| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical Dolby Digital rda |
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video file Blu-Ray rda |
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Motion picture |
| Note |
Based on a true story. |
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Title from container. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, widescreen; Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for disturbing prisoner of war violence. |
| Summary |
Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story. |
| Subject |
Lomax, Eric.
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Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Cottrell Boyce, Frank, screenwriter.
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Patterson, Andy, screenwriter.
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Teplitzky, Jonathan, film director.
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Firth, Colin, 1960- actor.
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Kidman, Nicole, 1967- actor.
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Skarsgård, Stellan, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lomax, Eric.
Railway man.
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Anchor Bay Films, film distributor.
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| Standard No. |
013132617619 |
| Music No. |
BD61761 The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment |
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