The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan, adapted from William Breuer's book of the same name. It tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the Philippine island of Luzon during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano. The principal photography took place from July 4, to November 6, 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003. The film opened in theaters across the United States on... August 12, 2005, three days before the 60th anniversary of V-J Day. The real-life efforts of Filipino guerrillas are also specifically highlighted, especially a stand at a bridge that delayed Japanese reinforcements. These units fought alongside Americans against Japanese occupiers during the war. In the winter of 1944, World War II was coming to a close. The Japanese held some of the American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan and subjected them to harsh treatment; many prisoners were also stricken with malaria.
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| Release date: | August 10, 2005 |
| Directed by: | John Dahl |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 132 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lawrence Bender, Marty Katz |
| Editor: | Scott Chestnut, Pietro Scalia |
| Music by: | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography: | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Screenplay by: | Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro |
| Estimated budget: | $70,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Great Raid On Cabanatuan |
| Genre: | Action |