1941, and recommissioned as HMS Graph.
During his captivity, he resists signing a "confession" admitting to war crimes repeatedly, but finally consents to save the life of another prisoner. Having returned home, Eddie finds the world has moved on without him. His wife has fallen in love with someone new, and had a daughter, just after he became a POW.
Other special features included the American theatrical trailer and TV spot, and an insert replica of the British poster. On 7 October 2013, the Network imprint released the film on DVD in the UK. This release is presented in a new transfer from the original film elements, featuring both the 1.77:1 theatrical ratio and the full frame, as-filmed ...
Powwow Highway is a Native American 1989 independent [1] comedy-drama film from George Harrison's HandMade Films Company, directed by Jonathan Wacks.Based on the novel Powwow Highway by David Seals, it features A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Joanelle Romero and Amanda Wyss.
Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie [2] about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Caitlyn Jenner, credited as Bruce Jenner) the first white quarterback of the Grambling Tigers at Grambling College, a historically black college, in 1968.
Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film [3] about a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach. It stars Bruce Willis as Col. William McNamara and Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas Hart. The film co-stars Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, and Marcel Iures.